Bangladesh seeks better bird flu testing
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 28, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA122702.htm)
DHAKA, March 28 (Reuters) - Bangladesh has called for international help to upgrade bird flu testing, an official said on Wednesday, as the country battles a large outbreak of the disease in poultry. "We ... Statement By US Secretary Of Health And Human Services On The WHO Global Pandemic Influenza Action Plan To Increase Vaccine Supply
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 28, 2007 from Medical News Today (via http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=66354)
The World Health Organization (WHO) deserves continued support and commendation for its leadership in guiding the global effort to prepare for and respond to a potential human influenza pandemic. The current ... CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 28, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27236299.htm)
March 27 (Reuters) - Indonesia agreed on Tuesday to resume sending virus samples to the World Health Organisation which sealed a pact with developing nations over access to bird flu vaccines. Here is a ... WHO reaches bird flu vaccine deal with Indonesia
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 27, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27290413.htm)
By Fitri Wulandari JAKARTA, March 27 (Reuters) - Indonesia, which has the highest human death toll from bird flu, agreed on Tuesday to resume sending virus samples to the World Heath Organisation. The ... Egypt: two children test positive for bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 27, 2007 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27231582.htm)
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CAIRO, March 27 (Reuters) - Two Egyptian children have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the total number of human cases of the disease in the most populous ... Indonesia: two more suspected bird flu deaths
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 27, 2007 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/wl_nm/birdflu_indonesia_)
A teenager and a 22-year-old woman have died from suspected bird flu in Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
Both had tested positive for the H5N1 virus after an initial test, but officials ... Indonesia calls for bird flu shakeup
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 26, 2007 from Yahoo News (via http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/birdflu/*http://news.ya)
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia´s health minister called Monday for new rules to govern the development of human vaccines against bird flu to ensure poorer nations can afford them.
Siti Fadilah Supari made ... Tamiflu side effects come under scrutiny
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 24, 2007 from Nature (via http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7134/full/446358a)
Japanese paediatricians are studying whetherTamiflu, the drug widely thought to be ourbest defence against avian flu, might be causingmental instability and suicidal tendencies.An initial study cleared ... Pandemic influenza vaccine: WHO and international community make progress towards ensuring access of developing countries
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 24, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2007/np13/en/index)
22 MARCH 2007 | GENEVA -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is today reporting progress towards ensuring access to pandemic influenza vaccines for developing countries in the event of a pandemic and ... Saudi Arabia: first bird flu outbreak in fowl reported
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 23, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/wl_mideast_afp/healthfl)
Saudi authorities announced Thursday that they had found H5N1 bird flu in captive birds, in the kingdom's first outbreak of the strain of the disease that is dangerous to humans.
Laboratory tests found ... Bangladesh: the first case of bird flu confirmed
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 23, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/wl_sthasia_afp/healthfl)
Bangladesh confirmed Thursday its first case of bird flu, prompting mass culling of poultry at a farm outside the capital Dhaka, officials said.
"The cabinet held a special meeting on Thursday afternoon ... Pakistan: bird flu detected in capital
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 23, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/hl_afp/healthflupakista)
Authorities have detected the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in dead crows in Pakistan's capital, officials said Thursday.
About 40 dead crows had been found in the past two weeks in and around Islamabad, ... South Korea joins Japan in Tamiflu alert
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 22, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/hl_afp/healthfluasiapha)
South Korean officials said Thursday they will issue warnings on the bird flu drug Tamiflu, the second Asian nation to do so after Japan following reports of abnormal behaviour by young users.
The alert ... Japan warns against bird flu drug for teens
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/hl_nm/tamiflu_warning_ja)
Japan's Health Ministry said on Wednesday it had ordered the importer of the bird flu drug Tamiflu to warn doctors against giving it to teenagers after two new cases of abnormal behavior were reported. ... Myanmar: 1,000 chickens killed in new bird flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/hl_afp/healthflumyanmar)
Myanmar has slaughtered more than 1,000 chickens after discovering another outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Yangon, a livestock department official said Tuesday.
The discovery of avian ... Thai bird flu strain found to be resistant to drug
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/hl_nm/birdflu_thailand_d)
Scientists have found that a strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating in Thailand is resistant to the flu drug amantadine, and they called for rigorous study of H5N1 strains to better treat human ... WHO: Avian influenza-situation in Egypt-update 10
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_03_20/en/index.html)
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by ... China: baby in Hong Kong infected with H9N2 avian flu
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 21, 2007 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/)
Hong Kong officials have reported that a 9-month-old girl is infected with the strain of avian influenza known as A/H9N2, which has caused mild human illness in the city three times before and is considered ... Indonesia: a 21-year-old woman dies of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 20, 2007 from Reuters (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/hl_nm/birdflu_indonesia_)
A 21-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, bringing the human death toll in the country from the virus to 66, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
The woman died on Monday at Dr. Soetomo ... Thailand confirms new bird flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Mar, 20, 2007 from AFP (via http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070319/hl_afp/healthfluthailan)
Thai officials on Monday confirmed the country's fourth outbreak of bird flu this year, with the deadly H5N1 virus detected among chickens in a northeastern province bordering Laos.
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