Monday, May 28, 2007

Bird flu reported in three more provinces

Antibodies point to new bird flu therapy

Businesses planning for pandemic flu raise variety of legal questions

99 Cases Of Bird Flu Human Infection So Far In Indonesia

Avian Influenza H5N2 Hits State

Avian influenza survivors' antibodies effective at neutralising H5N1 strain

Bird flu could have been passed from person to person

New laws underway to prevent bird flu

Avicod Codlea offsets losses caused by bird flu

Bird flu continues to be public health threat in China

Pupils offered bird flu drug

Bird flu survivors' blood the key to vaccine

Thailand moves ahead with national bird flu response plan

Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO

Seed magazine on avian flu

Chinese media blast Pentagon report

Flu Stories: The Pandemic Flu Leadership Blog

Thailand to host virus talks

Virus sharing debate raises intellectual property concerns

British bird flu outbreak: 36 may have been in contact

Bird flu vaccine production meet set for Thailand

Paris Anti-Avian Influenza 2007 conference - institut Pasteur Paris

Bird flu scare at second farm

PM Dung calls for tighter bird flu control

China reports human case of bird flu

Bird flu spreads in Vietnam

Thirty-six tested for bird flu

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

WHO reaches bird flu vaccine deal

Pakistan confirms new cases of H5N1 bird flu

Over 6000 birds culled as new bird-flu outbreak hits Islamabad

Indonesia bird flu death toll climbs to 77 after young girl dies

Outbreak of Asian bird flu cases

Hemispherx to Present New Therapeutic Results at Paris Anti-Avian Influenza Conference

Council supports plan to deal with Avian Flu

Leave Turkey over bird flu? Not on your life

Bird flu spreads to 4 more provinces in Vietnam

U.N. Seeks Bird Flu Vaccine for Poor

Researcher Get Down and Dirty for Bird Flu

Ghana reports second bird flu outbreak

Agric Ministry confirms Sunyani Bird flu

Bird Flu Reported in Vietnam

Nghe An hit by third bird flu case, officials cull 6000 ducks

Lebanese army fights Islamists in Palestinian camp

Bird Flu Outbreaks In Bangladesh Require Long-Term Strategic Response

Avian flu slowing

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Unveils New Pandemic Flu Guidance for Healthcare Workers

Countries succeeding against avian influenza: OIE

Bird flu strain infecting fewer wild birds - OIE

FAO urges long-term bird flu strategy in Bangladesh

BUSINESS AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING

Novel FluVacc vaccine enters Phase I trial

Canada Stockpiling AI Vaccine For Poultry

Bangladesh, New Bird Flu Outbreaks

Using a Story to Teach Children How They Can Help Prevent Bird Flu

Next bird flu monitoring starts in Azerbaijan

Top result for Imugene's bird flu vaccine

Bird flu readiness put to the test

Suspected bird flu case recorded in Sunyani

FAO: Bird flu a 'huge challenge' in Bangladesh

New bird flu cases at Vietnamese duck farms

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Reports: It's not unusual for FDA inspectors to find tainted, unsafe Chinese products being imported to USA

Steering clear of the flu

Bird flu outbreak leads to mass cull

Poor countries want fair share of H5N1 vaccines

New Drug being Trialed for H5N1 and other Flus

US military begins planning for avian flu pandemic

Overview avian influenza implications for human disease

Japan to check more flu drugs for side effects

Thailand to produce new influenza vaccine for WHO

H5N1 outbreak in central China kills 11172 poultry

Bird Flu is Back

School of medicine alumnus: Flu pandemic will happen

WHO grant for GPO to make flu vaccine

Rockeby To Present Rapid Bird Flu Test Research To Pasteur Institute

Indonesia's health minister elected to WHO executive board

Expert says global flu threat real

Outbreak of H5N1 Bird Flu in China

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

No avian influenza case in Kerala, West Bengal: Centre

Brunei Promotes Cooperation At 60th World Health Assembly

U.S. Preparedness to Respond to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strengthened by CDC/CSTE Partnership

Swiss authorities recommend flu

ndonesia sends H5N1 samples to WHO

Canadian Red Cross Secretary General appointed Special Envoy on Avian and Human Influenza

Pandemic influenza preparedness

Have You Had A Bird Flu Symptom?

Africa: New Avian Flu Project to Support Africa's Poor Farmers

CDC, CSTE release online H5N1 readiness course

Bird Flu: Dawson County Business Planning Workshop Today

Vietnam may reprocess bird flu medicine Tamiflu

Swiss told to stock up on bird flu masks

New bird flu project focuses on world's poor farmers

USAID Donates Equipment Against Bird Flu

Bird flu ruled out in chicken deaths in eastern India

Call to join hands in bird flu battle

Japan Investigates More Flu Drugs

Asia to test injectable drug for bird, human flu

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Tamiflu

Hungary Admits Possible Link to UK Outbreak

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate

Amid bird flu vaccine debate, scientists aren't sure what dose will protect

Avian Influenza Deadlier than HIV/AIDS?

