German police stop Japanese tourist bus for bird flu, SARS checks [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 21, 2004 from Kyodo News (via http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=3) BERLIN — Police in Germany on Monday stopped a bus carrying about 50 Japanese tourists to conduct medical checks for bird flu and SARS, the German news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur reported.
DPA reported ... US:Few flu cases reported in Indiana [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 21, 2004 from The Associated Press Indiana has had few cases of influenza reported so far this season despite a nationwide shortage of the vaccine.Since September, Indiana doctors who voluntarily track the flu have treated only 305 patients ... Sri Lanka:Mystery illness identified as Influenza B submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 21, 2004 from Daily News (via http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/12/21/new17.html) The Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry yesterday categorically stated that the mystery illness in the southern parts of the Sri Lanka was a type of influenza which had no links with Bird Flu or ... Global Situation summary of avian influenza (17 December 2004) submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from HongKong Government News (via http://www.info.gov.hk/info/flu/eng/sitsum_20041217.htm)
Situation summary of avian influenza (17 December 2004)
(For the period of 9 November to 17 December 2004)
There has been no report of new case of human infection of avian influenza ... Singapore may lift ban on Perak ducks in early 2005 [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from Channelnewsasia (via http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/vi) Singapore could lift the ban on Perak ducks early next year, said Singapore representatives at an ASEAN meeting on bird flu. The ban, which was imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in Malaysia, disrupted ... St. Jude researchers concerned about new strain of flu virus submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from American City Business Journals (via http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2004/12/20/story8) An insidious flu virus that has been tracked as a potential global killer has suddenly gone underground, and that´s got the world´s top flu experts worried.
Already the World Health Organization ... Human-to-Human Spread of Bird Flu Is WHO´s Worst Fear submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from bloomberg (via http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ardb) The potential transmission of bird flu between humans is the World Health Organization´s worst fear, said Francois Xavier Meslin, the group´s chief of animal diseases.
The ease of human-to-human ... Bird flu threat Asean´s most pressing public health issue: Singapore submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from Channelnewsasia (via http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/123163/1/) Singapore says bird flu has now reached endemic proportions in the region. Quoting scientific evidence, Minister of State for Defence and National Development Cedric Foo says overcoming the H5N1 virus ... Japan:Five People May Have Bird Flu Virus submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 18, 2004 from Reuters (via http://in.news.yahoo.com/041218/137/2ij34.html) Five people in Japan may have been infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in western Japan in February, Kyodo news agency said, adding that none was in serious condition.
If ... newly upload articles in F.I.C 20041217 [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from F.I.C Border Screening for SARShttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412175225.htm Article
Historical, New, and Reemerging Links between Human and Animal Healthhttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412176444.htm Article
Canada:Fluwatch ... Taiwan:Two strains of avian flu found in bird droppings submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from Taipei Times (via http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/17/2) Council of Agriculture officials said yesterday local bird-watching enthusiasts are not required to stop the hobby after a recent discovery of avian flu in migratory birds in northern Taiwan.
The officials ... Estimated Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults and Children --- United States, September 1--November 30, 2004 submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5349a1.htm) Because of the unexpected reduction in the amount of available inactivated influenza vaccine for the 2004--05 influenza season, on October 5, 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ... Experiences with Influenza-Like Illness and Attitudes Regarding Influenza Prevention --- United States, 2003--04 Influenza Season submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5349a3.htm) Despite advances in medical treatment, influenza results in approximately 36,000 deaths each year in the United States (1). Vaccination has been a mainstay of influenza prevention, with annual vaccination ... China:Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Signs Avian Flu Vaccine Co-Development Agreement with China Centre of Disease Control and Prevention [Primary member] submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from businesswire Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("Sinovac") ("the Company") (AMEX:SVA) announces that it has signed an Avian Flu Vaccine Co-development Agreement with China Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).
China ... WHO launches centre for virtual information exchange to head off pandemics submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 16, 2004 from UN News (via http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12826&Cr=wo) After months of testing, the United National public health agency today opened an emergency response centre to head off illnesses that verge on becoming pandemic - such as bird flu and SARS - anywhere ... 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 ... 5646 items, 20/Page, Page[260/283][|<<] [|<] [251] [252] [253] [254] [255] [256] [257] [258] [259] [260] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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