Indonesia finds bird flu signs near home of victims
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 27, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK168357.htm)
JAKARTA, July 26 (Reuters) - Authorities have found signs of bird flu in chicken droppings near the home of three Indonesians who died from the virus this month, but have not yet linked the discovery to ... Study shows flu viruses can quickly swap genes
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2513854.htm)
Strains of the influenza virus are constantly swapping genes among themselves and giving rise to new, dangerous strains at a rate faster than previously believed, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
They ... Indonesia:two more hospitalized for suspected bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 26, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/25/content_3263127)
Two Indonesians have been admitted to hospital for developing bird flu symptoms in the town of Tangerang, where three people died recently from bird flu, local media reports said Monday.
One ... Indonesia:pigs culled in Tangerang to contain spread of bird flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 25, 2005 from Jakarta Post (via http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20)
TANGERANG (Agencies): The government slaughtered dozens of pigs, chickens and ducks on Sunday in a district near the capital of Jakarta in an attempt to wipe out bird flu, following the month´s first ... Australia: will invest more on development of a bird flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 24, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/22/content_3254604)
Australian Health Minister Tony Abbott Friday announced that the government will invest nearly 5 million Australian dollars (3.8 million US dollars) to speed up development of a bird flu vaccine for Australia. ... Russia: bird flu found in Siberia(H5N2)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 22, 2005 from MOSNews via Promedmail
Large quantities of poultry were killed by the bird flu virus type AH5 in the city of Novosibirsk, the chief spokesman for Russia's Emergencies Ministry said Thursday [21 Jul 2005].Viktor Beltsov, a spokesman ... Britain: will stockpile two million bird flu vaccines [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2005 from AFP
LONDON (AFP) - Britain is to stockpile two million doses of a bird flu vaccine in case an epidemic of the disease sweeps the globe.
Manufacturers are to be invited to submit tenders for a contract to ... Biota announced Date Change For Damages Filing In GSK Law Suit [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2005 from PRNewswire
Biota announced today that it would be filing its Particulars of Loss and Damage in the suit against GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) during the week beginning July 25, rather than on July 22 as previously advised. ... Sanofi pasteur to Increase U.S. Influenza Vaccine Capacity With Construction of New Plant [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 21, 2005 from PRNewswire (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050720/nyw048.html?.v=16)
Work officially began today on the construction of a new sanofi pasteur manufacturing facility that will expand the ability of the United States to produce influenza vaccine for both routine influenza ... Roche Posts Very Strong Interim Results [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2005 from PRNewswire (via http://www.medadnews.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=257612&quo)
Roche Group - Group sales up 17%. Pharmaceutical sales grow three times faster than the global market - Operating profit rises 30%, outpacing sales growth - Positive net financial income - Net income reaches ... Chiron: Will Not Supply BEGRIVAC(TM) Influenza Virus Vaccine to Non-U.S. Markets for the 2005-2006 Influenza Season [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2005 from PRNewswire
Chiron Will Not Supply BEGRIVAC(TM) Influenza Virus Vaccine to Non-U.S. Markets for the 2005-2006 Influenza Season; Company is Working to Cover BEGRIVAC Vaccine Shortfall with Other Non-U.S. Influenza ... WHO:Available evidence suggests no need to change the recommended influenza A/H5N1 vaccine prototype strains
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/statement_200)
The WHO H5 Reference Laboratory Network and WHO Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories have reviewed available data to assess the suitability of the H5N1 prototype strains selected by WHO last ... Indonesia:confirms first human death from bird flu(male, 38-year-old)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 20, 2005 from Jakarta Post (via http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaillatestnews.asp?fileid=20)
Indonesia confirmed its first human deaths from bird flu Wednesday, a man and his two daughters, bringing Asia´s toll from the disease to 57 people.
Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told reporters ... Study shows Oseltamivir helps mice survive H5N1 infection
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 19, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Jul 18, 2005 (CIDRAP News) – Researchers report that the antiviral drug oseltamivir helped mice survive infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, boosting hopes that the drug could be an effective ... OIE:UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 17, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/downld/AVIAN%20INFLUENZA/A_AI-Asia.htm)
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)*
15 July 2005
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Location
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type
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Link
Korea (Rep. of)
H5N1
12/12/2003
16/12 ... Southern China:Infectious-disease crisis mechanism for region [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 15, 2005 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GG15Ak06.html)
Health authorities in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau have agreed to set up a public health emergency mechanism to respond to the threat of infectious diseases.
Concluding the Fifth Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau ... Vietnam: reports new bird flu fatality
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 15, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/14/content_3217929)
Two Vietnamese have died from respiratory illness, one of whom was infected with bird flu, local newspaper Pioneer Thursday quoted Vietnam´s Preventive Medicine Department as saying.
The ... Australia: a national simulation exercise on avian flu outbreak to be conducted
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 14, 2005 from OIE Animal Health Information Department
Dr Gardner Murray, Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, informed the OIE that a national simulation exercise, Exercise Eleusis ?5, will be ... Canada:Flu vaccine shortage predicted [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 9, 2005 from National Post (via http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=b140906d-df5a-4f3)
Hundreds of thousands of healthy Canadian adults may have to forego a flu shot this year after a key manufacturer cut short its production run to prepare for expansion into foreign markets.
ID Biomedical ... Thailand: New bird flu cases discovered
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 11, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/11/content_3203804)
New cases of avian influenza have been detected in Thailand's central Suphanburi province as the country prepares to declare itself free of the disease on Tuesday.
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