Vietnam reports 18th bird flu patients
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 25, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/25/content_2617491)
A 21-year-old man from Vietnam´s northern Thai Binh province has just been confirmed to contract bird flu virus strain H5N1, while his younger sister has been suspected of being infected with the ... China:Concrete measures to tackle avian influenza
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 25, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/24/content_2615375)
China has taken concrete measures to prevent outbreaks of avian influenza and is working closely with international organizations in the prevention work, said Chinese experts here Thursday.
"We ... U.S. prepares to test bird flu vaccines
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 25, 2005 from The Associated Press
The federal government is getting ready to test a bird flu vaccine and stockpiling both vaccine and antiviral drugs as the threat grows that a deadly strain of avian influenza will begin spreading from ... OIE:Trend of bird flu in Asia indicates possible endemic
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/23/content_2608320)
The trend and frequency of current outbreaks of avian influenza in Asia indicate the strong possibility of an endemic in Southeast Asia despite control efforts in the region, said an OIE official here ... Much remains to be done to eradicate bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/23/content_2608791)
Countries and international organizations need to make more efforts to curb the attack of the bird flu virus strain H5N1 to fowls and humans, and get to know its nature for better detection and production ... Japan Found Bird Flu in Flies from 2004 Outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese researchers found flies infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in Japan last year, a Health Ministry official said on Tuesday, a finding that underscores ... Scary Near-Miss Shows Bioterrorism Vulnerabilities, followed by commentary from Dr.Henry Niman
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from UNKNOW (via http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02220501/Bioterror_Pandemi)
Scary Near-Miss Shows Bioterrorism Vulnerabilities By Laurie GarrettCouncil on Foreign Relations, February 16, 2005Shortly before Christmas, some genetic data was--as a matter of routine--posted with GenBank, ... Thailand:Government stresses need for high quality of bird flu vaccine
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from TNA (via http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=36056)
The government will impose strict controls on the quality, effectiveness and use of avian flu vaccines among Thai poultry and bird flocks, senior officials from the Department of Public Health stressed ... Vietnam:Ten more provinces declared free of avian flu epidemic
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from VNS (via http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC)
HA NOI — Ten out of 35 bird flu affected provinces and cities in Viet Nam have been declared free of the epidemic, but agricultural officials have asked localities to implement measures to prevent further ... Canada:Federal budget will fund H5N1 avian flu vaccine trials
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 23, 2005 from The Canadian Press (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=8b0c0d3b-b460-42f)
The federal government will provide funding in Wednesday´s budget to develop trial batches of a vaccine against the avian flu virus feared by many to be poised to spark a deadly influenza pandemic, ... Pandemic Avian Influenza Evolution
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 22, 2005 from Recombinomics Inc (via http://www.recombinomics.com/News/02210504/Pandemic_H5N1_Evo)
Recombinomics CommentaryFebruary 21, 2005>> Nancy Cox is the head of the flu division of the United States Centre for Disease Control.She says research now shows that bird flu is capable of mutating into ... Avian Flu World´s No. 1 Threat, US CDC Head Says
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 22, 2005 from Reuters (via http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNew)
Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need to fight it, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ... US CDC:Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 20, 2005 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/asia.htm)
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) occurred among poultry in 8 countries in Asia (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) during late 2003 and early ... UK:Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 21, 2005 from University of Bath (via http://www.bath.ac.uk/pr/releases/flu-comp.htm)
Chemists are shortly to begin using state-of-the-art computer technology to tackle deadly diseases such as influenza.
Researchers at the University of Bath have won a ?61,000 grant to use the latest ... Canada to increase stockpile of anti-flu drugs
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/18/content_2589399)
Canada will add to its arsenal against pandemic influenza by stockpiling large amounts of an inexpensive anti-viral drug called amantadine, Canada´s Public Health Agency revealed Thursday.
Dr. ... Vietnam to conduct bird flu vaccination trials on humans
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/18/content_2590933)
Vietnam is to use bird flu vaccines on people on a trial basis, after its vaccination on animals is successful, according to the country´s national Hygiene and Epidemiology Institute on Friday.
The ... WHO to suggest stockpiling H5N1 flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to recommend that governments consider stockpiling vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus now, rather than waiting until a human flu pandemic emerges, ... Experts call for bird flu vaccine plan
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 17, 2005 from Bangkok Post (via http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/17Feb2005_news04.php)
International experts on bird flu yesterday urged the government to step up vaccine study plans as a contingency against a potential avian influenza pandemic.Roger Webster, a professor at the infectious ... Bird Flu Can Kill Without Respiratory Symptoms, Study Says
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 17, 2005 from Bloomberg (via http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aNpq)
A 4-year-old Vietnamese boy who died after developing severe diarrhea and falling comatose had bird flu, even though he didn´t have breathing problems or other typical symptoms, according to research ... Southwest China:Efforts urged to prevent possible bird flu spread
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 16, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/15/content_2580980)
Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu on Tuesday instructed local officials to step up efforts for preventing possible bird flu spread in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
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