United States Officially Accepts New International Health Regulations''
EMAIL ARTICLE Article Posted: 12/15/2006 9:15:33 AM United States Officially Accepts New International Health Regulations HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the United States has formally accepted the ...Comment
topix.net Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:01:45 GMT

Europe backs Glaxo's pandemic flu vaccine - Scientific American
Scientific AmericanEurope backs Glaxo's pandemic flu vaccineScientific American - 13 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators ... UPDATE 1-European agency backs Glaxo pandemic flu shot ReutersBird flu vaccine approved Macon Area Onlineall 24 news articles
Google News Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:34:00 GMT

Europe backs Glaxo's pandemic flu vaccine (Reuters)
Reuters - A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators.
Yahoo Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:34:54 GMT

Europe backs Glaxo's pandemic flu vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators.
Reuters.com Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:34:48 GMT

Infection blamed for 2,000 Idaho duck deaths
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Two thousand mallard ducks in Idaho likely died after they ate moldy grain and contracted a fatal infection, scientists said on Thursday.
Reuters.com Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:42:06 GMT

Guangzhou hospital plans special AIDS wing
By Qiu Quanlin Updated: 2006-12-15 06:56 GUANGZHOU: Guangzhou No 8 People's Hospital will soon begin construction of a specialized HIV/AIDS wing, the first in the province dedicated specifically to treating the ...Comment
topix.net Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:59:01 GMT

US Warns On Bird Flu - AllAfrica.com
US Warns On Bird FluAllAfrica.com, Washington - Dec 14, 2006The United States government yesterday warned that the avian flu, popularly known as the bird flu, may mutate into a deadly pandemic worldwide and could end up ... Slowing Pandemic with Social Action Could Have Costs, Consequences Washington Fileall 4 news articles
Google News Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:02:00 GMT

N. Korea may have anti-bird flu vaccine (AP)
AP - North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to prevent the disease following outbreaks in South Korea.
Yahoo Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:18:54 GMT

N. Korea May Have Anti-Bird Flu Vaccine - Forbes
WHDH-TVN. Korea May Have Anti-Bird Flu VaccineForbes, NY - Dec 14, 2006North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to ... Bird flu: 100,000 birds culled AsiaNews.itRecent bird flu outbreaks may have come from midwestern China ... Yonhap NewsSKorea culls 365,000 poultry after 3rd bird flu case in less than ... International Herald TribuneKorea Herald (subscription) - WorldPoultry.netall 90 news articles
Google News Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:22:00 GMT

More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
Reuters.com Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:03:18 GMT

More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say (Reuters)
Reuters - Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
Yahoo Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:35:38 GMT

Common Weakness In Strains Of Human, Swine, Bird Flu
Striking new research from Rice University and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) has revealed a potential new target that drug makers can use to attack several strains of influenza, including those that cause bird flu as well as the common variety that infects millions each flu season.The research, published online today by Nature, offers tantalizing evidence of a potential drug target in a flu protein called nucleoprotein, or NP.
Medicalnewstoday.com Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:00:00 PST

Bird Flu Outbreak In Quail Farm In South Korea
An outbreak of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed at a quail farm in Kimje, South Korea, say officials from the Ministry of Agriculture.The farm has 270,000 quail. Authorities are currently removing the quail from the farm and have set up a quarantine zone around the area to stem the spread of the disease. All poultry within 500 meters of the farm will be destroyed, say officials.This is be the country's third outbreak in one month.
Medicalnewstoday.com Mon, 11 Dec 2006 10:00:00 PST

Half Of People At High Risk Don't Know They Need A Flu Shot
Main Category: Flu / SARS News Article Date: 10 Dec 2006 - 0:00am Many people at high risk of flu infection mistakenly believe they're in a low-risk group and, as a result, are much less likely to get a flu ...Comment
topix.net Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT

Africa Should Be Top Priority In Battle To Contain Bird Flu
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus remains a "potent threat around the world - both to animals and humans. The possibility of a human pandemic hangs over us," the UN Food and Agriculture Organization warns in a statement prepared for delivery at a major donor conference in Bamako, Mali.
Medicalnewstoday.com Sat, 09 Dec 2006 08:00:00 PST

Blame bird flu on wild birds ? and poultry too
Scientists combine poultry trade data and wild bird migration patterns, then use genetic analysis to discover that bird flu is spread through both routes
Newscientist.com Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:00:00 +0000

