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Teen in Thailand dies from bird flu caught from fighting cockrel
• Flu • Jul 28 06
A teenage boy has become the first victim in over seven months to die of bird flu in Thailand.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Teen in Thailand dies from bird flu caught from fighting cockrel
• Flu • Jul 27 06
A teenage boy has become the first victim in over seven months to die of bird flu in Thailand.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)…
WHO to observe Chinese tests on 2003 bird flu case
• Flu • Jul 26 06
China has invited UN experts to observe its tests to verify findings by eight Chinese scientists that a man who died in late 2003…
Bird flu kills Thai youth amid new outbreaks
• Flu • Jul 26 06
A 17-year-old Thai has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the country’s first death this year as it battles fresh outbreaks of the…
Thailand confirms fresh outbreak of H5N1 virus
• Flu • Jul 26 06
Thailand has been struck by its first outbreak of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in eight months, the government said on Tuesday.
“Laboratory test…
Vaccination key to controlling bird flu
• Flu • Jul 19 06
Britain should opt to vaccinate poultry rather than slaughter flocks in order to tackle the threat of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu,…
India says develops local bird flu vaccine
• Flu • Jul 17 06
India announced on Sunday it has successfully developed a vaccine against bird flu in poultry.
The country has culled hundreds of thousands of birds…
Tests confirm Indonesian child died of bird flu
• Flu • Jul 17 06
A three-year-old Indonesian girl who died this month has tested positive for bird flu according to tests by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Multiple mutations in Indonesian bird flu strain
• Flu • Jul 13 06
Multiple mutations have been found in the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed seven family members in Indonesia although scientists are unsure of their…
First case of bird flu in Spain
• Flu • Jul 10 06
According to Spanish agriculture officials the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus recorded in Spain has been found in a wild…
Brits to trial bird flu vaccine on humans
• Flu • Jul 10 06
The British drug company PowderMed has applied for permission to conduct the first trial in Britain of a vaccine against the avian flu virus.
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Study supports routine vaccination of children against flu
• Flu • Jul 07 06
According to a new study childhood influenza is much more common in the USA than previously thought and more often than not doctors often…
Bird flu virus infected Nigeria multiple times
• Flu • Jul 06 06
Nigeria has been infected multiple times with H5N1 bird flu probably carried by migratory birds from southern Russia and northern Europe or introduced by…
Bird flu claims 40th human victim in Indonesia
• Flu • Jul 03 06
A World Health Organisation laboratory test has confirmed a 5-year-old Indonesian boy who died last month was infected with bird flu, a health ministry…
More birds with H5N1 found in China but details are guesswork!
• Flu • Jul 03 06
According to Chinese officials another outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus in birds has been found in the northwestern region of the country.
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Alaska utility workers may get flu drug priority
• Flu • Jul 03 06
Utility workers in Alaska’s biggest city may get priority doses of scarce supplies of antiviral medicines in the case of a bird flu pandemic…
Aussies chip in to help Indonesia fight bird flu
• Flu • Jun 26 06
In an effort to help Indonesia fight bird flu the Australian Government has signed an agreement with Indonesia to the tune of $10 million…
Chickens, swans, feathers and bird flu
• Flu • Jun 26 06
The World Health Organization has revealed the deadly bird flu virus which appeared as a cluster in an Indonesian family had mutated but the…
Experts descend on Jakarta to sort out bird flu outbreaks
• Flu • Jun 19 06
An international team of experts are meeting in Jakarta this week to assess the avian flu situation in Indonesia.
Experts from the World Health…
Bird Flu Preparations Earn Special Review
• Flu • Jun 19 06
Amid a climate of worldwide attentiveness to avian influenza, a disease that’s resulted in the slaughter of millions of birds and the deaths of…
Maine begins testing wild birds for avian flu
• Flu • Jun 19 06
Maine, the closest U.S. state to migration routes for birds coming from Europe, has begun testing for avian flu as the United States steps…
USAID announces $5 Million award to track bird flu
• Flu • Jun 14 06
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a $5 million award to support the development of a global network to track avian influenza,…
UK scientists call for more research into bird flu
• Flu • Jun 13 06
British scientists called on Tuesday for more research into how avian flu is spread from wild birds to domestic poultry.
The proposal is among…
Migrating wild birds play a key role in transporting highly pathogenic avian influenza
• Flu • Jun 05 06
Migrating wild birds have played and will likely continue to play a role in transporting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus, or bird flu,…
What to do about bird flu
• Flu • May 31 06
The latest deaths last week from bird flu in Indonesia have spread alarm across the globe that the world is on the brink of…