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Dead bird in Hong Kong tests positive for H5N1 bird flu (AP via Yahoo! Sing
2008-03-09 00:00:00 A dead wild bird found near a Hong Kong nature reserve last week has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the government said Friday. More About: Yahoo , Bird Flu , Dead , Sing
Bird tests positive for deadly flu (News Interactive)
2008-03-09 00:00:00 A BIRD found dead in Hong Kong a week ago has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain, agricultural officials said today. More About: News , Interactive , Bird , Positive , Tests
Bird flu back in Bengal villages (The Telegraph)
2008-03-09 00:00:00 Behrampore/ Calcutta, March 8: Fresh cases of bird flu have been detected in two Murshidabad villages, weeks after the Bengal government said culling operations were over and lifted the state-wide ban on selling chickens and ducks. More About: Bird Flu , Back , Bird , The Telegraph
Egyptian boy confirmed with bird flu, 47th case (AlertNet)
2008-03-09 00:00:00 Source: Reuters CAIRO, March 8 (Reuters) - An 8-year-old boy in Fayoum province has contracted the bird flu virus after coming into contact with infected birds -- the 47th case among humans in Egypt since 2006, the ... More About: Bird Flu , Case , Bird , Egyptian
Dead bird in Hong Kong tests positive for H5N1 bird flu (AP via Yahoo! Sing
2008-03-09 00:00:00 A dead wild bird found near a Hong Kong nature reserve last week has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the government said Friday. More About: Yahoo , Bird Flu , Dead , Sing
Bird flu resurfaces in West Bengal (The Times of India)
2008-03-09 00:00:00 A fresh outbreak of bird flu has occurred in West Bengal. Bhopal's Animal Disease Laboratory confirmed that samples from Murshidabad tested positive with the virus. More About: India , Bird Flu , Times , Bird
Bird flu hits poultry farm in Vietnam capital (Straits Times)
2008-03-09 00:00:00 HANOI - BIRD flu has hit Vietnam 's capital for the first time in over a year, killing 2,000 unvaccinated chicken, ducks and geese in farm in the suburbs of Hanoi this week, officials said on Friday. More About: Bird Flu , Poultry , Times , Bird
AFP - WHO plays down bird flu threat in China after three human deaths
2008-03-07 00:00:00 February 27, 2008 -- BEIJING, Feb 27, 2008 (AFP) ? There are no indications that bird flu is becoming a bigger problem in China despite the deaths of three people... More About: Human , Bird Flu , Deaths , Plays
Bird flu well entrenched in Asia: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is "firmly entrenched" in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert warned Wednesday. More About: News , Yahoo , Bird Flu , Bird
Bird flu resurfaces in Vietnam?s capital after a year (AP via Yahoo! Malays
2008-03-07 00:00:00 Vietnamese officials said Friday that bird flu has made a comeback in Vietnam's capital after being held at bay for more than a year, and chided farmers for negligence in fighting the virus. More About: Yahoo , Vietnam , Bird Flu , Bird , Capital
Bird flu pandemic still possible, warns world expert (Daily Mail)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is 'firmly entrenched' in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has warned. His statement came as Egypt reported its 46th human case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy. Scientists fear the virus, which is usually spread direct ... More About: Mail , Daily , Bird Flu , Pandemic
Bird flu well entrenched in Asia: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is "firmly entrenched" in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert warned Wednesday. More About: News , Yahoo , Bird Flu , Bird
Rosselkhoznadzor forecasts bird flu outbreaks in July-September (Interfax)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 MOSCOW. March 5 (Interfax) - The bird flu situation in Russia will remain positive until July , at which time outbreaks of the disease are possible in several areas, said Nikolai Vlasov, head of the veterinary control department in Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Overview Service), at a press conference in ... More About: Bird Flu , Bird , September , Forecasts
Bird flu scare prompts Nunavik pandemic plan (Nunatsiaq News)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 KUUJJUAQ - If a pandemic flu hits Quebec, airline passengers won't be able to freely travel between Nunavik and the South for three months or longer. More About: News , Bird Flu , Pandemic , Bird , Plan
Indonesia says H5N1 samples show no signs of mutation (Reuters via Yahoo! N
2008-03-07 00:00:00 Bird flu virus samples that Indonesia sent to a World Health Organisation laboratory last month have not shown signs of any mutation, a health ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday. More About: Yahoo , Reuters , Samples , Show
Indonesia says H5N1 samples show no signs of mutation (AlertNet)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 Source: Reuters HONGKONG/JAKARTA, March 5 (Reuters) - Bird flu virus samples that Indonesia sent to a World Health Organisation laboratory last month have not shown signs of any mutation, a health ministry ... More About: Samples , Show , Signs
