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U.S. screening for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in migratory birds
• Flu • Mar 21 06
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns, Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton and Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt have moved to…
Africa meets to fight bird flu after first death
• Flu • Mar 20 06
U.N. and government officials from across Africa met on Monday for the region’s biggest summit so far to tackle bird flu after it claimed…
Israel finds H5N1 in birds
• Flu • Mar 17 06
Israel detected its first cases of H5N1 bird flu on Friday, saying the virus had killed thousands of turkeys and chicken on two farms,…
Stray dog dies of bird flu in Azerbaijan
• Flu • Mar 16 06
Health officials say a stray dog has died of bird flu in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus…
Denmark finds first case of H5 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 15 06
Denmark has found its first case of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in a wild buzzard but tests were still being conducted to…
Sweden confirms first cases of H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 15 06
Swedish authorities said on Wednesday that tests had confirmed that two wild ducks found on its east coast carried the H5N1 strain of bird…
Myanmar reveals its first case of H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Mar 13 06
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma has found the H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens in what is believed to be the country’s first case…
Belgian treated for bird flu symptoms in Brussels
• Flu • Mar 08 06
A Belgian who had been visiting China has been admitted to hospital in Brussels with symptoms of bird flu, the Belgian Food Agency, a…
Swedish theory suggests treatment for Avian Influenza Infection
• Flu • Mar 08 06
Chemotherapy for a disorder of the immune system may - at least in theory - be effective against severe human avian influenza infection, this…
Chemotherapy treatment suggested for bird flu patients
• Flu • Mar 02 06
A chemotherapy treatment given to patients with an immune system disorder may work for human avian influenza, but it has not been tested in…
Russia sets up HQ to fight bird flu
• Flu • Feb 28 06
The Russian government say it will set up a headquarters to combat the bird flu epidemic.
According to Russia’s agriculture ministry, the lethal bird…
France starts poultry vaccination as bird flu spreads
• Flu • Feb 27 06
France began vaccinating more than 300,000 geese and ducks against avian flu on Monday while Niger became the second West African country to be…
Australian researchers design portable diagnostic system to identify bird flu in a human sample with
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute are conducting urgent research into bird flu.
Avian Influenza (commonly known as bird flu) poses a serious threat to…
Britain to buy H5N1 vaccine from Baxter, Chiron
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Britain said on Friday it was ordering around 3.5 million doses of H5N1 bird flu vaccine from manufacturers Baxter International Inc. and Chiron Corp.
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Bulgarian man tests negative for H5N1 bird flu
• Flu • Feb 24 06
A Bulgarian man has tested negative for bird flu after doctors isolated him when two of his ducks died and he began showing flu-like…
Spain at risk from migrating birds, no flu cases yet
• Flu • Feb 24 06
Spain will be particularly exposed to possible cases of bird flu in migrating birds returning from Africa in the coming weeks, but there are…
Second test shows no H5N1 in German farm bird
• Flu • Feb 24 06
A second test on a German farm bird shows it did not have the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, German officials said on…
World’s poor at huge risk from bird flu
• Flu • Feb 22 06
ActionAid International, one of the UK’s charity largest development charities which works with over five million of the world’s poorest people, has warned that…
Bird flu likely to occur again and again: study
• Flu • Feb 22 06
Bird flu is likely to cross over into people again and again if it even once acquires the ability to pass from human to…
Mutations in H5N1 avian influenza viruses
• Flu • Feb 21 06
Several recent media reports have included speculations about the significance of mutations in H5N1 avian influenza viruses. Some reports have suggested that the likelihood…
Slovenia latest EU country hit with bird flu
• Flu • Feb 17 06
Slovenia became the latest European Union country to detect H5N1 bird flu and others awaited results on Thursday as an EU medical expert said…
Control interventions crucial for stopping the spread of bird flu in Africa
• Flu • Feb 13 06
The outbreak of the deadly Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (H5N1) in Nigeria confirms the fears expressed by FAO for quite some time that…
Bird flu kills again, spreads to another country
• Flu • Feb 10 06
Avian flu was blamed for another death in Indonesia on Friday and spread to a new country after Azerbaijan said the lethal H5N1 strain…
New technology for accelerating development of vaccines against H5N1 flu
• Flu • Feb 08 06
Technology that enables scientists to identify targets for the development of vaccines against viruses such as H5N1 in weeks rather than months has entered…
FDA approves faster test for bird flu in humans
• Flu • Feb 06 06
U.S. regulators have approved a new, faster test for diagnosing strains of bird flu in humans suspected of being infected with the virus, the…