UN health assembly tackles bird flu dispute, African health

Project worth $7.8 million to help ryots combat Avian flu

Amid bird flu vaccine debate, scientists aren't sure what dose will protect

Avian Flu & WHA

Avian Flu High High On World Health Assembly Agenda

Avian Flu High High On World Health Assembly Agenda

Bird flu death reported in Medan; toll at 76

Bird flu outbreak expands in Vietnam

FluForecast(R) Trial in 2006 Predicted High Human H5N1 Mortality in Indonesia

Very Low Resistance Rates to Tamiflu Reported by Roche

Information Key in Stemming Potential Pandemic Flu Outbreak

FluForecast predicted high H5N1 mortality in Indonesia

The Critically Ill Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Patient

Poultry imports could be stopped

Migratory birds not cause of spread of bird flu: zoologist

Hungary admits link with UK bird flu outbreak

Bird flu rumours spoil West Bengal's poultry party

Bangladesh struggles to battle bird flu

Bangladesh struggles to battle bird flu

EU OKs Intervet's bird flu vaccine

Additional bird flu outbreak reported in Vietnam

Friday, May 11, 2007

First introduction of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza A viruses in wild and domestic birds in Denmark, Northern Europe

World: Areas with confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian influenza since 1 January 2007

New pandemic flu vaccine gets EU approval

Bangladesh culls more chickens as bird flu spreads

KaiserEDU.org Announces Essay Contest Winners; JAMA Perspective Outlines Influenza Pandemic Possibilities; Report Examines Baby Boomers'

Paris Anti-Avian influenza 2007

SFDA approves second-phase trials for bird flu vaccine

Officials test poultry for bird flu after thousands of chickens

Indonesia's Bird Flu Showdown

Intervet's Bird Flu Vaccine Receives EU License

Intervet's Bird Flu Vaccine Receives EU License

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Boffins identify new host of avian influenza

Intervet's Bird Flu Vaccine Receives EU License

Authorities rehearse for health emergency

Bangladesh culls more chickens as bird flu spreads

Brunei steps up measures to keep bird flu at bay

Officials test poultry for bird flu after thousands of chickens

Bird flu vaccine trials

State budget may lose VND10bil from bird flu vaccination programme

Physicians' perception of pandemic influenza

New invariant of DNA sequence based on 3DD-curves and its application on phylogeny

Different pH requirements are associated with divergent inhibitory effects of chloroquine on human and avian influenza A viruses

Field and laboratory findings of the first incursion of the Asian H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Africa

Code-based syndromic surveillance for influenzalike illness by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision

Subclinical infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in cats

Avian influenza risk perception, Europe and Asia

No evidence of avian influenza A (H5N1) among returning US travelers

Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection: targets and strategies for chemotherapeutic intervention

Factors influencing influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers in Greek hospitals

Review of Human Infections with Avian Influenza H5N1 and Proposed Local Clinical Management Guideline

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Sinovac Commences Phase II Clinical Trials For Pandemic Influenza Vaccine (H5N1)

Brunei Steps Up Measures To Keep Bird Flu At Bay

Interactive map of avian influenza

US military begins planning for avian flu pandemic

New host species for avian influenza identified

Pentagon warns bird flu could kill 3m Americans

Bird flu scare: Farm in WB quarantined

Bird flu costs turkey sales ?9m

Country continues bird flu fight

Indonesia and Singapore battle avian flu together

Distribution of Lesions and Antigen of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus A/Swan/Germany/R65/06 (H5N1) in Domestic Cats after Presumptive Infecti

FluForecast Trial In 2006 Predicted High Human H5N1 Mortality In … - eMaxHealth.com

Avian influenza (bird flu)

DOD: Information Key in Stemming Potential H5N1 or other Pandemic

China's Sinovac Biotech gets govt approval for more bird flu vaccine trials

Bird Flu: Personal Preparedness Must Include These 4 Critical Areas

Imported Food Safety Concerns

FG to Establish Bird Flu Research Centre

WHO equivocal on prepandemic use of H5N1 vaccines

Commission runs laboratory workshops on avian influenza diagnosis

Indonesian agreement targets poultry safety

Is the Siliguri bird flu scare justified?

Does an outbreak of bird flu somewhere in the world concern you?

