Avian Flu World´s No. 1 Threat, US CDC Head Says
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 22, 2005 from Reuters (via http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNew)
Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need to fight it, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ... US CDC:Recent Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Asia
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 20, 2005 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/asia.htm)
Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) occurred among poultry in 8 countries in Asia (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) during late 2003 and early ... Canada to increase stockpile of anti-flu drugs
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/18/content_2589399)
Canada will add to its arsenal against pandemic influenza by stockpiling large amounts of an inexpensive anti-viral drug called amantadine, Canada´s Public Health Agency revealed Thursday.
Dr. ... WHO to suggest stockpiling H5N1 flu vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 18, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to recommend that governments consider stockpiling vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus now, rather than waiting until a human flu pandemic emerges, ... Southwest China:Efforts urged to prevent possible bird flu spread
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 16, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/15/content_2580980)
Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu on Tuesday instructed local officials to step up efforts for preventing possible bird flu spread in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
During his three-day ... WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 11, 2005 from WHO (via http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2005/np05/en/index)
WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Influenza Programme convenes meetings to analyse the ... Thailand on high alert of large-scale bird flu outbreak
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 10, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/10/content_2568146)
Thailand has been highly alerted with large-scale outbreak of bird flu, preparing from vaccine stocks to expert teams.
About 100,000 doses of avian flu vaccine have been prepared ... SARS, bird flu to be included as occupational diseases in HK
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 8, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/07/content_2559671)
SARS and bird flu will be included as occupational diseases in Hong Kong following an amendment to Hong Kong丩s Employees Compensation Ordinance.
The move brings the total number ... FAO:Bird flu remains a constant threat
submitted by kickingbird at Feb, 2, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/01/content_2536552)
The new avian influenza outbreaks in Vietnam and Thailand show that the bird flu virus remains endemic in Asia and is unlikely to be eradicated in the near term, the UN´s Food and Agriculture Organization ... China:Government cautions against bird flu outbreak [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 30, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/29/content_2521851)
Various localities and relevant departments were urged to take "all possible measures" to guard against outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in China, according to a teleconference held Friday ... CIDRAP News:WHO board disagrees on flu drug patent issue
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 28, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Instead of finding common ground on pandemic influenza planning, World Health Organization (WHO) members this week hit rocky terrain.
The WHO's executive board meeting stalled Jan 24, according to an ... Vietnam to establish bird flu supervision system [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 27, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/27/content_2514636)
Vietnam will set up a system to supervise bird flu nationwide, while making other specific efforts to curb the disease spread among people in the country, according to Vietnam News Agency on Thursday. ... CIDRAP News:Experts debate whether a flu pandemic could be stopped
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 27, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
The idea of stopping an emerging influenza pandemic would have seemed ridiculous until a few years ago, but today the world just might have a chance to do that, according to two flu experts ... Thailand issues health advice for public subject: Avian influenza prevention on Chinese New Year Cerebration
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 26, 2005 from Department of Disease Control MOPH, Thailand (via http://thaigcd.ddc.moph.go.th/AI_MOPHadvice_chinesenewyear_0)
As Chinese new year cerebration is drawing near in early February, mostly Thai ethnic Chinese are planing the paying-respect to ancestor rite, of which chickens are usually used as food tokens. Since the ... Thailand:Government guards against outbreak of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 26, 2005 from TNA (via http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=35182)
The cabinet has approved a budget of nearly Bt800 million to prevent an outbreak of a new strain of human influenza, according to Deputy Public Health Minister Suchai Charoenrattanakul.
Dr. Suchai told ... Thailand prepares plan to deal with potential human transmissions of bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 24, 2005 from AFX via Yahoo news (via http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/050124/323/fax1j.html)
The government said it has prepared an emergency plan to deal with a potential outbreak of human-to-human bird flu transmissions.Deputy premier Chaturon Chaisaeng said the government committee supervising ... WHO issued a report on ´Influenza pandemic preparedness and response´
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 21, 2005 from WHO,CIDRAP
In Geneva, the WHO issued a report on the avian flu situation in connection with the agency´s executive board meeting, which continues through Jan 25.
The authors of the "influenza pandemic preparedness ... Avian influenza: current situation in southeast Asia and impact on Europe
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 21, 2005 from Eurosurveillance 2005; 10(1): published online in Eurosurveillance weekly release 20 January (via http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2005/050120.asp)
Avian influenza: current situation in southeast Asia and impact on Europe
Caroline Brown (c.brown@nivel.nl), John Paget and Adam Meijer, European Influenza Surveillance Scheme, Netherlands Institute for ... Ireland:Influenza outbreak blamed for overcrowding at A&E units [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 14, 2005 from Evening Echo (via http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=55773662&p=5577396)
A doubling in the number of influenza cases throughout the country has reportedly been blamed for the pressure on accident and emergency departments in recent days. Reports this morning said the Health ... England:Influenza activity reaches levels required for the prescription of zanamivir and oseltamivir
submitted by kickingbird at Jan, 14, 2005 from CDR Weekly
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