Vietnam faces new outbreaks of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/21/content_2120102)
Vietnam has recently found eight chicken flocks in four southern Mekong provinces being hit by bird flu which either killed or led to the forced culling of 9,340 fowls, local media reported Thursday.
New ... GSK may boost its flu drug [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from The News & Observer Publishing Company (via http://newsobserver.com/business/story/1752114p-8029150c.htm)
With the nation丩s supply of flu vaccine in short supply, GlaxoSmithKline is exploring ways to increase the availability of Relenza, an anti-flu medication taken to fight the disease. But the giant drugmaker ... Thailand:Government plans six labs upcountry for speedily test bird flu in humans
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The Ministry of Public Health Thursday tried to allay public fears that bird flu infected tigers could pass the virus to humans by insisting that the two caretakers from the bird flu-ridden tiger zoo in ... Thailand Orders Cull of Tigers with Bird Flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from Reuters
BANGKOK - Thailand ordered a cull of 40 tigers suspected of suffering from bird flu yesterday after seven more of the big cats died, bringing the tiger death toll at an infected zoo to 30.
"We ... Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in the USA
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 21, 2004 from medicalnewstoday
How many people in the United States are hospitalized with influenza in a typical year? A study conducted by CDC and published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) on September 15 has ... Avian flu infected 1,000 people in 2003, Dutch report says
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from CIDRAP News
Oct 20, 2004 (CIDRAP News) – Avian influenza probably infected at least 1,000 people during a major outbreak in the Netherlands in 2003, many more than originally thought, Dutch researchers say.
Results ... Experts seek to modernize flu vaccine-making process
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 20, 2004 from The Associated Press
The crisis in the nation’s flu vaccine supply has led to renewed calls to modernize a half-century-old manufacturing system that relies on millions of chicken eggs and a lot of educated guesswork.Because ... HHS Cites Tamiflu in New Antiviral Guidelines for Preventing, Treating Influenza
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Nutley, N.J., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new guidelines to address the use of antivirals, such as Tamiflu?(oseltamivir phosphate), in ... Vietnam reports more poultry deaths
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/18/content_2104111.htm)
HANOI, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam has recently detected some 6,000 sick and dead fowls in four southern provinces, part of whose samples are tested positive for bird flu virus strain H5. ... Vietnam considers bird flu vaccine usage
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109177.htm)
HANOI, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Vietnam is preparing for the use of vaccines to cope with bird flu which has reappeared in some southern provinces, including sending experts to Chinese ... Thailand to end open-field duck farming to eradicate bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2109657.htm)
BANGKOK, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- The Thai government is determined to end all open-field duck farming by the coming winter so as to eradicate the avian influenza.
Ducks ... EU mission to decide on lifting poultry ban
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from XinhuaNet News (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/19/content_2108263)
BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- A visit by European Union officials next week will decide whether a ban on Chinese poultry products should be lifted.
A few days ago the EU formally ... Bird Flu May Have Killed Thai Tigers -- Minister
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&am)
TAK, Thailand (Reuters) - The bird flu epidemic that has killed 31 people in southeast Asia this year may also have killed 23 tigers at a zoo in eastern Thailand, a cabinet minister said Tuesday.
"I磛e ... China Surveillance Report from 1995-2004
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 28, 2004 from F.I.C
The F.I.C had uploaded the 'china:Reported case number and reported incidence rate(per 100,000) of A,B and C noticeable infectious disease' and 'china: National Data of Class A and B infectious Disease' ... Seven U.S. States Report Influenza Cases, CDC Says
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from bloomberg (via http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aK)
Seven states reported influenza cases for the week ended Oct. 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its first report of the season, after almost half the U.S. supply of vaccine was ... US:First case of influenza confirmed in Minnesota
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 19, 2004 from AP
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The state Health Department says a 44-year-old Minneapolis woman is recovering after contracting the first case of laboratory-confirmed influenza of the season in Minnesota.
The department ... Bird flu vaccine fails first trial
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 18, 2004 from Australian Associated Press (via http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951611392.html)
An experimental bird flu vaccine has failed to protect chickens against the deadly virus, its Australian makers say.
Only a small percentage of the chickens inoculated in the first Australian trial of ... More bird flu outbreaks reported in southern Vietnam
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 18, 2004 from AP (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041018/ap/d85pn9000.html)
More bird flu outbreaks reported in southern Vietnam
Vietnam reported Monday more bird flu outbreaks among poultry, underscoring the difficulty in stopping the spread of the disease, which has killed ... Can bird flu become a pandemic?
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from Manila Bulletin (via http://www.mb.com.ph/HLTH2004101720728.html)
Recently, newspapers were again awash with news items on the current bird flu epidemic in Thailand. Is there really a possibility, as some experts say, that the disease, which has already claimed several ... WHO:Influenza activity in the world weeks 36-39, 2004
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 17, 2004 from WHO
Influenza activity in the world
Influenza activity remains low in most parts of the world (weeks 36–39)
6 October 2004
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