3rd Case Of Bird Flu Hits Tema

Indonesia and the WHO's Bird Flu Showdown

Bird flu thwarts jet flight for vulture

Bird flu task force arrests four

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

AVI BioPharma Announces First Quarter Financial Results

Two Taiwanese health experts share bird flu experiences with RI

Ambassador Chang Presents 5000 Copies of Bird Flu Pamphlets to Dosh

Bird Flu Not Only Pandemic Risk, US Experts Warn

Egyptians Play Chicken With Bird Flu Virus on Conspiracy Rumors

S'pore, RI team up for bird flu pilot project

Bird flu panic grips Siliguri

FluForecast Trial In 2006 Predicted High Human H5N1 Mortality In Indonesia

FDA Approves First U.S. Vaccine for Humans Against the Avian Influenza Virus H5N1

Bird flu vaccine: benefit to developing countries

Fiji safe from bird flu, says ministry

Chickens being tested for bird flu after deaths

Department tests Avian influenza

Bird flu not only risk

Bird flu scare: Farm in WB quarantined

Experts' team visits Siliguri, bird flu not yet confirmed

Ghana is on high alert on bird flu

Gambia: Ambassador Chang Presents 5000 Copies of Bird Flu Pamphlets to Dosh

Singapore, US to help Indonesia fight bird flu outbreak

'Chicken deaths not due to bird flu'

Egyptians Play Chicken With Bird Flu Virus on Conspiracy Rumors

Togo bans Ghana poultry following bird flu discovery

Indonesia inaugurates integrated bird flu centre

"Virus Sponge" raises hope for birdflu treatment

WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

Why Predicting The Next Influenza Pandemic Is So Difficult -- And How Scientists Can Prepare

Scientists consider influenza pandemics

G&FC Checking Ducks for Avian Influenza

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Bird flu update: 7 May 2007

Bird flu panic grips Siliguri

We Are Pandemic Ready

Novartis says pandemic flu vaccine Focetria gets EU approval

The Next Influenza Pandemic Can It Be Predicted?

Suspected swine H5N1 outbreak began early April

Vietnam to have H5N1 laboratory

Why predicting the next influenza pandemic is difficult and how scientists can best prepare

Federal laboratory of India to test poultry for bird flu

"Virus Sponge" Could Improve Flu Treatments

Focetria, the Novartis Pandemic Influenza Vaccine

Keep an eye out for bird flu: Archari

APEC reps meet in capital to review bird flu action plan

Bird flu alert sounded in Bengal

Bird flu not only pandemic risk, US experts warn

World Bank grants Uzbekistan $3 mln for bird flu prevention

Amazing Video Details Conditions That Cause Bird Flu

Bird Flu Fears In India

WB: Bird flu panic, 5000 chickens dead

Indonesia and WHO Near Agreement on Sharing of Bird Flu Samples

APEC reps meet in capital to review bird flu action plan

Ghana: GAWU Worries Over First Case of Avian Influenza

2300 chicken dead in Siliguri farm, govt says not to panic

Avian influenza testing extended

Resource Guide for Public Health Preparedness

Avian Flu: Seeing the Big Picture - Raiders News Network

Wildlife Monitoring Could Provide Clues on Pandemics

Monday, May 7, 2007

Human influenza A H5N1 virus related to a highly pathogenic

Health ministry, docs were at odds over Tamiflu effects

US says to reduce bird flu testing during '07

FG to Establish Avian Influenza Research Centre

US to test fewer wild birds for avian flu this year

Nigeria: FG Pays N281 Million to Farmers

France cuts bird flu risk level, says threat falls

Bird flu found in central province

Plan to battle bird flu expands

Face masks offer little protection from bird flu

Bird flu kills Indonesian woman, taking the country's toll to 75

We doubt bird flu story – Tema farmers

Bird flu scare in Siliguri

NanoViricides Drugs Found To Be Highly Effective Against Most Recent Strain of the H5N1 Avian Flu Virus

From outbreaks to full pandemic, a perspective

Australians still at risk from flu pandemic

Australians still at risk from flu pandemic

Australians still at risk from flu pandemic

Indonesia reports 75th avian flu death

Avian Flu: Seeing the Big Picture

H5N1

HHS Issues Interim Guidance For The Use Of Facemasks And Respirators In Public Settings During An Influenza Pandemic, USA

