Bird flu "far deadlier than SARS"
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from Reuters (via http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041129/325/f7i13.html)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The bird flu virus is far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and might unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million people, a World Health Organization ... US:Identifying flu first step for researchers [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from The News Journal (via http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/11/28id)
A 12-year-old New Castle boy had the first confirmed case of flu in Delaware this year, state health officials said.
Microbiologists at the state Division of Public Health laboratory in Smyrna - using ... HongKong ready for flu pandemic, claim experts
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Front_Page/FK29Aa01.h)
Hong Kong is far safer than it has ever been and is well prepared for a global influenza pandemic, health officials and scientists claim.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) last week warned that each ... US:Flu crisis exposes large gaps in bioterrorism readiness [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 29, 2004 from Chicago Tribune
Problems producing flu vaccines that raised the specter of a health crisis have highlighted the difficulties facing the U.S. government as it tries to counter terrorists who would attack America with bioweapons. ... HongKong eyes regional steps in bird flu battle
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from english.eastday.com (via http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/use)
Hong Kong is keeping a close watch on the bird flu situation and will recommend measures to collaborate with health agencies across the region in the prevention and control of the disease, according to ... China:State Council passes lab safety regulations to prevent new outbreaks
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 28, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/27/content_2268088)
A new set of regulations taking effect Saturday will prohibit Chinese lab directors from allowing experiments on risky pathogenic microbes without approval.
The Chinese cabinet ... OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THAILAND,Follow-up report No. 33
submitted by kickingbird at Nov, 27, 2004 from OIE
Information received on 25 November 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 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 ... 5851 items, 20/Page, Page[273/293][|<<] [|<] [271] [272] [273] [274] [275] [276] [277] [278] [279] [280] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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