WHO: Ten years of fighting bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 7, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/1/07-010107/en/print.)
Ten years of fighting bird flu
This year marks a decade since the first human outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in Hong Kong. Since then, US $1.9 billion has been pledged to fight avian influenza and a ... More needed to prepare for flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 14, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
The H5N1 bird flu virus is ... Expert says late antiviral treatment may still help H5N1 patients
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 13, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
A virologist who has treated H5N1 avian influenza patients in Vietnam said the antiviral drug oseltamivir may help avian flu patients even when started later than 2 days after illness onset—generally considered ... Donors inject fresh funds into war on bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Foreign donors on Friday injected fresh funds into the global fight against bird flu, pledging nearly $476 million for surveillance and response strategies to halt its advance, especially in Africa.
The ... New Research Predicts US Entry Of H5N1 Avian Influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=58202)
Scientists at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine (CCM), the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo report that H5N1 avian influenza is most likely ... UK to press for permanent EU ban on wild bird imports
submitted by sky at Dec, 3, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Britain will press for a temporary ban on the import of wild birds into the European Union to be made permanent, the government said on Friday.Millions of wild birds are trapped ... Rumors of Canada bird flu case false-officials
submitted by sky at Nov, 30, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
TORONTO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Internet speculation over a potential human case of bird flu in the Canadian province of Quebec is untrue, health officials said on Wednesday."It´s a false rumor," Dr. Patrick ... $1 billion more needed for bird flu-World Bank
submitted by sky at Nov, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - As much as $1.3 billion more is needed to fight bird flu, with more than $500 million of that going to Africa, World Bank and U.N. experts said on Tuesday.This is on top ... South Korea culls 236,000 poultry to halt bird flu
submitted by sky at Nov, 27, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - South Korea expects to cull 236,000 poultry by the end of the week to prevent spreading of the highly virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu, after the country´s first outbreak in three ... Japan bans S.Korean poultry imports over bird flu
submitted by sky at Nov, 24, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Japan has suspended poultry imports from South Korea from Thursday after a suspected case of bird flu was found at a poultry farm in the southwest of the country, a Japanese Agriculture ... S.Korea: poultry farm has suspected bird flu case
submitted by sky at Nov, 24, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
KWACHON, South Korea, Nov 23 (Reuters) - South Korea´s farm ministry said on Thursday it had discovered a suspected case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the southwest of the country, which could be the ... HHS awards 3 contracts for more H5N1 vaccine
submitted by sky at Nov, 22, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nov 20, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The US government today announced the awarding of three contacts to buy enough additional H5N1 avian influenza vaccine to immunize almost 2.7 million people, at a cost of $199.45 ... CIDRAP: OSHA updates guidance on avian flu
submitted by sky at Nov, 16, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Nov 15, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Labor yesterday released revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidance to help employers protect their workers from job-related ... Tamiflu to carry new caution in U.S.
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/GlobalCoverage.aspx?type=globa)
Roche AG´s influenza drug Tamiflu will come with a new caution urging close monitoring of patients for abnormal behavior such as delirium and self-injury, U.S. regulators said on Monday.
Officials felt ... Dr Margaret Chan to be WHO´s next Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 10, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr66/en/in)
9 NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China will be the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). After her appointment, she told the World Health Assembly she wanted to be ... Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 9, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr65/en/in)
NOVEMBER 2006 | GENEVA -- Dr Margaret Chan of China was nominated today by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization for the post of Director-General. The Director-General is WHO's chief ... S. Korea says it will step up bird flu program
submitted by wanglh at Oct, 28, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2/~3/41)
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will step up efforts to counter a potential outbreak of bird flu from migrating birds passing through the Korean peninsula in the coming months, the Agriculture Ministry said ... Jamaica: Stimulation excerise for HPAI
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int)
Dr Headley Edwards, Director of Veterinary Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Jamaica, informed the OIE that his country will conduct a real-time simulation exercise on ... CIDRAP: WHO to report on ethical issues in pandemic planning
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to issue a report in January on ethical issues raised by pandemic influenza planning, such as how to provide fair access to available drugs and vaccines, WHO officials ... EUCDC: No link established between deaths in elderly patients in Israel and influenza vaccination
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 27, 2006 from Eurosurveillance 2006 Vol 11 Issue 10 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/061026.asp#1)
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden
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