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A 'bird flu' strain of influenza virus has caused only 20 confirmed or suspected cases of human illness in Hong Kong, all since May, and has not been found elsewhere. Yet Hong Kong health officials are so worried about the virus that on Monday they began slaughtering all 1.2 million chickens in the territory. And virologists around the world have been studying the strain and attempting to make a vaccine for it. The main reason is that the strain is new to humans. It has been seen only in poultry before, and the strain infecting humans is the same one that has killed thousands of chickens in Hong Kong. Scientists believe the virus is transmitted when someone touches an infected person, not through the air - the usual way influenza spreads. But scientists still are puzzled. Now 'there is genuine concern about a pandemic arising for the first time' in more than 20 years, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, an influenza expert from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Fukuda went to Hong Kong with four other epidemiologists, part of the drill for dealing with a potential pandemic, which occurs when an infectious agent strikes large numbers of people in a number of countries in a short time

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Health workers reported yesterday the first evidence of probable human-to-human transmission of a new viral strain of influenza in Hong Kong, but said it was not necessarily a harbinger of a lethal epidemic. The transmission was detected from recent blood tests in a doctor who cared for the first known human case of the viral strain, a 3-year-old boy who became ill last May. The child later died from complications of the infection. But the physician did not remember developing any symptoms of the respiratory ailment at the time, and remains healthy, suggesting that people can be infected without necessarily becoming sick. Virologists working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta used standard laboratory techniques to develop a blood test to detect evidence of the strain previously known to infect only poultry

Health workers reported yesterday the first evidence of probable human-to-human transmission of a new viral strain of influenza in Hong Kong, but said it was not necessarily a harbinger of a lethal epidemic. The transmission was detected from recent blood tests in a doctor who cared for the first known human case of the viral strain, a 3-year-old boy who became ill in May. The child later died from complications of the infection. But the physician did not remember developing any symptoms of the respiratory ailment at the time, and remains healthy, suggesting that people can be infected without necessarily becoming sick. After interviewing the doctor, the health officials suspect that he contracted the viral infection not through the air but by touching the child during treatment. For reasons scientists do not understand, the doctor apparently did not spread the virus to others

Men who have more orgasms seem to live longer, a statistical study of Welsh villagers in The British Medical Journal has found. It is one of the rare studies of sex and death, and the authors lightheartedly suggested in the article that the findings might result in new kinds of promotional campaigns for healthy living. Before then, further studies of both sexes are needed to confirm their findings, the authors said. Two other scientists added a few drops of cold water, cautioning that because of its design, the epidemiological study might not have been able to identify a number of factors that could have inadvertently influenced the findings. One possibility is that the link could be reversed - ill people may be less likely to have sex, according to the critics who commented in the same issue. [George Davey-Smith]'s team assessed the existence of heart disease in the men when they entered the study from 1979 to 1983. After explaining the purpose of their question, they asked the men about the frequency of sexual activity. The answers were put into categories ranging from 'never' to 'daily.'

Men who have more orgasms seem to live longer, a statistical study of Welsh villagers in The British Medical Journal has found. It is one of the rare studies of sex and death, and the authors lightheartedly suggested in the article Saturday that the findings might result in new kinds of promotional campaigns for healthy living. Two other scientists added a few drops of cold water, cautioning that because of its design, the epidemiological study might not have been able to identify a number of factors that could have inadvertently influenced the findings. One possibility is that the link could be reversed -- ill people might be less likely to have sex, according to the critics who commented in the same issue

Men who have more orgasms seem to live longer, a statistical study of Welsh villagers in The British Medical Journal has found. It is one of the rare studies of sex and death, and the authors lightheartedly suggested in the article on Saturday that the findings might result in new kinds of promotional campaigns for healthy living. But before then, further studies of both sexes are needed to confirm their findings, the authors said. Two other scientists added a few drops of cold water, cautioning that because of its design, the epidemiological study might not have been able to identify a number of factors that could have inadvertently influenced the findings. One possibility is that the link could be reversed - ill people may be less likely to have sex, according to the critics who commented in the same issue

MEN who have more orgasms seem to live longer, a statistical study of Welsh villagers in The British Medical Journal has found. It is one of the rare studies of sex and death, and the authors lightheartedly suggested in the article on Saturday that the findings might result in new kinds of promotional campaigns for healthy living. But before then, further studies of both sexes are needed to confirm their findings, the authors said. Two other scientists added a few drops of cold water, cautioning that because of its design, the epidemiological study might not have been able to identify a number of factors that could have inadvertently influenced the findings. One possibility is that the link could be reversed -- ill people may be less likely to have sex, according to the critics who commented in the same issue. ''Sexual activity seems to have a protective effect on men's health,'' Dr. George Davey-Smith's team concluded after analyzing death rates of nearly 1,000 men from 45 to 59

Before then, further studies of both sexes are needed to confirm their findings, the authors said. Two other scientists cautioned that because of the study's design, it might not have been able to identify a number of factors that could have inadvertently influenced the findings. 'Sexual activity seems to have a protective effect on men's health,' Dr. George Davey-Smith's team concluded after analyzing death rates of nearly 1,000 men aged 45 to 59 in Caerphilly. Even so, they could not explain the differences in risk. Hormonal effects on the body resulting from frequent sex could be among other possible explanations for the findings, Davey-Smith said

Men who have more orgasms seem to live longer, a statistical study of Welsh villagers in the British Medical Journal has found. It's one of the rare studies of sex and death, and the authors lightheartedly suggested in the article that the findings might result in new kinds of promotional campaigns for healthy living. 'Sexual activity seems to have a protective effect on men's health,' Dr. George Davey-Smith's team concluded after analyzing death rates of nearly 1,000 men from 45 to 59 in Caerphilly