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 ... ID Biomedical Gets U.S. Flu Vaccine Deal [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 7, 2004 from Reuters
ID Biomedical Corp. (IDB.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (IDBE.O: Quote, Profile, Research) signed a distribution deal for its Fluviral drug that could reap sales of up to $2.5 billion over a decade and ... Vaccines may be useless if new type develops
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 6, 2004 from Times Newspapers Ltd (via http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1390264,00.html)
WHILE fears of a major bird flu pandemic proved unfounded last year — when only 32 people died — health experts believe it may have been the precursor to a serious outbreak for which the world is, as yet, ... 1933 Sequences in 2004 Korean H1N1 Swine Isolates Raise Concern
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 22, 2004 from Recombinomics, Inc
The swine sequences release by GenBank this week would appear to be cause for concern. Six of the isolates were from swine in South Korea and they have both reassorted and recombined genes (between ... US:First Flu Case Of Season Reported In N.J [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from AP (via http://www.wnbc.com/health/3970679/detail.html)
The first case of the flu for the season has been reported in New Jersey, and health officials urged precautions at a time when there is a shortage of vaccine to prevent the illness.
The state Health ... Flu pandemic could wreck global ecosystem, warns flu expert [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from AP (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041204/ap/d86oj5no0.html)
A medical expert has warned that the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday.
The World Health Organization ... US:PA Department of Health Confirms First Influenza Case [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from Pennsylvania Department of Health (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041203/phf017_1.html)
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson today announced that a 13-year-old Philadelphia County teen has the season´s first, lab-confirmed case of flu.
The Department of Health´s ... OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THAILAND, Follow-up report No.34
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 2 December 2004 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Bangkok:
End of previous report period: ... OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN MALAYSIA (PENINSULAR)Follow-up report No. 6
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 27 November 2004 from Dr Hawari Bin Hussein, Director General, Department of Veterinary Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur:
End of previous report period: 2 November ... Avian flu could cost Asia $130 billion
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 4, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/avianflu/news/d)
Avian influenza is expected to cost Asia $130 billion by 2005, according to Hur Young-joo of the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare, as reported in the Dec 2 online edition of The Korea Times. ... US:Maine records its first cases of influenza [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2004 from WMTW (via http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=2640889&nav=7k6rT)
The flu has officially arrived in Maine.
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday morning that the first influenza cases have been confirmed in the state.
Dr. Dora Anne ... Asian nations vow cooperation on avian flu
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 3, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/dec020)
As public health ministers and officials from 13 Asian countries conferred in Bangkok last week on how to prevent the spread of H5N1 avian influenza, experts offered troubling predictions.
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