OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN VIETNAM,Follow-up report No. 10
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 24 November 2004 from Dr Bui Quang Anh, Director, Department of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hanoi:
End of previous report period: 21 October 2004 ... Hong Kong to seek plan for bird flu threats
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/26/content_2264197)
Hong Kong will review the bird flu situation and recommend ways to collaborate in the prevention and control of the disease, according to a local government report on Friday.
Leaving ... China:influenza surveillance data, week 47 2004
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 26, 2004 from FluNet
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Infectious ... US:New York reports significant flu outbreaks
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 26, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/26/content_2262290)
Despite a slow start to the flu season nationwide, New York is one of two states reporting significant outbreaks, the city´s health officials said Thursday.
The flu has killed ... EU threatens to ban heat-treated chicken imports from Thailand
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 26, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2256043)
The European Union (EU) has threatened to cancel imports of heat-treated chickens from Thailand due to the protracted deadly bird flu virus, local press reported on Wednesday.
The ... newly uploaded articles in F.I.C 20041126
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 26, 2004 from F.I.C
Investigation of outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in waterfowl and wild birds in Hong Kong in late 2002.http://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200411261122.htm Article
LIVE ATTENUATED ... Next flu pandemic could kill up to 7 million people, WHO expert says
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from CP (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=cc7956e0-b175-4fc)
The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.
"There is no doubt ... Genetic reassortment in bird flu virus draw common concern
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/25/content_2259968)
The risk of genetic reassortment which might give rise to a potential pandemic has become the common concern of experts in the disease-control field, a Thai public health official said here on Thursday. ... WHO: Bird Flu Likely Source of Next Pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&a)
The bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world´s people, a top international ... Goal: To map all of flu´s genes [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from newsday.com
Just as the Human Genome Project pinpointed all of the genes that make up a person, scientists now are embarking on a flu-virus equivalent to identify the genetic makeup of one of the world´s most ... Malaysia monitors bird flu situation in villages
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2257682)
The Kelantan State Veterinary Services Department is closely monitoring the situation in two villages where the bird flu virus has been detected in the past two weeks, a Malaysian official has said.
Director ... US:New York hospitals bracing for flu season
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/24/content_2253074)
Hospitals across New York state are bracing for the flu season, which could keep them busier than usual because of the nationwide vaccine shortage, state health officials said Tuesday.
Some ... CIDRAP News:Recreated gene sheds light on lethality of 1918 flu virus
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 25, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/nov240)
By recreating a key surface protein from the 1918 pandemic flu virus and testing its effects in mice, researchers have shown that the protein might have been an important reason for the virus´s ... US:South Dakota Detects First Influenza of Season [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from Deadwood Media.com (via http://blackhillsportal.com/npps/story.cfm?ID=233)
South Dakota Detects First Influenza of Season53-year-old Rapid City Resident Tests Positive for Influenza A
The South Dakota Department of Health today reported the state抯 first influenza detection ... US:CDC Attempts Bird Flu Experiment
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from NPR (via http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4184504)
CDC officials are about to try what could be a very controversial experiment: They want to alter a bird flu virus to see if it will infect humans. It´s an attempt to simulate what is believed to have ... China:Rural areas to combat bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 24, 2004 from China Daily (via http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-11/23/content_)
China will establish several monitoring centres in rural areas to fight bird flu this year, according to the Ministry of Health.
The new measure is being taken in addition to a national influenza-monitoring ... New discovery dashes Malaysia hope of declaring end to bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2004 from Kyodo via Yahoo (via http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041123/kyodo/d86hfuu80.html)
A recent discovery of bird flu among some 200 poultry has dashed Malaysia´s hope of declaring the country free of the disease, the Veterinary Services Department said Tuesday.
The department had ... China to set up rural bird flu monitoring centers
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 23, 2004 from xinhua news (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/23/content_2251789)
China will establish several monitoring centers in the rural areas against bird flu this year after the completion of a national influenza monitoring network covering all the 31 provinces, autonomous regions ... Influenza Sequence Database Closed Its Free Service
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 22, 2004 from F.I.C
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It is with great regret that I am closing off free access to the Influenza Sequence Database (ISD) until we determine the need for, and a possible source of funding ... China steps up flu prevention efforts
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 21, 2004 from xinhua net
Chinese officials are stepping up efforts to prevent a flu outbreak and to control the illness from spreading if it does. As part of an across country campaign, health authorities are drafting an emergency ... 5704 items, 20/Page, Page[266/286][|<<] [|<] [261] [262] [263] [264] [265] [266] [267] [268] [269] [270] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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