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Bird Flu Antibodies Made in Quantity from Ostrich Eggs
2008-07-04 18:29:00 A Kyoto University professor has found a way to create huge quantities of protective avian influenza (bird flu) antibodies using nature's largest egg, that of the ostrich. Technorati Tags: Health Innovation Invention Nature News Science
Bird flu detected in Hong Kong market
2008-06-09 04:53:00 HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong health workers slaughtered 2,700 poultry in a market Saturday after chickens were found to be carrying the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus, officials said. The slaughter may be extended to all live poultry in the territory if the virus is detected in any other locations, Secretary for Food and Health ...
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Bird Flu Update from Finland
2008-06-08 00:00:00 The Department of Food Safety in Finland has now examined more than 2,500 wild birds over the past five years, in order to keep track of the current avian flu...
Free Bird Flu Prevention Ebook
2008-06-03 01:32:00 Now we are going to learn how to do bird flu prevention. People say prevention is better than treatment. So that this book will tell us how to dispose flu masks, respirators and gloves, which have been used. Besides, we will learn also how to control this flu infection.Just click here to download the free bird flu prevention ebook.
Indonesia to give bird flu information online
2008-05-15 06:18:00 Indonesia's health minister says she will give all genetic information about her country's bird flu virus to a new global database.Experts say that will go a long way toward monitoring the disease that is threatening to spark a pandemic.Indonesia has been withholding bird flu virus samples and DNA sequencing data from the World Health Organization for more than a year. It says the global body's 50-year-old virus sharing system is unfair to developing countries.That has made it impossible for scientists to see if the virus was mutating to a more dangerous form.Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari says she decided to cooperate with the online databank that launched Thursday because it is fully transparent and protects intellectual property rights.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
I Have Bird Flu
2008-05-12 20:46:00 This just in: I'm dying. I've got the bird flu. Or food poisoning. Or smallpox. Or something.
Insurance Position On Bird Flu From Life Search
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Bill Gates to help Indonesia develop human bird-flu vaccine
2008-05-07 15:25:00 Bill Gates, founder of the Microsoft Corporation, will help Indonesia develop a human bird-flu vaccine, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday.According to the report, the funds will be provided through the aid agency Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Gates is expected to arrive at this Indonesian capital Thursday for talks with the government. He will also deliver a lecture here Friday, the report said.His visit will help in promoting investments in the country. The government is seeking to obtain one million computers from Microsoft for educational purposes, the report quoted welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie as saying.'In the higher and junior high schools, there is only one computer for every 1,000 students. We want to improve this to at least one computer for every 20 students,' he said.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Deadly H5N1 bird flu virus detected in wild swan found dead in Hokkaido
2008-05-06 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}A deadly bird flu virus has been detected in the body of a wild swan found dead in Hokkaido, the Environment Ministry announced Monday.Hokkaido University, which had been commissioned by the ministry to examine the body of the whooper swan after it tested positive for H5N1 in a preliminary test, confirmed that the bird had been infected with the deadly bird flu virus.The swan was found dead on the Notsuke Peninsula in the Hokkaido town of Betsukai -- kno ...
Bird flu found in 3 dead swans in Akita
2008-04-29 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}KOSAKA, Akita -- The avian flu virus was found in three dead swans that were recently found here near Lake Towada, it has been learned.Officials have not yet determined whether the virus is the highly virulent H5N1 strain, which was found in a hawk eagle in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2007 and in crows in Kyoto and Osaka prefectures in 2004.Prefectural officials said that two adult swans and one young swan, all dead, were found floating near the southern tip ...
The British scientists developed a vaccine against bird flu.
2008-04-29 00:00:00 GSK offered a great medicine - a vaccine against bird flu. But will it be effective against various flu mutations?
Indonesia opens major exercise to prepare for bird flu pandemic
2008-04-25 08:28:00 INDONESIA opened a major bird flu simulation on Friday that will test its preparedness for a potentially catastrophic pandemic. About 1,000 government, health and law enforcement officials were at the three-day event on the resort island of Bali to consider how to contain a possible widespread outbreak of the often-lethal disease. It would begin with the isolation of a village where a field hospital would be set up to treat people with flu-like symptoms. At the closing on Sunday, officials will try to prevent 'infected' travelers from leaving the international airport and spreading the virus to other countries. 'This is the only exercise in the world (of its kind) that is ever taking place,' said Mr Subhash Salunke, the World Health Organisation's top official in Indonesia. 'This will certainly equip Indonesia in the event of a pandemic.' It will be an example to other countries struggling to contain outbreaks of the disease, he said. Indonesia News Bl...
Indonesia does not want money for bird flu samples
2008-04-24 11:15:00 Indonesia does not want money for its samples of a deadly bird flu virus, a health official said Wednesday after the U.S. criticized his country for refusing to share the samples with the international community.Instead, Indonesia wants governments and pharmaceutical companies to come up with a mechanism that will ensure future pandemic vaccines are accessible to developing nations, said Widjaja Lukito, an adviser to Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari.That could include creating a multilateral trust that would enable price tiering or bulk purchasing of lifesaving vaccines, Lukito said.The adviser was responding to comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, who accused Indonesia of withholding virus samples from the World Health Organization since early 2007 because it wanted royalties or other monetary benefits."This is not a line we want to cross," Leavitt told The Associated Press at the end of a quick stopover in Indonesia last week. "Because it means the...
