Human-to-Human Spread of Bird Flu Is WHO´s Worst Fear
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from bloomberg (via http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ardb)
The potential transmission of bird flu between humans is the World Health Organization´s worst fear, said Francois Xavier Meslin, the group´s chief of animal diseases.
The ease of human-to-human ... Bird flu threat Asean´s most pressing public health issue: Singapore
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 20, 2004 from Channelnewsasia (via http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/123163/1/)
Singapore says bird flu has now reached endemic proportions in the region. Quoting scientific evidence, Minister of State for Defence and National Development Cedric Foo says overcoming the H5N1 virus ... Japan:Five People May Have Bird Flu Virus
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 18, 2004 from Reuters (via http://in.news.yahoo.com/041218/137/2ij34.html)
Five people in Japan may have been infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in western Japan in February, Kyodo news agency said, adding that none was in serious condition.
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Border Screening for SARShttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412175225.htm Article
Historical, New, and Reemerging Links between Human and Animal Healthhttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412176444.htm Article
Canada:Fluwatch ... Taiwan:Two strains of avian flu found in bird droppings
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from Taipei Times (via http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/17/2)
Council of Agriculture officials said yesterday local bird-watching enthusiasts are not required to stop the hobby after a recent discovery of avian flu in migratory birds in northern Taiwan.
The officials ... Estimated Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults and Children --- United States, September 1--November 30, 2004
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Because of the unexpected reduction in the amount of available inactivated influenza vaccine for the 2004--05 influenza season, on October 5, 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ... Experiences with Influenza-Like Illness and Attitudes Regarding Influenza Prevention --- United States, 2003--04 Influenza Season
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 17, 2004 from US CDC (via http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5349a3.htm)
Despite advances in medical treatment, influenza results in approximately 36,000 deaths each year in the United States (1). Vaccination has been a mainstay of influenza prevention, with annual vaccination ... China:Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Signs Avian Flu Vaccine Co-Development Agreement with China Centre of Disease Control and Prevention [Primary member]
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Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("Sinovac") ("the Company") (AMEX:SVA) announces that it has signed an Avian Flu Vaccine Co-development Agreement with China Centre of Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC).
China ... WHO launches centre for virtual information exchange to head off pandemics
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 16, 2004 from UN News (via http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=12826&Cr=wo)
After months of testing, the United National public health agency today opened an emergency response centre to head off illnesses that verge on becoming pandemic - such as bird flu and SARS - anywhere ... Study finds catch-22 of pandemic flu; could be stopped, but resources lacking
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 16, 2004 from Canadian Press
Mathematical modellers at Harvard's School of Public Health may have identified the catch-22 of pandemic flu.
Future influenza pandemics might in theory be containable through aggressive early control ... US:Oklahoma´s First Flu Case Of Season Reported [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 15, 2004 from AP
The first case of influenza this season in Oklahoma has been reported in the Tulsa area, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said Tuesday. Other nearby states that have reported confirmed influenza ... Avian flu discovered among Thailand’s wild bird population
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 14, 2004 from TNA (via http://www.mcot.org/query.php?nid=33764)
The government announced today that a recent survey of wild birds in central Thailand had shown six species infected with bird flu.
The results came from a random sampling of more than a thousand migratory ... Indonesia:Bird flu virus hits W. Nusa Tenggara
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 13, 2004 from The Jakarta Post (via http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=2004)
Bird flu has broken out in several parts of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), killing thousands of birds in the provincial capital of Mataram.
The Mataram agriculture and animal husbandry office said that more ... Aventis, Chiron to Test Bird Flu Vaccine on Humans [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from Reuters (via http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&)
Aventis-Pasteur and Chiron Corp are due to start human testing of a vaccine against bird flu as early as this month, a World Health Organization official said on Saturday, to try to prevent a pandemic ... UK prepares for flu pandemic
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from The Observer (via http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1372003,)
Emergency plans are being drawn up by government health advisers to deal with a potential outbreak of bird flu in Britain, which experts warn could claim many thousands of lives.
Measures being considered ... Grey heron found H5 positive in HK
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 12, 2004 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/11/content_2321942)
HONG KONG, Dec. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- A grey heron found in Hong Kong earlier has been confirmed an H5 avian flu suspect, and further tests are underway for the nature of the virus, the Agriculture, ... newly uploaded articles in F.I.C 20041211
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The Genetic Archaeology of Influenzahttp://www.flu.org.cn/resources/20041292434.htm Article
Mapping of genomic segments of influenza B virus strains by an oligonucleotide microarray method.http://www.flu.org.cn/resources/200412103950.htm ArticlePUBLIC ... US:Iowa reports first case of the flu [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 11, 2004 from AP (via http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2676555)
State health officials report the first case of the flu has been confirmed in a child in eastern Iowa. It´s a case of Influenza A, which is covered by this year´s flu vaccine -- which is in short ... FAO:Avian Influenza Country situation as at 18/11/2004
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 10, 2004 from FAO (via http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-ca)
Thailand: Since 03/07/04, H5N1 HPAI infection has been confirmed in 57 provinces and more than one million birds have died or been culled in response. As at 09/11/04, 261 locations in 44 provinces were ... Scale of flu pandemic not predictable, WHO says
submitted by kickingbird at Dec, 10, 2004 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/hot/flu/news/dec090)
The World Health Organization weighed in yesterday on the debate about the potential magnitude of the next influenza pandemic by saying it´s impossible to confidently predict how many lives a pandemic ... 4660 items, 20/Page, Page[211/233][|<<] [|<] [211] [212] [213] [214] [215] [216] [217] [218] [219] [220] [>|] [>>|] Search local
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