HIV and Swine Flu combining to form a super disease?

I'M SKEPTICAL, BUT I FOUND THIS ARTICLE TO BE VERY INTERESTING. READ IT, AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK?!
Source: Reuters
* HIV patients at high risk from flu, need antivirals most
* WHO fears complications if HIV and H1N1 viruses combine
(Adds background on HIV, seasonal influenza, antivirals)
By Laura MacInnis
GENEVA, May 2 (Reuters) - People with HIV are at high risk from the new flu strain that the World Health Organisation said is on the verge of a pandemic, the WHO said on Saturday.
The United Nations agency said people with immunodeficiency diseases -- including the AIDS virus -- will most likely be vulnerable to health complications from the H1N1 strain, as they are from regular seasonal flu, which kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people a year.
HIV and the new flu strain could also mix together in a dangerous way, as has occurred with HIV and tuberculosis, the WHO said in guidance for health workers on its website.
"Although there are inadequate data to predict the impact of a possible human influenza pandemic on HIV-affected populations, interactions between HIV/AIDS and A(H1N1) influenza could be significant," it said.
"HIV-infected persons should be considered as a high risk and a priority population for preventive and therapeutic strategies against influenza including emerging influenza A(H1N1) virus infection," it said.
The virus widely known as "swine flu" has been most severe in Mexico, where government authorities say it has killed more than 100 people, and caused more mild symptoms as it spread around the world to countries including the United States, Austria, Israel, New Zealand and South Korea. [L2430119]
Although the outbreak remains tiny in scale compared to other epidemics such as malaria, hepatitis, and meningitis, the WHO has raised its pandemic alert level to 5 out of 6 due to its rapid spread as well as the possibility that the flu could cause more devastation in poor and disease-prone communities.
Countries with high rates of HIV -- most of which are in Africa -- should work to ensure that vulnerable people get the drugs they need to fight off the flu infection, the WHO said.
Antiviral medicines such as Tamiflu and Relenza decrease the duration of virus excretion and the severity of illness when used for treatment of ill patients, and may also prevent illness when used for prophylaxis.
"Patients at higher risk for complications of influenza including those with HIV infection should be among those prioritised for antiviral treatment with oseltamivir or zanamivir which shortens illness duration and severity in seasonal influenza," the WHO guidance read.
It is best if people infected with the flu strain start to take the antivirals within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms, according to the WHO. There are no known problems with taking those drugs alongside the anti-retrovirals that HIV patients take to suppress their virus.
According to WHO estimates, there are 33 million people infected with immune-weakening HIV worldwide. (For the full WHO guidance for HIV patient care, see: http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/influenza_hiv.pdf) (For a factbox on global diseases, click on [ID:nL2430119]) (For more Reuters swine flu coverage, please click here: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/swineflu ) news ## for search indexer, do not remove -->

Two-headed Baby Dies in Poverty in Bangledesh!

A two-headed baby born in Bangladesh has died because his parents could not afford proper medical care.
The baby, a boy named Kiron, died at home after developing a fever and breathing difficulties, Agence-France Presse reported.
He was born on Monday by caesarean section weighing 5.5kg.
150,000 people gathered at the clinic where he was being cared for, with police needed to control the crowds.
Doctors advised the parents to transfer Kiron to a hospital in the capital, Dhaka, but they could not afford to take him there.

RIP...REMEMBERING THE ONES WE HAVE LOST!

STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES

BERNIE MAC

ISSAC HAYES

RIP K-SWIFT!!!!!!

28 year old DJ K-Swift of Baltimore’s 92Q died early this morning. She was one of the most well know DJ’s on the station and in the radio business.

We are deeply saddened and it is our deepest regret to inform you that the 92Q family, the music industry, and the community has suffered an incredible loss. Early Monday morning, Khia Edgerton, better known as, K-Swift, passed away.
K-Swift has been with 92Q for ten years and in that time she grew to become one of our most popular DJs and known throughout the world as the Baltimore club queen.
She leaves behind a mother, a sister, and a large extended family.
This is terrible loss and a terrible day for 92Q and the entire community.
As a tribute to K-Swift, 92Q will be running without on air personalities for the rest of the day and airing special memories of K-Swift. If you would like to share your thoughts and memories of K-Swift, please call 410-907-0411.
Thank you for keeping K-Swift’s family and the 92Q family in your thoughts and prayers.