Bird flu pandemic still possible, warns world expert (Daily Mail)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The bird flu virus is 'firmly entrenched' in Asia and a pandemic among humans remains possible, a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert has warned. His statement came as Egypt reported its 46th human case of bird flu in an 11-year-old boy. Scientists fear the virus, which is usually spread direct ... More About: Mail , Daily , Bird Flu , Pandemic
Besser Ties Food Production to Illnesses (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
2008-03-07 00:00:00 The centralization of food production is a major reason for many of the outbreaks of food-borne illness across the nation, a senior official from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More About: Food , Washington , Production , Illnesses
Study uncovers cause of flu epidemics (EurekAlert!)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 The exchange of genetic material between two closely related strains of the influenza A virus may have caused the 1947 and 1951 human flu epidemics, according to biologists. The findings could help explain why some strains cause major pandemics and others lead to seasonal epidemics. More About: Study
Doctors probe mystery flu death (News 24 South Africa)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Doctors in Hong Kong are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl who was sent home from hospital after being admitted with flu symptoms. More About: News , Doctors , Africa , South Africa , Death
Dead bird found in Hong Kong tested for H5 bird flu (People?s Daily)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Preliminary testing of a dead oriental magpie robin found earlier in Hong Kong had indicated a suspected case of H5 bird flu, authorities in the southern Chinese special administrative region said Tuesday. The dead bird was collecte ... More About: Daily , People , Bird Flu , Dead
?Abnormal? warning as Tamiflu stockpiled (Daily Telegraph)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 US regulators and Roche Holding AG have warned doctors of psychiatric events, some of which resulted in death, seen in patients taking the flu drug Tamiflu , regulators said. More About: Daily , Warning , Abnormal , Daily Telegraph
Myanmar calls for long-term precaution against bird flu (People?s Daily)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 The Myanmar livestock authorities Monday called on the country's people to exercise a long-term precaution against the recurrence of deadly H5N1 bird flu. The call on livestock breeders, traders and consumers was made by the Livesto ... More About: Daily , People , Calls , Bird Flu
Bird flu outbreaks reported in two more provinces (Nhân Dân)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Nhan Dan - Bird flu outbreaks have been reported in Phu Tho and Ha Nam province, announced the Veterinary Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on March 2. More About: Bird Flu
Reports Of Increased Survival In Bird Flu Patients Taking Tamiflu (Medical
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir). These data reinforce the World Health Organization (WHO) advisory that Tamiflu is the only antiviral strongly recommended for the treatment of humans infected ... More About: Medical , Bird Flu , Patients , Bird , Survival
Wild Goose Tests Positive For Deadly Bird Flu (Planet Ark)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 LONDON - A dead wild Canada goose has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in southern England in an area where there have recently been 10 cases in mute swans, Britain's farm ministry said on Friday. More About: Planet , Bird Flu , Wild , Goose , Bird
Bird flu update: 3 March 2008 (SciDev.net)
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. More About: Bird Flu , Update , March , Bird , March 2008
Reports of Increased Survival in Bird Flu Patients Taking Tamiflu (Press Tr
2008-03-06 00:00:00 Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu (oseltamivir). More About: Press , Bird Flu , Patients , Bird , Survival
Bird flu kills 22-year-old man in central China (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia New
2008-02-20 00:00:00 Bird flu killed a 22-year-old man in central China , state media reported.Read full story More About: Malaysia , Yahoo , Bird Flu , Bird
China reports bird flu outbreak in Tibet, human death (TODAYonline)
More articles from this author:2008-02-20 00:00:00 A cageful of chickens is up for sale at a maket in Dhaka on February 4. Chinese authorities on Tuesday reported a fresh bird flu outbreak among poultry in Tibet , a day after confirming a 22-year-old man in central China had died of the deadly virus. More About: Human , Bird Flu , Death 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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