China: Suspected case of Influenza A (H5) ruled out in HongKong submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 19, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/19/content_4716572) Hong Kong North District Hospital (NDH) announced on Monday that a male patient was confirmed negative to Influenza A (H5). The patient is now being treated under isolation and is instable condition, ... HongKong fights poultry smuggling to keep out bird flu submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 18, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNe) Authorities in Hong Kong stepped up customs checks at the weekend to stamp out poultry smuggling after a truck driver was found infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus across the border in mainland China.More ... Experts meet in Tunisia to counter bird flu in north Africa submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 18, 2006 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060614/hl_afp/healthflutunisia) Experts were meeting in the Tunisian city of Hammamet to discuss how to fight the possible arrival of bird flu in north Africa, organizers said.Representatives of Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, ... HK bird flu experts head for Shenzhen submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 14, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/14/content_4697077) HONG KONG, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong medical and veterinary experts will go to its ... EU Commission gives up on flu stockpile submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3778) The European Union's executive commission has given up on the idea of creating a strategic stockpile of antiviral drugs to deal with a flu pandemic after health ministers from the 25-nation bloc effectively ... Negligible risk of H5N1 infection from bathing and drinking water in Europe: ECDC risk assessment submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from Eurosurveillance Vol 11 Issue 6 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/060608.asp#4) People who bathe in water in areas of Europe where birds have been tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 are at negligible risk of infection with that virus, according to a risk assessment ... Updated Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing of Persons with Suspected Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in the United States submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from US CDC (via http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNu) CDC Health UpdateThis update provides revised interim guidance for testing of suspected human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the United States and is based on the current state of knowledge regarding ... China: Scientist urges improvement of bird flu control methods submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/06/content_4652440) BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government should review the strategies and effects of the bird flu control efforts of the past two years and improve them to cope with the epidemic which is still ... High-level meeting on Avian Influenza and flu pandemic submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2006 from EU (via http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/enews/ind) On June 7, the European Commission will take part in an international senior officials meeting on Avian influenza and human flu pandemic, hosted by the Austrian Presidency in Vienna. The meeting is being ... Avian Influenza: Results of EU surveillance in wild birds presented submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 1, 2006 from EU Press Releases (via http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=) Brussels, 31 May 2006 The European Commission and the Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for Avian Influenza in Weybridge have published the results of the surveillance for avian influenza in wild ... Paris Anti-Avian Influenza 2006 submitted by kickingbird at May, 29, 2006 from ISANH (via http://www.isanh.com/avian-influenza/) First International Conference on Avian Influenza in humans:Latest advances on prevention, therapies and protective measures Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, June 29-30, 2006 Please note that the ... Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General, WHO submitted by kickingbird at May, 23, 2006 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/) 22 May 2006 -- Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health Organization, has died. He had been in hospital since Saturday afternoon, where he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot on his ... WHO:Surveillance, Compensation, Public Awareness Key Factors to Anti-Bird Flu submitted by kickingbird at May, 23, 2006 from CRIENGLISH.com Countries making great improvement in the war against bird flu have done good jobs regarding surveillance, compensation and public awareness, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said ... Brief Introduction of incoming FIC new website submitted by kickingbird at May, 23, 2006 from FIC Dear Global users, After half year of hard work and test, FIC is ready to launch the new website this month. New website has several features compared to the current one:1. New homepage ... FDA Approves a Second Drug for the Prevention of Influenza A and B in Adults and Children submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 30, 2006 from FDA (via http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01341.html) FDA News
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FDA Approves a Second Drug for the Prevention of Influenza A and ... China H5N1 outbreak puts vaccines under spotlight submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 19, 2006 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HKG28205.htm) The discovery in southern China of healthy-looking chickens that are infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has raised fears among experts that vaccines used in the country are substandard.
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New server is located at www.flu.org.cn, if you feel the connection ... F.I.C received HONcode accreditation seal submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 2, 2006 from F.I.C HON has released a HONcode accreditation seal that includes the date of accreditation of Flu in China web site, http://www.flu.org.cn
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