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 ... Goal: To map all of flu´s genes [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from newsday.com
Just as the Human Genome Project pinpointed all of the genes that make up a person, scientists now are embarking on a flu-virus equivalent to identify the genetic makeup of one of the world´s most ... Malaysia monitors bird flu situation in villages
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2257682)
The Kelantan State Veterinary Services Department is closely monitoring the situation in two villages where the bird flu virus has been detected in the past two weeks, a Malaysian official has said.
Director ... US:New York hospitals bracing for flu season
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2253074)
Hospitals across New York state are bracing for the flu season, which could keep them busier than usual because of the nationwide vaccine shortage, state health officials said Tuesday.
Some ... CIDRAP News:Recreated gene sheds light on lethality of 1918 flu virus
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/nov240)
By recreating a key surface protein from the 1918 pandemic flu virus and testing its effects in mice, researchers have shown that the protein might have been an important reason for the virus´s ... US:South Dakota Detects First Influenza of Season [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from Deadwood Media.com (via http://blackhillsportal.com/npps/story.cfm?ID=233)
South Dakota Detects First Influenza of Season53-year-old Rapid City Resident Tests Positive for Influenza A
The South Dakota Department of Health today reported the state抯 first influenza detection ... US:CDC Attempts Bird Flu Experiment
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from NPR (via http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4184504)
CDC officials are about to try what could be a very controversial experiment: They want to alter a bird flu virus to see if it will infect humans. It´s an attempt to simulate what is believed to have ... China:Rural areas to combat bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from China Daily (via http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/23/content_)
China will establish several monitoring centres in rural areas to fight bird flu this year, according to the Ministry of Health.
The new measure is being taken in addition to a national influenza-monitoring ... New discovery dashes Malaysia hope of declaring end to bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2004 from Kyodo via Yahoo (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041123/kyodo/d86hfuu80.html)
A recent discovery of bird flu among some 200 poultry has dashed Malaysia´s hope of declaring the country free of the disease, the Veterinary Services Department said Tuesday.
The department had ... China to set up rural bird flu monitoring centers
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2004 from xinhua news (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/23/content_2251789)
China will establish several monitoring centers in the rural areas against bird flu this year after the completion of a national influenza monitoring network covering all the 31 provinces, autonomous regions ... Influenza Sequence Database Closed Its Free Service
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 22, 2004 from F.I.C
Dear Influenza Sequence Database user:
It is with great regret that I am closing off free access to the Influenza Sequence Database (ISD) until we determine the need for, and a possible source of funding ... 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 ... Bird flu kills hundreds of birds at two Thai village schools
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2004 from The Straits Times (via http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0,4136,77676,00.html)
PANIC has gripped a central Thailand village after hundreds of pigeons found dead at two local schools were found to have died of bird flu.
Disease experts have been rushed to the district in a bid to ... OIE:Thailand´s follow-up report No. 32
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 20, 2004 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_18.HTM#Sec3)
Information received on 18 November 2004 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok:
End of previous report period: ... newly uploaded articles in F.I.C 20041119(parainfluenza)
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from F.I.C
Efficacy of Novel Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Inhibitors BCX 2798 and BCX 2855 against Human Parainfluenza Viruses In Vitro and In Vivohttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200411193612.htm Article
Type-specific ... RFI: computer modeling of avian flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 19, 2004 from F.I.C
For those interested in the computer modeling of avian flu and with avaliable below data, please contact NIH/MIDAS project
MIDAS is studying social networks - how people interact with each other - ... US:Avian Flu Found in Ducks on Delmarva
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 19, 2004 from AP (via http://www.wboc.com/global/story.asp?s=2584463&ClientTyp)
OCEAN CITY (AP) - The state Department of Agriculture says two ducks on a farm in southern Worcester County have tested positive for a form of the avian flu.
But officials say the strain can´t spread ... HongKong:Parainfluenza virus found in Caritas patients
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 19, 2004 from HongKong Government News (via http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/041118)
Three out of the seven specimens taken from patients of the Caritas Medical Centre outbreak have tested positive for parainfluenza, the Centre for Health Protection says. All seven were negative for other ... Russians pioneer flu vaccine manufacture
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 19, 2004 from The Financial Times (via http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4aaf4664-3906-11d9-bc76-00000e2511c)
A Russian company has taken a lead in the race to manufacture flu vaccine without using chicken eggs.
Petrovax, founded by Moscow scientists, plans to produce 20m doses of vaccine next year at a new factory ... Positive Outcome of Phase I DNA Influenza Study [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 18, 2004 from PowderMed Ltd
PowderMed Ltd (PowderMed), a company focusing on the development of therapeutic DNA vaccines has announcedpositive results in a Phase I clinical trial of a proprietary prophylacticDNA influenza vaccine. ... 4796 items, 20/Page, Page[221/240][|<<] [|<] [221] [222] [223] [224] [225] [226] [227] [228] [229] [230] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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