UK: Chief vet issues new alert over bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 19, 2006 from The Times (via http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25149-2363889,00.htm)
BRITAIN has stepped up its defences against the deadly strain of avian flu and is to increase surveillance at the most likely disease hotspots.
As thousands of wild birds return to these shores after ... CIDRAP: Human-to-human transmission possible in Indonesia´s 65th avian flu case
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 17, 2006 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Sep 14, 2006 (CIDRAP News)－The World Health Organization (WHO) today recognized two cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia, including one from March that was first reported yesterday by a WHO official ... World Bank: Bird flu pandemic could cost $2 trln
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A severe bird flu pandemic among humans could cost the global economy up to $2 trillion, the World Bank said on Sunday, sharply raising earlier estimates.
The comments came as a senior World Health Organization ... UK: Health Protection Agency Collaborates To Introduce A New Pandemic Flu Data System
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 17, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=52046)
Delegates attending the final day of the Health Protection Agency annual conference heard of a system the Agency has developed to improve the UK 's preparedness for a future influenza pandemic.Surveillance ... Indonesia to vaccinate 300 mln birds against H5N1
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Indonesia plans to begin vaccinating about 300 million poultry next month against bird flu, an official said on Tuesday, amid criticism over the country's efforts to stamp out the disease.
Indonesia ... China setting down rules to share bird flu samples
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
China has not provided international health agencies with samples of bird flu viruses found in the country since 2004, but is putting in place procedures to do so, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Scientific ... Thailand: New round of bird flu inspections begins in September
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 5, 2006 from TNA (via http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=24577)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will commence a new round of bird flu inspections beginning this month until November to clean up poultry production sites and spray disinfectants in provinces ... Indonesia launches national campaign against bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 1, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/01/content_5036088)
The Indonesian government launched Friday a national campaign against bird flu after more than two years of efforts to curb the disease, which has killed 47 people so far in the country.
"Bird flu will ... Expert calls for animal surveillance in Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 1, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
A leading bird flu expert urged Indonesia on Thursday to do more animal surveillance to curb the H5N1 virus, which has killed 46 people so far in the country, the highest death toll anywhere in the world. ... WHO case definitions for human infections with influenza A(H5N1) virus
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 30, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/ca)
Background
Prompt and accurate reporting of H5N1 influenza cases to WHO is the cornerstone for monitoring both the global evolution of this disease and the corresponding risk that a pandemic virus might ... Asia: Regional health meeting seeks bird flu strategy
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 21, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
South and southeast Asian countries met to discuss health strategies, including the fight against bird flu, in Bangladesh on Sunday ahead of a regional meeting of the World Health Organization.
The two-day ... New bird flu strains blamed for S.E. Asia outbreaks
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 17, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
New strains of the H5N1 virus caused some of the fresh outbreaks of bird flu in Thailand and Laos and they appear to have spread from southern China, the Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday. ... Asian countries made plans to join forces to fight the H5N1 virus
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Asian countries hit by bird flu made plans on Friday to join forces to fight the H5N1 virus, which killed a teenager in Thailand and was found in chickens in Laos this week.
It was the first human case ... WHO to observe Chinese tests on 2003 bird flu case
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
China has invited UN experts to observe its tests to verify findings by eight Chinese scientists that a man who died in late 2003 contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus, the World Health Organization said ... Launch of global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2006 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/press/en_060724.htm)
Geneva, Rome, Paris: A global early warning system for animal diseases transmissible to humans (zoonoses) was formally launched this week in WHO, Geneva by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ... China: Tests being conducted to confirm possible 2003 bird flu death
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 10, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/10/content_4814409)
China is conducting lab tests to confirm whether a man died of bird flu in 2003, the Ministry of Health said on Monday.
A letter published by eight Chinese scientists in a June ... China: Shenzhen removes emergency warning against human bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 7, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/07/content_4806070)
The municipal health bureau of the city of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, removed the emergency warning against human bird flu on Friday.
The level of prevention ... Bird flu may have been mistaken for SARS
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
A Chinese man who died of pneumonia in 2003 and was at first classified as a SARS victim might have in fact died of avian influenza, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday.But in a confusing development, ... China May Had Human Bird Flu Infection Two Years Earlier Than Stated
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=45733&)
China had its first case of human bird flu infection in 2003, not 2005 when the first case was officially reported to the World Health Organization, according to eight Chinese scientists who wrote to the ... US trains foreign scientists in bird flu testing
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 20, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Two dozen scientists from 19 countries will be trained this week by the U.S. Agriculture Department in diagnostic testing for bird flu, the department said on Monday.The one-week session at the National ... 467 items, 20/Page, Page[8/24][|<<] [|<] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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