Emerging Threats: Indonesian-U.S. bird flu sharing
2008-04-24 04:51:00 A row involving Indonesia, the United States and the World Health Organization over the sharing of bird flu virus samples is jeopardizing the global early warning system for a potential influenza pandemic and putting lives at risk, say experts and officials. The row centers on the issue of profits made by multinational pharmaceutical companies from vaccines ...
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U.S. calls for bird flu virus sharing
2008-04-17 03:09:00 During a visit to Jakarta this week, Leavitt told reporters he opposed any linkage between the sharing and new arrangements to prevent commercial exploitation of the samples."We have the same concerns about a global pandemic. If (flu) is present everywhere then there is danger everywhere, and we must work together," he said, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.In February, Indonesia resumed sending the samples on what some officials have characterized as a "case by case" basis. "We are still not receiving virus samples on a regular enough basis to ensure proper functions of the ? Global Influenza Surveillance Network," said Hartl, referring to the WHO's pandemic early warning system.He said there had been a series of intergovernmental meetings within the organization about the issue, which concerns a new Material Transfer Agreement governing the availability of the samples to commercial entities. A working paper was being prepared for two meetings in November, he said."Th...
China rejects human-to-human bird flu report
2008-04-13 04:48:00 China has rejected a study which found a probable case of human-to-human bird flu transmission in the country, state media reported.The study, published in British medical magazine The Lancet this week, said a 24-year-old man was likely to have infected his father with H5N1 before dying, raising the spectre of a feared flu pandemic.But health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said there was no clear evidence to support the findings."So far no evidence has been found in China to support the idea that the H5N1 virus can easily pass from one person to another," he said, according to Xinhua news agency on Friday.Earlier: Chinese report human-to-human bird flu transmissio...Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Bird Flu Death no.22 in Egypt
2008-04-11 17:16:00 It is announced today that 30 years old Wala Ahmed Abd El-Galil has died of H5N1 to raise Egypt's death toll from the Bird Flu since its out break to 22 Wala got infected from the domestic poultry she was raising at her home in Mataria at Cairo , this is the first death in Cairo in this year. Mataria is populated area by the ay Technorati Tags: Egypt,Bird Flu,Avian Flu,H5N1,Cairo,Mataria,Deaths,H-ealth,National,Citizen Journalism
China : Bird Flu Virus "H5N1" Is Contagious - Human To Human
2008-04-11 02:00:00 LONDON - Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught bird flu from his son last December, according to a report released Tuesday. Human-to-human transmission of bird flu has... Your News is the place where wonderful, funny, and amazing things exist. This blog delivers informative news in the easiest way.
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Chinese report human-to-human bird flu transmission
2008-04-09 02:13:00 Chinese doctors have reported that human-to-human transmission likely occurred in a small family cluster of H5N1 avian flu cases in China late last year. A 52-year-old man from Jiangsu province fell ill with the virus after helping care for his son, 24. The younger man died from his infection Dec. 2 but the father recovered. In an article published electronically by the British journal The Lancet on Tuesday, Chinese doctors reported that molecular analysis showed that viruses from the two men were virtually identical. They were fully avian viruses, meaning they hadn't swapped genes with any human flu viruses or viruses from another mammal.The similarity of the viruses and the investigation into the possible sources of infection for the two men point to limited person-to-person spread, the authors said. "We believe that the index case (the son) transmitted H5N1 virus to his father while his father cared for him in the hospital," they wrote. The son, who died before doctors would...
Indonesia to ban sale of live chickens as bird flu countermeasure
2008-03-25 00:56:00 The trade of live chickens will be banned in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta beginning in 2010 to fight bird flu in the world's hardest-hit nation, a livestock official said Monday. Poultry will have to be killed at government-licensed slaughterhouses outside Jakarta before being transported to market, said Edy Setiarto, adding that authorities need two years to prepare regulations and business owners for the change. Currently, many customers prefer to buy live chickens, which are then slaughtered to ensure the meat is fresh. Setiarto said 70 per cent of Indonesia's bird flu cases occur in Jakarta and surrounding districts. Last year, city residents were told they could no longer keep backyard chickens, but the order appears to have been ignored. "The government will improve efforts to stop the spread of bird flu," Setiarto saidIndonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
Bird Flu Deeply Entrenched In Indonesia -- UN
2008-03-19 00:28:00 Despite major efforts to control the outbreak of avian influenza in Indonesia - the country worst hit by the virus - the situation there remains "grave," the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. Bird flu has become "deeply entrenched" in Indonesia with 31 out of 33 provinces being infected, according to FAO. The virus is endemic in Java, Sumatra, Bali and southern Sulawesi with sporadic outbreaks reported from other areas.Just last month, five people living in the west of Java, Indonesia's most populous island, died after contracting the H5N1 virus, responsible for outbreaks of bird flu around the world in recent years. "The human mortality rate from bird flu in Indonesia is the highest in the world and there will be more human cases if we do not focus more on containing the disease at source in animals," said FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Joseph Domenech. Mr. Domenech warned that the high level of virus circulation in birds in the country could creat...
