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New version of nasal flu vaccine shows promise
• Flu • Jun 16 05
MedImmune Inc. said on Thursday that an easier-to-store version of its nasal spray flu vaccine FluMist met the main goal of a late-stage trial,…
Vietnam detects six new bird flu patients
• Flu • Jun 15 05
Vietnam has recorded six more bird flu victims, taking the number of infections in the country to 61 since December, 18 of whom have…
China battles new outbreak of deadly bird flu
• Flu • Jun 09 05
China has discovered a strain of bird flu that is deadly to humans at a farm in the far western region of Xinjiang, the…
U.S. still unprepared against new flu, experts say
• Flu • May 26 05
The United States still has no licensed vaccine to prevent Avian flu and has nowhere near enough drugs on hand to treat the sick…
Vietnam man has bird flu, 2nd in a month - report
• Flu • May 17 05
A 58-year-old Vietnamese man has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media reported on Tuesday, the country’s second human case in…
Indonesia tests more pigs for bird flu virus
• Flu • May 16 05
Indonesia is testing pigs in several regions for bird flu after discovering the virus in swine on densely populated Java island, an official said…
Vietnam reports first human bird flu case in a month
• Flu • May 16 05
A 52-year-old Vietnamese man who ate chicken that had died of a disease has been infected with the H5N1 bird flu…
Cambodian bird flu suspect hospitalised in Vietnam
• Flu • May 13 05
A young Cambodian woman has been hospitalised in Vietnam after showing symptoms of the bird flu virus that has killed 52 people…
Bird flu found in Indonesian pigs
• Flu • May 13 05
Bird flu has infected pigs in Indonesia, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday, raising fears of a wider outbreak in the world’s…
Lack of info sharing hampers bird flu tracking
• Flu • May 11 05
Lack of cooperation among international agencies and a reluctance by countries to provide samples are frustrating global efforts to monitor bird flu in Asia,…
Killer flu: Could the world cope?
• Flu • May 04 05
It is only a matter of time before a major outbreak of potentially deadly flu, according to scientists. Could the world cope?
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Vietnam bird flu puzzle has many missing pieces
• Flu • Apr 26 05
The Hanoi Hilton’s club sandwich no longer features chicken.
The chief bird flu fighter in the northern Thai Binh province, where a cluster of…
North Korea contains bird flu outbreak, U.N. says
• Flu • Apr 25 05
North Korea has contained an outbreak of bird flu and the virus was not directly related to a deadly strain that can jump from…
Bird flu talks first inter-Korea contact in 9 months
• Flu • Apr 22 05
South Korean officials travelled to the North Korean city of Kaesong on Friday for talks on helping the reclusive state combat a bird flu…
Cambodian dies of bird flu, Asia toll now 52
• Flu • Apr 22 05
A 20-year-old Cambodian woman who died in Vietnam this week was killed by bird flu, taking the death toll in Asia to 52, a…
Cambodian bird flu suspect dies in Vietnam
• Flu • Apr 20 05
A 20-year-old Cambodian woman who was rushed to a Vietnamese hospital with suspected bird flu, died Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Vietnam sees a long fight against bird flu
• Flu • Apr 18 05
The bird flu virus that has killed 36 people in Vietnam may not be contained until 2007 because the way it is spreading still…
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu, Asia toll now 51
• Flu • Apr 11 05
An eight-year-old Cambodian girl has died of bird flu, the 51st known victim of the deadly virus since it swept across Asia at the…
Deadly bird flu could spread beyond Asia
• Flu • Apr 07 05
The bird flu outbreak that has recently killed 50 people in Asia and cost the region billions of dollars could spread to other parts…
H7 bird flu strain detected in N. Korea ‘first for Asia’
• Flu • Apr 05 05
The H7 strain of Avian Influenza, previously undetected in Asia, has been found in North Korea, which has culled thousands of chickens to contain…
Two bird flu suspects in hospital in Vietnam
• Flu • Apr 05 05
Two more Vietnamese, a 12-year-old girl and a woman, are in hospital with suspected bird flu, the official Vietnam News Agency said on Tuesday.
…Alcohol hand gel use tied to fewer family colds
• Flu • Apr 05 05
Families that use alcohol-based hand gels seem to be less likely than those that stick with soap and water to pass around the common…
CLSA estimates bird flu has cost Asia $8-12 bln
• Flu • Apr 04 05
The bird flu outbreak in Asia has already cost the region about US$8-12 billion and is intensifying pressure for tighter biosecurity, a report by…
Vietnamese has bird flu after drinking duck blood
• Flu • Apr 04 05
A 27-year-old Vietnamese woman who drank duck blood has the bird flu virus, which has killed 49 people in Asia, but is likely to…
China seeks to head off bird flu from N. Korea
• Flu • Apr 01 05
China has tightened quarantine controls at its border with reclusive North Korea and barred the entry of poultry to prevent the spread of bird…