Taiwan:International airport to employ strict new rules to block bird flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from Taiwan News (via http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/2004/09/30/1096509934.htm)
The Center for Disease Control announced yesterday that stricter measures will be taken at the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in order to prevent avian flu entering the island.
Among the recent ... US:32,000 Senior Citizens Died From Flu Last Year -- Record Amount of..
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from SeniorJournal.com,燭X (via http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Health/4-09-29FluHearing.h)
32,000 Senior Citizens Died From Flu Last Year -- Record Amount of Vaccine Available This Year
Senate hearing held as the U.S. conducts National Adult Immunization Awareness Week
Sept. 29, 2004 ? The ... US readies (human) vaccine (against bird flu) for testing
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from Straits Times,燬ingapore (via http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,275)
WASHINGTON - As part of planning for a possible bird flu pandemic, the United States' Department of Health and Human Services has contracted two drug companies to make batches of vaccine, which will be ... Haemophilus influenza:Bacteria´s Glue Valve Surprises Scientists
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from Medical News Today,燯K (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=14186)
St Louis, USA ?To stick to cells in the respiratory tract and start an infection, the bacterium Haemophilus influenza has to secrete a glue-like protein. Researchers at Washington University School of ... China:Measures urged to keep out bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from EastDay.com,燙hina (via http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/use)
China is requiring all localities to strengthen preventive measures against the possible outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or bird flu, during the autumn and winter, according to ... Malaysian poultry back in Singapore but AVA will impose stricter..
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 30, 2004 from The Malaysia Star,燤alaysia
Trucks carrying more than 120,000 chickens, 2,000 ducks and 1.3 million eggs a day from Malaysia will start rolling into Singapore this morning following the city state's decision to partially lift the ... Death of baby from avian flu in Vietnam brings toll in that country to 20
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from Brunswick News Inc (via http://canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040928/CP)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam confirmed Wednesday a 14-month-old baby who died earlier this month had tested positive for avian flu, bringing the region's death toll from the disease to 30.The infant boy ... Australia: Five die amid flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from News.com.au (via http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10916655%255)
FIVE people have died and four nursing homes quarantined after an outbreak of flu in the NSW Hunter Valley.Cases of influenza A, which this month claimed 10 lives at Newcastle's Bethel Aged Care Facility, ... China:First influenza case detected in Tianjin since August
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from Jinwanbao (via http://www.jwb.com.cn/gb/content/2004-09/28/content_261897.h)
According the news from Tianjin CDC, first influenza virus was isolated from a patient in hospital in August. The virus isolate was identified as H3 subtype by China CDC. Revealing H3 influenza virus might ... China warns against possible bird flu in autumn, winter
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- China has required all localitiesto strengthen preventive efforts against the possible outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or bird flu, during the ... Japan lifts ban on poultry imports from 3 US states
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
TOKYO, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Japan on Tuesday lifted a ban on US poultry imports from the states of Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland as product safety was confirmed with no fresh outbreaks of a bird ... Singapore to lift ban on poultry imports from Malaysia
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 29, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
SINGAPORE, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Singapore will lift the ban on poultry imports from Malaysia's southern states of Johor and Malacca from Thursday.
According to a statement ... Thailand Has Probable Human Bird Flu Transmission
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 28, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&a)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Tuesday it had found its first known probable case of a human being infecting another with bird flu, but insisted it was an isolated incident that posed little risk ... Factsheet:Bird flu: What you need to know [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 28, 2004 from CNN
What is bird flu (avian influenza)?
?nbsp;Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. The disease, first identified in Italy more than 100 years ... Bird flu virus unlikely to be eradicated soon, warn global bodies
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 28, 2004 from Channel News Asia,燬ingapore
ROME : The bird flu epidemic in Asia is a "crisis of global importance" and the virus is unlikely to be eradicated soon, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal ... Thailand:Country on high birdflu alert following new case
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 27, 2004 from The Nation, Thailand,燭hailand
The Public Health Ministry yesterday confirmed the second case of human bird flu in a new wave of the deadly disease and announced it was putting all parts of the country on high alert for the epidemic. ... Thailand confirms second human bird flu case
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 27, 2004 from Straits Times,燬ingapore
BANGKOK - Thailand announced on Monday that a 32-year-old woman is suffering from bird flu, the second confirmed human case of the disease since the country's latest outbreak started in July.
The woman, ... Over 11,000 fowls culled in northern Malaysia
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 27, 2004 from XinhuaNet News
birds have been culled in the northern state of
Kelantan since bird flu was detected in mid-August there, the Malaysia
Veterinary Servi
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-09/26/content_2026033.htm ... Study links melting glaciers, medical threats [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 26, 2004 from Toronto Star,燙anada
The retreat of glaciers around the world is the most visible ?and depressing ?sign of global warming.
If that retreat continues at its present rate, it won't be long before the glaciers will be gone, ... OIE:UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)
submitted by kickingbird at Sep, 26, 2004 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/downld/AVIAN%20INFLUENZA/A_AI-Asia.htm)
UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN ANIMALS IN ASIA (TYPE H5)*
24 September 2004
Location
Virus
type
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Date
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Korea
(Republic of)
H5N1
12/12/2003
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