Genetic reassortment in bird flu virus draw common concern
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/25/content_2259968)
The risk of genetic reassortment which might give rise to a potential pandemic has become the common concern of experts in the disease-control field, a Thai public health official said here on Thursday. ... WHO: Bird Flu Likely Source of Next Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&a)
The bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world´s people, a top international ... China steps up flu prevention efforts
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 21, 2004 from xinhua net
Chinese officials are stepping up efforts to prevent a flu outbreak and to control the illness from spreading if it does. As part of an across country campaign, health authorities are drafting an emergency ... NIAID launches expanded flu web site for media
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2004 from Pharmabiz.com
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of The National Institutes of Health, launched its updated web site on 碔nfluenza research?for members of the media and general public.Titled ... Expanded early warning system plays key role in disease, bioterrorism detection
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from CP (via http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20041118)
For the past six years, a Canadian-designed computer system has been the ears and eyes on the vast English Internet world for public health authorities keen to detect and contain outbreaks of infectious ... China-WHO workshop on influenza pandemic plan
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 14, 2004 from F.I.C
A meeting held by China National CDC will take place in the meeting room of Longtan Hotel, Beijing on Monday (15th, Nov 2004). Experts from provincial CDCs were invited to attend the meeting.
News review:WHO meeting discusses pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 14, 2004 from Washington Post
An influenza pandemic, when it arrives, will be an immediate threat to the health of nearly everyone on Earth, but very little is being done to prevent its potential devastation, say experts who met this ... CDC appoints Levine to national bioethics panel [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 14, 2004 from The Yale Herald (via http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=3785)
Yale Professor of Internal Medicine Dr. Robert J. Levine has been named to a five-member panel of bioethicists at the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address, among other issues, ... WHO: world has historic chance to gird for pandemic flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 12, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/nov110)
Nov 11, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – The outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Asia gives the world its first opportunity to prepare a vaccine in advance for a potential pandemic strain of flu, the World Health ... Influenza Preparedness Must Become Public Health Priority, Experts Say
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2004 from medicalnewstoday
Influenza experts at a Pan American Health Organization technical meeting say that national preparedness plans to confront a potential influenza pandemic must become a "public health priority without delay." ... Situation summary of avian influenza (8 November 2004)
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2004 from Department of Health (HK SAR) (via http://www.info.gov.hk/info/flu/eng/sitsum_20041108.htm)
Situation summary of avian influenza (8 November 2004)
(For the period of 24 October to 8 November 2004)
Hong Kong confirmed on 3 November that a dead grey heron (a ... EU officials to check Thai bird flu situation
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/09/content_2195017)
BANGKOK, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Representatives from the European Union (EU) will arrive here on Nov. 24 to begin an eight-day tour to verify the safety of the kingdom's poultry exports.
According ... US:CDC announces plan for sharing remaining flu vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/nov090)
Nov 9, 2004 (CIDRAP News) ?In an effort to spread the impact of the influenza vaccine shortage fairly, federal health officials today announced a plan to share most of the approximately 11 million remaining ... Dietary Habit in China: workers in restaurant might need a close look up
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from F.I.C (via http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/1104/fo6-1.html)
To propose this issue to you is not to ask you to judge our dietary habit, but to have a deeper look at the situation in China. please look at the issue objectively. F.I.C
the pdf file can be download ... "Superflu" a Threat as Ducks Emerge as Stealth Carriers
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from National Geographic News (via http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1108_041108_)
The bird flu that has killed millions of poultry in east Asia may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
The avian influenza virus in question is the highly pathogenic (illness ... Canada:Communication breakdown in early days of avian flu crisis
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 9, 2004 from CBC (via http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/bc_avian20041108)
VANCOUVER - Documents obtained by CBC News suggest public health officials were kept in the dark in the early days of B.C.'s avian flu outbreak.Correspondence received under the Freedom of Information ... Hong Kong launches flu vaccination programme
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 8, 2004 from News-Medical.net,燱orld
To prevent the spread of flu in the coming peak season, it is important that the public and private sectors work together to provide influenza vaccinations to ... [Detail] A review of the avian influenza outbreak in Canada identifies next steps
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 3, 2004 from MEATNEWS (via http://www.meatnews.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Article&art)
Representatives from the Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal governments and the poultry industry concluded two days of meetings this week with a commitment to strengthen future responses to animal ... Specialist says SARS threat lessened
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 2, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/01/content_2164057.htm)
BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The World Health Organization or WHO warns that bird flu might be transmitted from ducks to humans, even though they show no external signs of having the ... Countries join hands to fight bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 2, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/02/content_2167074)
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Four East Asian countries will join forces to fight bird flu, reported China Daily on Tuesday.
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