UPDATE: It was confirmed and announced a few minutes ago by a member of the 92Q fam that K-Swift’s cause of death was that she suffered a broken neck at her pool party last night either because of or before she entered her pool.

Man Charged in Wife's Honeymoon Death

ARE U FREAKIN SERIOUS WHY IN THE WORLD ARE YOU POSING FOR A PICTURE AND YOUR WIFE IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN DYING? AND WHY HAVENT AUSTRALIA CHARGED U FOR THIS CRIME AND THIS HAPPENED 4 YEARS AGO?I CANT BELIEVE THIS U HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME RIGHT? I KNOW THE ARTICLE IS LONG, BUT PLEASE READ IT!!!

Man Charged in Wife's Honeymoon Death
By ROHAN SULLIVAN,
AP
Posted: 2008-06-20 17:16:46

SYDNEY, Australia (June 20) -- Eleven days after getting married in 2003, an Alabama woman put on diving gear and slipped into the water off Australia's coast for what was supposed to be a romantic exploration of a shipwreck with her new husband.But the dive ended with her drowning and on Friday, almost five years later, her husband, David Gabriel Watson of Birmingham, Ala., was charged with murder for the honeymoon death.


Queensland (Australia) Police / AP
Christina Watson lies motionless on the sea floor off Australia on Oct. 22, 2003, as an unidentified diver poses for a photo. A dive leader partially visible in the background is swimming to Watson's aid. Doctors tried to revive Watson but failed.
The Queensland state coroner found there was sufficient evidence to charge Watson in the death of his 26-year-old wife, although circumstances of the drowning remain unclear.Christina Mae Watson, known as Tina, drowned Oct. 22, 2003, while diving at the wreck of the SS Yongala, a passenger and steam freighter that sank during a cyclone in 1911 on the Great Barrier Reef near the northeastern city of Townsville.Coroner David Glasgow issued the indictment after a months-long investigation. The move triggered extradition proceedings to return Watson to Australia.Watson faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted of murder. His Australian lawyer did not immediately enter a plea, but he has argued the evidence does not support any criminal charge.Watson was not present in court and his whereabouts were unclear. He did not testify at the coroner's inquest, claiming privilege against possible self-incrimination.But in videotaped police interviews, Watson, who uses the first name Gabe, said his wife began having trouble a few minutes into the dive. He said she panicked and clutched at his mask, pulling it off his face. By the time he restored it, she was sinking away from him, her eyes wide and arms outstretched toward him, he said.Watson, an experienced diver who had completed a dive rescue course, was acting as a so-called dive buddy for his less-experienced wife. He told police he decided to go for help rather than following her to the sea floor and attempting a rescue.One of the dive leaders pulled Tina Watson to the surface. Efforts to resuscitate her failed.During the coroner's inquest, police testified that they initially thought the death was an accident. However, they became suspicious when Watson changed details of his account.An autopsy found no pre-existing medical condition that could have explained the young woman's death. Tests showed there was nothing wrong with her diving gear.In his findings Friday, Glasgow said the exact circumstances of Tina Watson's fate may never be known."There are only two persons who know what in fact actually occurred," Glasgow said. "One is Tina, who cannot tell us, and the other is Gabe."Watson's lawyer, Steve Zillman, argued during the inquest that his client had no motive to kill his wife and that the evidence did not support a criminal charge. He accused police of being intent on blaming Watson for the death, no matter what the evidence showed.But Glasgow said Tina Watson's father, Tommy Thomas, had provided a possible motive, telling authorities his daughter told him that shortly before they were married, Gabe Watson asked his fiancee to increase her life insurance and change the policy to make him the sole beneficiary. Thomas said his daughter decided to lie to Watson that she had made the changes.Thomas, Tina Watson's mother Cindy Thomas and other family members watched the proceedings on a live video link between the courtroom and Alabama, where they live.Tommy Thomas was quoted by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. as saying the family welcomed Friday's indictment."We're actually relieved to hear the coroner's findings," Thomas said. "It's something that we have dealt with for quite some time and it validated our beliefs."
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