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Study finds catch-22 of pandemic flu; could be stopped, but resources lacking    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 16, 2004 from Canadian Press
Mathematical modellers at Harvard's School of Public Health may have identified the catch-22 of pandemic flu. Future influenza pandemics might in theory be containable through aggressive early control ...

US:Oklahoma´s First Flu Case Of Season Reported    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 15, 2004 from AP
The first case of influenza this season in Oklahoma has been reported in the Tulsa area, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said Tuesday. Other nearby states that have reported confirmed influenza ...

Avian flu discovered among Thailand’s wild bird population    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 14, 2004 from TNA (via http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33764)
The government announced today that a recent survey of wild birds in central Thailand had shown six species infected with bird flu. The results came from a random sampling of more than a thousand migratory ...

Indonesia:Bird flu virus hits W. Nusa Tenggara    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 13, 2004 from The Jakarta Post (via http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=2004)
Bird flu has broken out in several parts of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), killing thousands of birds in the provincial capital of Mataram. The Mataram agriculture and animal husbandry office said that more ...

Aventis, Chiron to Test Bird Flu Vaccine on Humans    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&)
Aventis-Pasteur and Chiron Corp are due to start human testing of a vaccine against bird flu as early as this month, a World Health Organization official said on Saturday, to try to prevent a pandemic ...

UK prepares for flu pandemic    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from The Observer (via http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1372003,)
Emergency plans are being drawn up by government health advisers to deal with a potential outbreak of bird flu in Britain, which experts warn could claim many thousands of lives. Measures being considered ...

Grey heron found H5 positive in HK    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2321942)
  HONG KONG, Dec. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A grey heron found in Hong Kong earlier has been confirmed an H5 avian flu suspect, and further tests are underway for the nature of the virus, the Agriculture, ...

newly uploaded articles in F.I.C 20041211    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 11, 2004 from F.I.C
The Genetic Archaeology of Influenzahttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/20041292434.htm Article Mapping of genomic segments of influenza B virus strains by an oligonucleotide microarray method.http://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412103950.htm ArticlePUBLIC ...

US:Iowa reports first case of the flu    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 11, 2004 from AP (via http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2676555)
State health officials report the first case of the flu has been confirmed in a child in eastern Iowa. It´s a case of Influenza A, which is covered by this year´s flu vaccine -- which is in short ...

FAO:Avian Influenza Country situation as at 18/11/2004    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 10, 2004 from FAO (via http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-ca)
Thailand: Since 03/07/04, H5N1 HPAI infection has been confirmed in 57 provinces and more than one million birds have died or been culled in response. As at 09/11/04, 261 locations in 44 provinces were ...

Scale of flu pandemic not predictable, WHO says    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 10, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/dec090)
The World Health Organization weighed in yesterday on the debate about the potential magnitude of the next influenza pandemic by saying it´s impossible to confidently predict how many lives a pandemic ...

WHO:Estimating the impact of the next influenza pandemic: enhancing preparedness    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 9, 2004 from WPRO,WHO (via http://www.wpro.who.int/public/press_release/press_view.asp?)
Manila -- Influenza pandemics are recurring and unpredictable calamities. WHO and influenza experts worldwide are concerned that the recent appearance and widespread distribution of an avian influenza ...

US:Kentucky reports first case of flu    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 8, 2004 from www.ucadvocate.com (via http://www.ucadvocate.com/articles/stories/public/200412/08/)
A Northern Kentucky lab reported the first positive influenza culture to the Department for Public Health this week, indicating the presence of flu in the state. The Department for Public Health reported ...

Avian influenza - a notifiable pig disease for the future?    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 8, 2004 from National Pig Association,UK (via http://www.thepigsite.com/LatestNews/Default.asp?AREA=Latest)
UK - Recent discussions with Defra´s exotic disease division indicate a need to formulate a control policy in the event of avian influenza entering the country. No case has so far been reported of ...

Australia:Flu may help spread meningococcal    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 8, 2004 from ABC News (via http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1260153.htm)
South Australian health authorities suspect there could be a link between influenza and meningococcal disease. The Health Commission says the low number of flu cases this past winter has been matched ...

HongKong:Flu outbreak response plan proposed    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from HongKong Government News (via http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/041207/htm)
A draft preparedness plan has been composed outlining a clear command and response co-ordination structure for any influenza outbreak, catering for three different response levels. The plan to increase ...

South Africa:More ostriches will have to be culled in the EC    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from SABC News (via http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,93527,00)
More than 2 000 ostriches will have to be culled on three farms at Graaff-Reinet, in the Eastern Cape, as a precaution against the spread of avian flu after birds on one of the farms contracted the disease. ...

Canada:Rates of influenza have fallen off dramatically in Saskatchewan compared with last fall    [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from CBC (via http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=flu041205)
If it seems there are fewer people coughing and wheezing this year, there´s a reason.Rates of influenza have fallen off dramatically in Saskatchewan compared with last fall. Dr. Ross Findlater, ...

Flu:The Threat That Knows No Boundaries    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from TIME Asia Magazine (via http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,50104)
When the Spanish flu struck the world in 1918, one leading physician, a former president of the American Medical Association, thought he was seeing the end of civilization. It was a reasonable conclusion. ...

EU: Flu Pandemic Is Waiting to Happen    
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from The Associated Press
EU Warns Flu Pandemic Is Waiting to Happen, Says Nations Are Still Struggling to Prepare for It The European Union warned on Monday that an influenza pandemic was waiting to happen and said nations were ...

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