Second drug should be readied for bird flu(Relenza) [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 13, 2005 from Reuters
A second influenza drug, GlaxoSmithKline´s Relenza, should be stockpiled in readiness for a feared global pandemic of avian flu, researchers said on Thursday.
The drug, known generically as zanamivir, ... OIE:HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA IN CHINA follow-up report No.2
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 13, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_58.HTM#Sec8)
Information received on 10 August 2005 from Mr Jia Youling, Director General, Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing:
End of previous report period: 20 June 2005 (see Disease Information, ... UK:The influenza immunisation programme 2005/06
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 13, 2005 from CDR Weekly (via http://www.hpa.org.uk/cdr/pages/news.htm#flu_prog)
A letter from the Chief Medical Officer, the Chief Nursing Officer and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer outlining the influenza immunisation programme for 2005/06 has been published. Copies can be obtained ... China reported bird flu cases in Tibet - OIE
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 11, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10268085.htm)
China has discovered a strain of bird flu, likely the one deadly to humans, at a farm in Tibet, making the western region the third to be hit in the country, the world animal health body OIE said on Wednesday. ... India: government on alert for bird flu as migrating birds arrive
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 11, 2005 from Canadian Press (via http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=ea0cd9b1-f36f-4db)
India´s government warned health and wildlife officials throughout the country to watch for symptoms of avian influenza among migratory birds that have begun arriving from China and other regions ... Vietnam: New bird flu fatality reported (35-year-old,male)
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 9, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/09/content_3328812)
A 35-year-old man from Vietnam´s southern Ben Tre, has just been confirmed to die of bird flu, lifting the total fatal cases in the country to 41 since late 2003,local newspaper Young People reported ... NexBio Receives a $6 Million NIH SBIR Grant for the Clinical Development of a Novel Influenza Medicine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 9, 2005 from PRNewswire (via http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050808/lam050.html?.v=19)
NexBio, Inc. announced today that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the company a $6 million Phase II ... OIE:Avian influenza in Mongolia
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 9, 2005 from OIE
Avian influenza in Mongoliain migratory birds
Information received on 8 August 2005 from Dr Ravdan Sanjaatogtokh, Director, State Veterinary Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ulaanbaatar:
Report ... Two studies model containment strategies for pandemic flu
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 4, 2005 from CIDRAP (via http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/ne)
Aug 3, 2005 (CIDRAP News) – Researchers relying on mathematical modeling claim that early containment of pandemic influenza, an eventuality widely accepted as not an "if" but a "when," may well be attainable ... Bird flu pilot plan for Fiji [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 3, 2005 from Fiji Times (via http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=25913)
AN influenza pandemic preparedness plan for Fiji is being developed to deal with the possible outbreak of Bird Flu in the region.
While the Secretariat of the Pacific Community has prepared a regional ... Hong Kong:Psychiatric patients isolated after testing positive for influenza A [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 3, 2005 from The Standard (via http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GH03Ak08.html)
Three patients at a psychiatric hospital in Kowloon have tested positive for the influenza A virus, according to the Hospital Authority.
The three were among four women aged between 32 and 55 who had ... OIE:Avian influenza in kazakhstan
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 3, 2005 from OIE
Translation of information received on 2 August 2005 from Dr Marat Mynzhanov, Director, Veterinary Control Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Astana:
Report date: 2 August 2005.
An outbreak ... Vietnam reports new bird flu patient
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2005 from Xinhua News Agency (via http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/02/content_3298759)
Specimens from a 49-year-old woman from Vietnam's northern Ha Tay province have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, according to local newspaper Labor on Tuesday.
The ... OIE:AVIAN INFLUENZA IN JAPAN(H5N2)
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 29, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_60.HTM#Sec6)
Information received on 28 July 2005 from Dr Hirofumi Kugita, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo:
End of previous report period: 27 June 2005 (see Disease ... OIE:AVIAN INFLUENZA IN RUSSIA
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 1, 2005 from OIE (via http://www.oie.int/eng/info/hebdo/AIS_60.HTM#Sec4)
AVIAN INFLUENZA IN RUSSIA
Immediate notification report
Translation of information received on 24 July 2005 from Dr Evgueny A. Nepoklonov, Head of the Main Veterinary Department, Ministry of Agriculture ... Biodem Receives $US1 Million From Akzo Nobel for Flu Vaccine [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Aug, 2, 2005 from Australian Associated Press
Dutch pharmaceutical company Nobilon has paid Melbourne-based drug developer Biodem $1 million now that the company´s intranasal flu vaccine has met the requirements needed to be produced in chicken ... Vietnam: 2 more died from bird flu
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 29, 2005 from Reuters
Bird flu has killed two more Vietnamese, taking the country´s toll to 42, nearly half of them killed since the H5N1 virus returned in December, state-run media said on Friday.A 26-year-old who died ... Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Receives Flu Vaccine Production License from Chinese FDA [Primary member]
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 28, 2005 from businesswire
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2005--Sinovac Biotech Ltd. ("Sinovac") ("the Company") (AMEX:SVA) announced today that the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued a production license for Sinovac´s ... Japan finds new case of bird flu in area hit by infection
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 27, 2005 from Japan Today (via http://www.todayonline.com/articles/63498.asp)
Japan found a new case of bird flu in an area that has already been hit by the disease, leading authorities to prohibit the movement of more chickens.
A farm in Ibaraki, some 100 kilometers (60 ... Indonesia finds bird flu signs near home of victims
submitted by kickingbird at Jul, 27, 2005 from Reuters (via http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK168357.htm)
JAKARTA, July 26 (Reuters) - Authorities have found signs of bird flu in chicken droppings near the home of three Indonesians who died from the virus this month, but have not yet linked the discovery to ... 5564 items, 20/Page, Page[238/279][|<<] [|<] [231] [232] [233] [234] [235] [236] [237] [238] [239] [240] [>|] [>>|] Search local
Northen China: Beijing - Gansu -
Hebei -
Heilongjiang -
Henan -
Hubei -
Inner mongolia -
Jilin -
Liaoning -
Ningxia -
Qinghai -
Shaanxi -
Shandong -
Shanxi -
Tianjin -
Xinjiang -
Xizang(Tibet)
Southen China: Anhui -
Chongqing -
Fujian -
Guangdong -
Guangxi -
Guizhou -
Hainan -
Hongkong -
Hunan -
Jiangsu -
Jiangxi -
Macao -
Shanghai -
Sichuan -
Taiwan -
Yunnan -
Zhejiang
|
- 
