Bird flu may have been mistaken for SARS
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
A Chinese man who died of pneumonia in 2003 and was at first classified as a SARS victim might have in fact died of avian influenza, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday.But in a confusing development, ... China May Had Human Bird Flu Infection Two Years Earlier Than Stated
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 23, 2006 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=45733&)
China had its first case of human bird flu infection in 2003, not 2005 when the first case was officially reported to the World Health Organization, according to eight Chinese scientists who wrote to the ... US trains foreign scientists in bird flu testing
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 20, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Two dozen scientists from 19 countries will be trained this week by the U.S. Agriculture Department in diagnostic testing for bird flu, the department said on Monday.The one-week session at the National ... China: Suspected case of Influenza A (H5) ruled out in HongKong
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 19, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/19/content_4716572)
Hong Kong North District Hospital (NDH) announced on Monday that a male patient was confirmed negative to Influenza A (H5). The patient is now being treated under isolation and is instable condition, ... HongKong fights poultry smuggling to keep out bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 18, 2006 from Reuters (via http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNe)
Authorities in Hong Kong stepped up customs checks at the weekend to stamp out poultry smuggling after a truck driver was found infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus across the border in mainland China.More ... Experts meet in Tunisia to counter bird flu in north Africa
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 18, 2006 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060614/hl_afp/healthflutunisia)
Experts were meeting in the Tunisian city of Hammamet to discuss how to fight the possible arrival of bird flu in north Africa, organizers said.Representatives of Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, ... HK bird flu experts head for Shenzhen
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 14, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/14/content_4697077)
HONG KONG, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong medical and veterinary experts will go to its ... Asian countries urged to boost anti-bird flu co-op
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 14, 2006 from Xinhuanet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/14/content_4695296)
ALMA-ATA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- A regional conference on bird flu on Tuesday called on Central Asia and its neighboring countries to strengthen cooperation in the fight against the infectious disease. The ... UN agency to lead in media project against bird flu
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 12, 2006 from xinhuanet@xinhua.org (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/12/content_4683768)
YANGON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will lead in a joint media project with Myanmar government and non-governmental media on prevention against bird flu among ... EU Commission gives up on flu stockpile
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3778)
The European Union's executive commission has given up on the idea of creating a strategic stockpile of antiviral drugs to deal with a flu pandemic after health ministers from the 25-nation bloc effectively ... Negligible risk of H5N1 infection from bathing and drinking water in Europe: ECDC risk assessment
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from Eurosurveillance Vol 11 Issue 6 (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2006/060608.asp#4)
People who bathe in water in areas of Europe where birds have been tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 are at negligible risk of infection with that virus, according to a risk assessment ... Updated Interim Guidance for Laboratory Testing of Persons with Suspected Infection with Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus in the United States
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 9, 2006 from US CDC (via http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/HAN/ArchiveSys/ViewMsgV.asp?AlertNu)
CDC Health UpdateThis update provides revised interim guidance for testing of suspected human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the United States and is based on the current state of knowledge regarding ... China: Scientist urges improvement of bird flu control methods
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2006 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/06/content_4652440)
BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government should review the strategies and effects of the bird flu control efforts of the past two years and improve them to cope with the epidemic which is still ... High-level meeting on Avian Influenza and flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 6, 2006 from EU (via http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/enews/ind)
On June 7, the European Commission will take part in an international senior officials meeting on Avian influenza and human flu pandemic, hosted by the Austrian Presidency in Vienna. The meeting is being ... EU extends poultry ban due to rapid spread of bird flu in Romania
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 3, 2006 from Xinhuanet (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/03/content_4639776)
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) widened onFriday an import ban on live poultry and poultry products from Romania following fresh outbreaks last month of the ... Russia starts bird flu vaccine tests
submitted by wanglh at Jun, 3, 2006 from Yahoo (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
Russia began testing two new vaccines against bird flu on 120 volunteers in Moscow with results expected at the end of August, the head of the state-owned company behind the project said."At the end of ... Avian Influenza: Results of EU surveillance in wild birds presented
submitted by kickingbird at Jun, 1, 2006 from EU Press Releases (via http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=)
Brussels, 31 May 2006 The European Commission and the Community Reference Laboratory (CRL) for Avian Influenza in Weybridge have published the results of the surveillance for avian influenza in wild ... Bird flu hitting poultry industry hard, FAO says
submitted by wanglh at May, 31, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3711)
ROME (Reuters) - Poultry producers have been saddled with enormous costs due to recent outbreaks of the deadly bird flu virus, veterinary experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on ... Bird flu could become endemic in Africa: FAO
submitted by wanglh at May, 31, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3701)
ROME (Reuters) - Bird flu may become a permanent feature in Africa and spread to other continents due to lack of funds to fight the deadly disease, a senior Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official ... Donors to give Bangladesh $2 million as bird flu aid
submitted by wanglh at May, 29, 2006 from Reuters (via http://feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/GlobalCoverage2?m=3686)
DHAKA (Reuters) - The World Bank and other international donor agencies will give Bangladesh $2 million to help the South Asian nation prepare to fight any bird flu outbreak.No bird flu cases have been ... 520 items, 20/Page, Page[11/26][|<<] [|<] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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