Southern China:Infectious-disease crisis mechanism for region [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 15, 2005 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GG15Ak06.html)
Health authorities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau have agreed to set up a public health emergency mechanism to respond to the threat of infectious diseases.
Concluding the Fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau ... Australia: a national simulation exercise on avian flu outbreak to be conducted
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 14, 2005 from OIE Animal Health Information Department
Dr Gardner Murray, Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, informed the OIE that a national simulation exercise, Exercise Eleusis ?5, will be ... Australia:flu warning after New Zealand outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 8, 2005 from influenza centre (via http://www.influenzacentre.org/)
The Influenza Specialist Group (ISG) has warned that influenza outbreaks are expected in Australia and cautioned parents that influenza can be a serious infection in children – particularly for those at ... Bird flu may soon land in Europe and Australia [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2005 from NewScientist.com (via http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18725074.100)
Thousands of wild birds in north-west China may have been infected by a bird flu virus closely related to the one that has devastated poultry farms in south-east Asia. The birds might carry the virus as ... New Zealand:Second Flu Strain on Its Way [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2005 from Dominion Post (via http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=166264&source=r_)
A SECOND strain of flu could strike New Zealand in the wake of the current epidemic among schoolchildren.
Schools around the country have been hit by an early and severe outbreak of Hong Kong B influenza, ... International Conference Draws Up Strategy to Fight Avian Influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2005 from WHO
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- International animal and human health experts today unveiled a multi-point plan designed to reduce the risk of the H5N1 avian influenza virus spreading ... OIE:Avian influenza crisis in Asia(animal health issues need more attention)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 4, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/fr/press/fr_050704.htm)
The scientific findings of the international expert team which recently visited Viet Nam at the request of the Ministry of Health of this country, showed that fortunately there is yet no evidence of a ... U.S.:flu season was moderate-CDC
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 1, 2005 from Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The 2004-2005 U.S. flu season was moderate, but the virus killed at least 36 children, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
On the same day, CDC ... 10th Annual EISS meeting, Birmingham, May 2005
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 1, 2005 from EISS
The EISS group had its 10th Annual Meeting from 19–21 May in Birmingham, the United Kingdom, with over 90 participants from all over the world, among whom Denis Coulombier, as representative of the newly ... European:Summit of influenza experts discusses coordinated response to possible pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 29, 2005 from European Commission Press Releases
Summit of EU influenza experts discusses coordinated response to possible pandemic
Influenza experts from the 25 Member States and other European countries are meeting in Luxembourg today to discuss the ... Flu pandemic could kill half million in US -report
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 24, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23137020.htm)
WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - Half a million Americans could die and more than 2 million could end up in the hospital with serious complications if an even moderately severe strain of a pandemic flu ... New Zealand:Ministry of Health warns Influenza B can be serious health risk to children and young people
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 21, 2005 from Ministry of Health, New Zealand (via http://www.moh.govt.nz/influenzab)
Ministry of Health warns Influenza B can be serious health risk to children and young people
A CURRENTLY-circulating strain of influenza has not been common in New Zealand since 1987 and means children ... Misuse of flu drug seen in China [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 19, 2005 from Washington Post (via http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/18/mi)
HONG KONG -- Chinese farmers, acting with the approval and encouragement of government officials, have tried to suppress major bird flu outbreaks among chickens with an antiviral drug meant for humans, ... Myanmar: urges remaining vigilant against avian influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 19, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/19/content_3104610)
The Myanmar health ministry has urged the public to remain vigilant against avian influenza following the persistent presence of such virus and freshed outbreak in some Southeast Asian countries, a local ... WHO urges bird flu vigilance, warns virus unstable
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 11, 2005 from Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation urged vigilance against a deadly strain of bird flu on Friday, warning that the disease scientists say could cause a global pandemic was moving in new ... Australia:prepared for flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2005 from ABC
The Federal Government says Australia is as well prepared as humanly possible for an influenza pandemic.
The World Health Organisation has been monitoring the spread of bird flu and says the world is ... US:CDC hails Colorado´s counting of flu-linked hospital cases [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 2, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/n)
Colorado´s new system for tracking hospital admissions related to influenza is a potential model for measuring the burden of serious flu complications and the severity of flu seasons, the Centers ... Nature urges world to take pandemic threat seriously
submitted by kickingbird at May, 27, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The British magazine Nature trained a floodlight on the threat of an influenza pandemic today with a collection of 10 articles that explore the danger and possible remedies and demand a more serious global ... U.S.: still unprepared against new flu, experts say
submitted by kickingbird at May, 27, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26477520.htm)
The United States still has no licensed vaccine to prevent avian flu and has nowhere near enough drugs on hand to treat the sick if there is an epidemic, experts told Congress on Thursday.
Hospitals ... World Health Assembly adopts new International Health Regulations [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at May, 24, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr_wha03/e)
World Health Assembly adopts new International Health Regulations
New rules govern national and international response to disease outbreaks
Today, the World Health Assembly approved a new set of International ... 542 items, 20/Page, Page[17/28][|<<] [|<] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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