China:Nearly 390 die of infectious diseases in February
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 11, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/10/content_2680080)
The Chinese Ministry of Health said Thursday that 389 people died and about 190,000 cases were reported of 22 types of regularly monitored infectious diseases in February.
Among ... HongKong: health experts propose antiviral stockpile
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 9, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/09/content_2670378)
Hong Kong's Health, Welfare and Food Bureau has proposed spending 254 million Hong Kong dollars (32.56 million US dollars) to purchase antiviral capsules, raising its stockpile from 3.7 million capsules ... UK:Health Protection Agency publishes its flu pandemic plan
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 2, 2005 from HPA
The Health Protection Agency has today published its flu pandemic plan, which sets out how the Agency will protect the public´s health in the event of a flu pandemic affecting the UK . The plan will operate ... UK:Government to announce bird flu protection plan [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 1, 2005 from SocietyGuardian.co.uk (via http://society.guardian.co.uk/publichealth/story/0,11098,142)
Plans for dealing with a bird flu pandemic in the UK are to be unveiled by the government today.
The health secretary, John Reid, and the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, will outline a "preparedness ... Latin American Countries Plan for Flu Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 26, 2005 from PAHO (via http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/pr050225.htm)
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is working with its member countries to develop national influenza pandemic preparedness plans, to help them cope should a new and virulent strain of influenza ... OIE:Trend of bird flu in Asia indicates possible endemic
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/23/content_2608320)
The trend and frequency of current outbreaks of avian influenza in Asia indicate the strong possibility of an endemic in Southeast Asia despite control efforts in the region, said an OIE official here ... Much remains to be done to eradicate bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/23/content_2608791)
Countries and international organizations need to make more efforts to curb the attack of the bird flu virus strain H5N1 to fowls and humans, and get to know its nature for better detection and production ... Scary Near-Miss Shows Bioterrorism Vulnerabilities, followed by commentary from Dr.Henry Niman
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from UNKNOW (via http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02220501/Bioterror_Pandemi)
Scary Near-Miss Shows Bioterrorism Vulnerabilities By Laurie GarrettCouncil on Foreign Relations, February 16, 2005Shortly before Christmas, some genetic data was--as a matter of routine--posted with GenBank, ... Vietnam:Ten more provinces declared free of avian flu epidemic
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from VNS (via http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC)
HA NOI — Ten out of 35 bird flu affected provinces and cities in Viet Nam have been declared free of the epidemic, but agricultural officials have asked localities to implement measures to prevent further ... Canada:Federal budget will fund H5N1 avian flu vaccine trials
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from The Canadian Press (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=8b0c0d3b-b460-42f)
The federal government will provide funding in Wednesday´s budget to develop trial batches of a vaccine against the avian flu virus feared by many to be poised to spark a deadly influenza pandemic, ... Avian Flu World´s No. 1 Threat, US CDC Head Says
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 22, 2005 from Reuters (via http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNew)
Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need to fight it, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ... US CDC:Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 20, 2005 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/asia.htm)
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) occurred among poultry in 8 countries in Asia (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) during late 2003 and early ... Canada to increase stockpile of anti-flu drugs
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/18/content_2589399)
Canada will add to its arsenal against pandemic influenza by stockpiling large amounts of an inexpensive anti-viral drug called amantadine, Canada´s Public Health Agency revealed Thursday.
Dr. ... WHO to suggest stockpiling H5N1 flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to recommend that governments consider stockpiling vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus now, rather than waiting until a human flu pandemic emerges, ... Southwest China:Efforts urged to prevent possible bird flu spread
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 16, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/15/content_2580980)
Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu on Tuesday instructed local officials to step up efforts for preventing possible bird flu spread in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
During his three-day ... WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 11, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2005/np05/en/index)
WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Programme convenes meetings to analyse the ... Thailand on high alert of large-scale bird flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 10, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/10/content_2568146)
Thailand has been highly alerted with large-scale outbreak of bird flu, preparing from vaccine stocks to expert teams.
About 100,000 doses of avian flu vaccine have been prepared ... SARS, bird flu to be included as occupational diseases in HK
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 8, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/07/content_2559671)
SARS and bird flu will be included as occupational diseases in Hong Kong following an amendment to Hong Kong丩s Employees Compensation Ordinance.
The move brings the total number ... FAO:Bird flu remains a constant threat
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 2, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/01/content_2536552)
The new avian influenza outbreaks in Vietnam and Thailand show that the bird flu virus remains endemic in Asia and is unlikely to be eradicated in the near term, the UN´s Food and Agriculture Organization ... China:Government cautions against bird flu outbreak [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 30, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/29/content_2521851)
Various localities and relevant departments were urged to take "all possible measures" to guard against outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in China, according to a teleconference held Friday ... 542 items, 20/Page, Page[19/28][|<<] [|<] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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