China confirms bird flu outbreak
2008-03-17 09:02:00 China confirms bird flu outbreak Chinese officials have confirmed that bird flu was to blame for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Hong Kong's health bureau Sunday. China's Ministry of Agriculture notified the administration that the birds tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, marking the country's fifth outbreak among poultry this year, Hong Kong's Food and Health Bureau said in a statement...(Read more)
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U.S. denies Indonesia's allegation on bird flu samples
2008-03-17 08:52:00 The United States has flatly denied allegations it was producing biological weapons from bird flu samples sent by Indonesia to the World Health Organization, the English daily The Jakarta Post reported Monday. Michael H. Anderson, counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Indonesia, has explained the U.S. has undertaken "not to develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire or retain microbial or other biological agents or toxins of types and in quantities that have no justification for prophylactic, protective, and other peaceful purposes, as well as weapons and means of delivery." The U.S. is a party to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, which entered into force on March 26, 1975. However, Indonesian senior biodefense researcher Isro Samihardjo said the U.S. could use bird flu virus samples from Indonesia to develop weapons at the Los Alamos Labor...
Bird flu virus mutating, warns top China doc
2008-03-13 03:04:00 One of China’s top doctors has said that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday. Zhong Nanshan, an expert on respiratory diseases, told reporters in Beijing that vigilance should be kept up, especially when H5N1 ...
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Bird flu expert urges vigilance in China (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
2008-03-13 00:00:00 A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Government alerts states bordering West Bengal on bird flu (New Kerala)
2008-03-13 00:00:00 New Delhi, March 12 : The central government Wednesday alerted states neighbouring West Bengal, where a fresh outbreak of bird flu has left over 190 birds dead over the past nine days.
Government alerts states bordering West Bengal on bird flu (Calcutta News)
2008-03-13 00:00:00 The central government Wednesday alerted states neighbouring West Bengal, where a fresh outbreak of bird flu has left over 190 birds dead over the past nine days.
Bird flu expert urges vigilance in China (AlertNet)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 Source: Reuters (Adds WHO comment, updates figures) By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG, March 11 (Reuters) - A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of ...
Bird flu ?showing signs of mutation? (Perth Now)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 ONE of China's top doctors has disclosed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported.
India culls poultry to contain new bird flu outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! Ne
2008-03-12 00:00:00 Only a month after authorities declared bird flu was under control in eastern India, veterinary workers began culling thousands of chickens on Monday to contain a fresh outbreak in poultry.
Bird flu showing signs of mutation (TVNZ)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 One of China's top doctors has disclosed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Bird flu virus could mutate (News 24 South Africa)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 One of China's top doctors says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily.
Bird flu expert urges vigilance in China (Deepika)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 HONG KONG, Mar 11 (Reuters) A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported today.
Bird flu shows signs of mutation: China expert (Environmental News Network)
2008-03-12 00:00:00 HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Chinese expert on respiratory diseases says the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and urged vigilance at a time when seasonal human influenza is at a peak, newspapers reported on Tuesday. "When avian flu is around and human flu appears, this will ...
India culls poultry in bid to curb bird-flu outbreak (The New Zealand Heral
2008-03-12 00:00:00 Only a month after authorities declared bird flu was under control in eastern India, veterinary workers have begun culling thousands of chickens to contain a fresh outbreak in poultry.
Bird flu kills four endangered civets in Vietnam
2008-03-11 11:17:00 Bird flu has killed four endangered civets in northern Vietnam in the first confirmed cases of H5N1 virus infection in the species, officials said Tuesday.
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Bengal looks for answers as bird flu spreads (The Times of India)
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Murshidabad district officials confirmed the outbreak in 27 villages of Budhra panchayat and another 14 villages and eight municipality wards at Raghunathganj-II block.
Bird flu resurfaces in eastern India (AlertNet)
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Source: Reuters By Bappa Majumdar NEW DELHI, March 9 (Reuters) - A fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry has been reported from an eastern Indian state, officials said on Sunday, a month after authorities there ...
Bird Flu resurfaces in Bengal (The Statesman)
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Statesman News Service KOLKATA/BURDWAN, March 9: Though the state government had announced that the the deadly H5N1 virus was contained in the state after the culling operation was over in the bird flu affected districts more than a month ago, it has hit the state once again.
Bird flu back in Bengal (Hindustan Times)
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Fresh cases of bird flu have been reported again in Bengal, hardly a couple of weeks after the government completed culling of birds in 14 districts in the state.
Bird flu back in Bengal (HT via Yahoo! India News)
2008-03-10 00:00:00 Fresh cases of bird flu have been reported again in Bengal hardly a couple of weeks after the government completed culling of birds in 14 districts in the state. The deadly disease had hit Margram village in Birbhum first on January 14 and then spread to 13 other districts.
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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. |
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