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Flu vaccinations in Israel back on
• Flu • Oct 24 06
According to Israeli health officials the deaths of four men who had received a flu jab were not connected to the vaccination and the…
Americans piled up Tamiflu on bird flu fear
• Flu • Oct 17 06
Fears of a bird flu outbreak led Americans to hoard the antiviral drug Tamiflu in 2005, with prescriptions spiking most sharply when media coverage…
Bird flu back again in Egypt
• Flu • Oct 12 06
According to the World Health Organisation, Egypt has reported it’s first case of bird flu in five months.
This latest case has appeared in…
New bird flu vaccine promises to offer cross-protection
• Flu • Oct 05 06
Early clinical trials of a new bird flu vaccine have produced promising results and a phase 3 trial of the cell-based H5N1 flu vaccine…
Iraq confirms third bird flu case
• Flu • Sep 19 06
The Ministry of Health in Iraq has retrospectively confirmed the country’s third case of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
The case,…
Influenza virus H5N1 duck strain replicates in macaques and causes respiratory illness
• Flu • Sep 18 06
Influenza virus H5N1 strain isolated from a duck replicates in rhesus macaques and causes respiratory illness.
“H5N1 influenza A viruses are widely distributed among…
Bird flu death toll in Indonesia now up to 48
• Flu • Sep 12 06
According to the Ministry of Health in Indonesia a new case of the H5N1 avian influenza virus has been confirmed in a young girl.
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Bird flu virus grows faster than average flu virus
• Flu • Sep 12 06
The H5N1 bird flu virus expands far more aggressively in people than does common human flu viruses, a study of patients in Vietnam has…
Why H5N1 bird flu is so lethal
• Flu • Sep 11 06
Researchers in Vietnam have discovered why the H5N1 bird flu virus currently at large is so lethal to humans.
In a small study involving…
Trial shows H5N1 vaccine safe and effective
• Flu • Sep 08 06
A vaccine in development against the H5N1 influenza virus can produce a safe immune response in healthy people at low doses, according to an…
Indonesia to vaccinate 300 mln birds against H5N1
• Flu • Sep 05 06
Indonesia plans to begin vaccinating about 300 million poultry next month against bird flu, an official said on Tuesday, amid criticism over the country’s…
New microchip enables quick diagnosis of flu strains
• Flu • Aug 30 06
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may…
Researchers say cut bird flu deaths by transfusions
• Flu • Aug 30 06
Scientists in the U.S. say that research suggests that transfusions of blood products might help to cut deaths in the event of a bird…
Vietnam fights bird flu yet again
• Flu • Aug 28 06
Animal health officials in Vietnam say they have detected the H5N1 bird flu virus on a small duck farm, this second case within a…
Scientists propose sharing genetic data on bird flu
• Flu • Aug 25 06
Leading scientists called on Thursday for the establishment of a global consortium to share genetic data from bird flu cases, deemed vital for tracking…
Lessons from SARS May Help Prepare for Bird Flu
• Flu • Aug 18 06
Lessons learnt from SARS epidemics in China may help us prepare for new epidemics, such as human avian flu, say experts in this week’s…
Scientists hail breakthrough in bird flu drug quest
• Flu • Aug 17 06
Scientists said on Wednesday they had made a breakthrough in the race to develop a drug for the H5N1 bird flu virus if it…
New avian flu facility awards its first grant
• Flu • Aug 15 06
The Avian and Human Influenza Facility, a multidonor financing mechanism administered by the World Bank, announced today that the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)…
Bird flu doing the rounds in Cambodia again
• Flu • Aug 14 06
According to officials in Cambodia a second outbreak of bird flu has occurred there this year in southeast Prey Veng, the same province where…
Thailand finds another 46 suspected human bird-flu cases
• Flu • Aug 14 06
According to health officials in Thailand another 46 people are under observation after developing symptoms similar to bird flu.
Public Health Minister Pinij Charusombat…
China comes clean on bird flu
• Flu • Aug 09 06
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the two latest suspected cases of the human form of the bird flu virus in Indonesia and…
8 ways to avoid the flu naturally
• Flu • Aug 08 06
Couple the recent media predictions of a pandemic-proportion flu season with talk of more vaccination shortages, and the spread of panic isn’t far behind.…
Cats infected with bird flu in Iraq
• Flu • Aug 07 06
Cats that died during an outbreak of bird flu in Iraq last February were infected with the H5N1 virus, U.S. naval medical researchers…
Closer study of H5N1 strains needed, expert says
• Flu • Aug 04 06
A leading virologist has urged countries battling new H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in animals to analyze the genetic makeup of the virus to trace…
New bird flu outbreaks test Thai defences
• Flu • Aug 03 06
Thailand, among the countries hardest hit by bird flu, appeared to turn a corner this year in its fight against the virus.
The disease…