CIDRAP: WHO to report on ethical issues in pandemic planning
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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
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Four sudden deaths in men aged between 50 and 75 years with underlying cardiac conditions were reported to public health authorities ... Advance Warning Of H5N1 Influenza Outbreaks May Be Found In Shrimp Virus Reservoirs
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Researchers at Replikins, Ltd.[1] have discovered that the shrimp viruses White Spot Syndrome virus (WSSV) and Taura Syndrome virus (TSV) - global lethal pathogens for shrimp - may be reservoirs for the ... Chinese scientists report bird flu in sparrows
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 26, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Chinese scientists said they had found the H5N1 bird flu virus in sparrows two years ago, the first time it has been detected in non-migratory birds in China, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
Researchers ... China lifts poultry export ban on bird flu-hit region
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China has lifted a poultry export ban on a region of Inner Mongolia that suffered an outbreak of bird flu last month, state media reported.
Authorities had slapped the ban on the Jiuyuan district of Baotou ... Pandemic Influenza Plans: Country, Date of Publication/Release, and Web Site
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Argentina (2006)Plan provided by National Influenza Centers or personal contacts
Australia (June 2005) http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-pandemic-ahmppi.htm
Austria (September ... WHO: Immediate and sustained action required to sharply increase pandemic influenza vaccine supply
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23 OCTOBER 2006 | GENEVA -- A set of activities identified in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) new Global pandemic influenza action plan to increase vaccine supply requires immediate and sustained ... China: All domestic fowls inoculated in Inner Mongolia for bird flu prevention
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A total of 42.6 million domestic fowls in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have received compulsory inoculations following an outbreak of bird flu in the region last month, according to local ... Israel: Health Ministry suspends flu vaccine after four die
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Israeli Health Ministry suspended all flu vaccinations after four people died shortly after they were inoculated, local newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday.
Israeli ... CIDRAP: DNA vaccine protects mice from 1918 flu virus
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Government researchers reported this week that they have developed a vaccine that protects mice from the deadly 1918 "Spanish flu" virus, demonstrating that immunization against it is possible.
The scientists, ... WHO: Increasing pandemic influenza vaccine supply
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Increasing pandemic influenza vaccine supply
If an influenza pandemic were to occur in the near future, there would be a shortage of several billion doses of the pandemic influenza vaccine needed to protect ... PAHO: Peru best prepared S. America nation for bird flu
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Peru is the best-prepared country in South America for a possible outbreak of bird flu, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.
The organization also warned ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Indonesia-update 36
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The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed an additional three cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. All three cases were fatal.The first newly confirmed case occurred in ... New Crisis Management Center Launched By FAO
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Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, today inaugurated a new FAO Crisis Management Center (CMC) to fight Avian Influenza outbreaks and other major ... Indonesia: a 67-year-old woman dies of bird flu
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A 67-year-old Indonesian woman died of bird flu after being treated at a hospital for more than a week, marking the country's 54th death from the virus, an official at the health ministry said on Monday. ... Indonesia: 11-year-old boy dies of bird flu
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An 11-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, marking the country's 53rd death from the virus, an official at the Health Ministry's bird flu center said on Sunday.Ministry official Djoko told Reuters ... USDA: low-risk H5N1 bird flu in Ohio wild birds
submitted by kickingbird at Oct, 15, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=globalNe)
Northern pintail birds in Ohio have tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. government said on Saturday, adding to recent cases in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Michigan.A ... China steps up infectious disease training
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China's Ministry of Health is to train all medical professionals on prevention and control of key infectious diseases, including bird flu.
All medical institutes in China are ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update 9
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11 October 2006 The Ministry of Health in Egypt has confirmed the country's first case of human infection with the H5N1 virus since May of this year.The patient is a 39-year-old woman from the Gharbiya ... Indonesia: hospitalized woman has bird flu
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian woman being treated in hospital has tested positive for bird flu, a health official said on Wednesday.
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