Local Agencies, Citizens Plan For Influenza Pandemic

Ghana: Govt Culls Poultry After Bird Flu Report

May 5 Flu Update

Bird flu re-emerges in central Vietnam, kills ducks

Bird Flu: FG to pay N281m to poultry farmers

8500 chickens culled in Savar following bird flu detection

Workshop to quell bird flu rumours

Bird flu strikes Vietnam again

Friday, May 4, 2007

20 Countries Agree To Adopt KL Guidelines For Health Crises

AVI BioPharma Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Influenza Data

Masks may not help against super-flu

Flu test kills 6,000 chickens

With Bird Flu Quiet, Poultry Producers Enjoy A Comeback

Health Officials Prepare For Possible Bird Flu Outbreak

U.S. govt says to reduce bird flu testing

GHANA: Poultry culled after first bird flu infection reported

Nigeria: Bird Flu - FG to Pay N281 Million to Poultry Farmers

Novavax Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Study Results From Live Virus Challenge To Pandemic Flu Vaccine

U.S. Control Strategies May Make Flu Epidemics Worse, UCLA Study Shows - Novel Mathematical Modeling Adds "human Factor"

Education campaign raises avian influenza awareness in Georgia’s schools

After bird flu tragedy, communities come together for change in Azerbaijan

May 2 Bird Flu Update

A/H5N1 Human cases

GlaxoSmithKline supports World Health Organization efforts to strengthen global pandemic preparedness plans

Is H5N1 Avian Influenza the Next Pandemic?

Supermap developed to track avian flu

Virogard and bird flu

First H5N1 case in Ghana confirmed in poultry - WHO

ANX-201 Drug Combination Demonstrates Synergistic Activity Against Human and Bird Flu Viruses

Purdue technology has potential for bird-flu vaccine

BioTech Medics Developing Avian Bird Flu Virus Prevention Program

Health Officials Prepare For Possible Bird Flu Outbreak

Novavax Up on Bird Flu Vaccine Data

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Impact of different husbandry conditions on contact and airborne transmission of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus to chickens

Performance evaluation of five detection tests for avian influenza antigen with various avian samples

Severe nonpurulent encephalitis with mortality and feather lesions in call ducks (Anas platyrhyncha var. domestica) inoculated intravenously with H5N1

Preparation and identification of a single-chain antibody fragment against high pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus

Genetic Evidence for Multi-event Imports of Avian Influenza Virus a (H5N1) into Bavaria, Germany.

Serological response to vaccination against avian influenza in zoo-birds using an inactivated H5N9 vaccine

Biology of influenza a virus

Rapid identification of emerging infectious agents using PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Recombinant Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara-Based Vaccine Induces Protective Immunity in Mice against Infection with Influenza Virus H5N1.

Amino Acid 226 in the Hemagglutinin of H9N2 Influenza Viruses Determines Cell Tropism and Replication in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

St. Jude Study Shows Effectiveness of Peramivir in Prevention of Mortality in Mouse Model of Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus Infection

LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals Presents Data Showing Heterosubtypic Protection Against Influenza Challenge With Virus-Like Particle Immunization

Peramivir shows promise for H5N1 protection

Peramivir shows promise for H5N1 protection

CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments

Purdue licenses bird flu vaccine technology to Calif. company

Cambodia boosts bird flu awareness efforts

Indonesia defiant on sharing bird flu samples

Bangladesh culls chickens as bird flu spreads

Ghana reports first case of deadly H5N1 bird flu in poultry

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

FDA Warns About Fake Internet Drugs

Uganda: Journalists Train in Bird Flu

Feasible to create a stockpile of H5N1 vaccine

Blood Products for Spanish Influenza: A Future H5N1 Treatment?

Supermap Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source/Spread

Peramivir Protects Lab Mice from Lethal H5N1 Injection

Supermap Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source And Spread

Google Earth files for avian flu virus

AVI BioPharma Reports Positive Pre-Clinical Influenza Data

Supermap Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source And Spread

Indonesia Blames WHO for Stalemate

Stopping Bird Flu by Spreading Knowledge About Protective Steps

Ghana investigates bird flu case

CLC bio joins $2.5M research project on HIV, bird flu, and other RNA-based diseases

Local, state officials to discuss bird flu plan

Positive step in bird-flu battle

Boffins fly Google for bird flu map

Cross River govt launches anti-bird flu campaign

Developing Countries To Get Access To H5N1 Vaccine

'Supermap' Of Avian Flu Yields New Info On Source/Spread

WHO: Global stockpile of H5N1 vaccine "feasible"

Mapping the phylogeny of avian flu in Google Earth

India prepares for AI outbreak possibility

Expert warns of flu pandemic

Researchers create interactive map with Google technology to track avian flu spread

Commissioner Cautions on Bird Flu

Production of flu drug Tamiflu to be cut

Bird flu monitoring to be held in Azerbaijan in May

'Genes being developed for disease resistant chicken'

Bird-Flu resistant Super Chicken!

Research Triangle Institute

Kenya to benefit from funding to fight avian flu

Ghana: Govt to Train More Veterinary Doctors

CCP Establishes Avian, Pandemic Flu Communication Program