600,000 birds face cull in flu blitz
SOUTH Korea's Agriculture Ministry said today that authorities would cull another 609,000 chickens to try and stem the spread of bird flu, more than triple the previous amount designated for slaughter.
Scotsman.com Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:33:23 GMT

Can flu viruses survive winter in frozen lakes?
Evidence of viruses frozen in Siberian lakes prompts scientists to examine if global warming may release harmful microbes locked in glaciers
Newscientist.com Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:29:00 +0000

$1.3 billion more needed for bird flu
As much as $1.3 billion more is needed to fight bird flu, with more than $500 million of that going to Africa, World Bank and U.N. experts said.
MSNBC.com Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:02:45 GMT

Indonesia bird flu toll hits 57
A 35-YEAR-OLD Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's human death toll from the virus to 57.
Scotsman.com Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:36:02 GMT

S. Korea to kill cats, dogs over bird flu fears
South Korea plans to kill cats and dogs to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a chicken farm last week, officials said.
MSNBC.com Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:22:57 GMT

South Korea confirms outbreak of H5N1 bird flu
South Korea said on Saturday a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm was caused by the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, in the country's first case for three years of the infection that can kill humans.
MSNBC.com Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:21:54 GMT

Clues to pandemic bird flu found
Scientists believe they have found some of the steps needed for bird flu to turn into a pandemic strain.
BBC.co.uk Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:49:27 GMT

Inexpensive Test Detects H5N1 Infections Quickly, Accurately
Scientists from the University of Colorado-Boulder and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed an inexpensive "gene chip" test based on a single influenza virus gene that could let scientists quickly identify flu viruses, including H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu. A gene chip, also called a DNA microarray, is a group of microscopic DNA spots attached to a small piece (chip) of glass, plastic or silicon. This DNA array can be used to create a profile of the different proteins that the genes produce, or express.
State.gov Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:26:07 -0500

New Research Center To Combat Animal Diseases Affecting People
Avian influenza, HIV/AIDS, ebola hemorrhagic fever, West Nile fever. In recent years these diseases have caused immeasurable misery and alarm in the international health community. They also share a common origin. They are zoonoses -- diseases caused by pathogens that have moved from animal populations to humans.
State.gov Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:46:42 -0500

Bird flu expert gets world's top health job
China's Margaret Chan has been elected as the next leader of the World Health Organization, beating her rivals by a wide margin
Newscientist.com Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:03:00 +0000

China's Dr Flu to head WHO as it prepares to deal with a pandemic
THE World Health Organisation yesterday nominated China's Dr Margaret Chan, its top official on bird flu, as its new chief as it gears up for a feared flu pandemic and battles global scourges such as AIDS.
Scotsman.com Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:34:16 GMT

Scientists collar bird flu's 'killer' gene
06 Nov 2006 Scientists in China report that they have identified the gene which determines the virulence of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus in poultry. The breakthrough could pave the way for new [deadly] vaccines, the scientists claim. Some strains of H5N1 kill more than half those they infect, while others leave virtually all their victims standing [?!?].
Flu - Oddities Tue, 7 Nov 2006 01:49:29 -0500

WHO issues bird flu warning, warns on Tamiflu research
03 Nov 2006 The World Health Organisation has warned that there is no guarantee that a pandemic strain of the H5N1 virus will be less deadly to people. The report, published this week, also cautioned against regarding the anti-viral drug Tamiflu as a magic bullet, highlighting that some H5N1 viruses seem to already be naturally resistant to the effects of the drug. The report comes less than two weeks after the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) in the UK issued a warning about the possible environmental effects of large scale use of Tamiflu.[See: Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu 31 Oct 2005 Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees portfolio value growing.]
Flu - Oddities Tue, 7 Nov 2006 01:49:28 -0500

New Bird Flu Virus Replacing Other Strains in Southern China
A new variant of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, the Fujian-like strain, has replaced most other strains across a large part of southern China since 2005 despite mass poultry vaccinations, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee. The Fujian strain has been known in southern China and Southeast Asia since 2003, but scientists have seen an increased occurrence of the virus since 2005. The work was supported in part by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, and the Li Ka Shing Foundation, a Chinese organization that supports education and medical care.
State.gov Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:55:39 -0500