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Romania reports new cases of bird flu in fowl
• Flu • Dec 01 05
Romania has detected new cases of bird flu in a remote village in the Danube delta where the deadly H5N1 strain was first discovered…
Vaccinating chickens shown to halt the spread of bird flu
• Flu • Nov 30 05
Dutch scientists say that vaccinating chickens against avian flu can prevent a major outbreak of the disease by stopping birds from passing on the…
Avian Flu in Perspective
• Flu • Nov 24 05
An article by Robert Belshe, M.D., of Saint Louis University School of Medicine in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine reviews recent “spectacular…
Another case of non-lethal bird flu in Canada
• Flu • Nov 24 05
A mild form of avian flu has been discovered at a second farm in southwestern British Columbia, but Canadian officials said the public health…
Indonesia says man died of bird flu
• Flu • Nov 22 05
Local tests have shown a 35-year-old man has died in Indonesia of the H5N1 strain of bird flu but the results have to be…
Bird Flu: Government Needs to Allocate More for Antivirals, Public Education
• Flu • Nov 17 05
The federal government needs to take a lead in directing state and local health departments to prepare for an avian flu pandemic, says Greg…
Bird flu outbreak confirmed in western China
• Flu • Nov 15 05
China confirmed two fresh outbreaks of bird flu in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.
One…
Bird flu a risk for US poultry exports
• Flu • Nov 09 05
A U.S. outbreak of bird flu could cost poultry producers “hundreds of millions” of dollars in lost trade, but scientists said on Tuesday that…
New way to generate genetically altered influenza virus
• Flu • Nov 01 05
In the event of an influenza pandemic, the world’s vaccine manufacturers will be in a race against time to forestall calamity.
But…
Canada wild ducks unlikely to have H5N1 virus
• Flu • Oct 31 05
Canadian health officials say they have found a strain of Avian flu in 33 wild migratory ducks, but it is unlikely to be the…
Disaster experts meet in Australia to discuss bird flu
• Flu • Oct 31 05
The group of 21 member countries, including Australia, Japan, Indonesia and the U.S., will meet this week to discuss a coordinated response to a…
Australia furthers fight against Avian Influenza in Vietnam
• Flu • Oct 26 05
Australia will provide $3 million to Vietnam to help the country combat Avian Influenza and other infectious diseases, the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs,…
Fourth bird flu victim in Indonesia, disease spreads
• Flu • Oct 25 05
Indonesia confirmed on Tuesday a fourth person in the country had succumbed to bird flu while China said hundreds of farm geese had died,…
Twelve chickens dead from bird flu in Russia
• Flu • Oct 25 05
According to a senior regional health official, another region in European Russia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus H5N1.
This…
Counterfeit Tamiflu drug a very real threat
• Flu • Oct 25 05
Health officials in the U.S. have expressed concern that with the current panic in many countries regarding bird flu, a counterfeit industry to produce…
China reports new outbreak of bird flu
• Flu • Oct 19 05
China on Wednesday announced its first reported outbreak of bird flu in more than two months, saying 2 600 birds had died from the…
EU Convenes Emergency Avian Flu Session
• Flu • Oct 17 05
Alarmed by the relentless westward migration of bird flu from Asia, European animal health and food safety experts met in crisis session today…
Taiwan builds stockpiles of influenza drug
• Flu • Oct 13 05
Taiwan is building up stockpiles of Tamiflu, the antiviral influenza drug, and aims to have enough to treat 4 percent of its 23 million…
No quick fix for bird flu, experts caution
• Flu • Oct 12 05
If vaccines and drugs are available too late to stop bird flu, then what can be done to battle H5N1 avian influenza if it…
Bird flu vaccine could take months, U.N. says
• Flu • Oct 11 05
Drug firms could take six months to manufacture adequate stocks of bird flu vaccine, far too long to stem damaging fallout if the virus…
Bird flu vaccine may be too late for pandemic
• Flu • Oct 11 05
Drug companies may not be able to produce enough bird flu vaccine in time to combat a human pandemic, a top United Nations official…
Drugs no answer to birdflu
• Flu • Oct 10 05
Many governments around the world are stockpiling antiviral drugs and some companies are trying to speed up vaccine production but these measure give a…
Experts warn of growing resistance to Tamiflu
• Flu • Oct 05 05
A strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus that may unleash the next global flu pandemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug…
Access to Drug Samples May Influence Prescribing Habits
• Flu • Oct 05 05
Physicians who dispense sample medications may be more likely to write prescriptions for those drugs, Texas researchers reported here.
For seven out of eight…
Avian Flu Virus Showing Resistance to Tamiflu
• Flu • Oct 02 05
Scientists here are reporting that a strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus is showing resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the antiviral many…