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Jan 03, 2006

Jan 03, 2006

Avian flu ruled out in Turkish patients

Jan 03, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Avian influenza has been ruled out in a 14-year-old Turkish boy who died over the weekend and in three siblings who were hospitalized with him, according to news services.

Tests on the four children were negative for avian flu, according to Turkish health officials quoted in an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report published yesterday.
Jan 03, 2006

FDA approves new FluMist plant in England

Robert Roos
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Jan 03, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – A new facility built in England to produce MedImmune's intranasal flu vaccine, FluMist, has gained the US Food and Drug Administration's approval, the company announced last week.

The facility in Liverpool will increase the company's production capacity to about 90 million bulk doses per season, MedImmune said in a news release.

Jan 04, 2006

Jan 04, 2006

Turkey confirms its first human cases of avian flu

Jan 04, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Turkey today confirmed two human cases of avian influenza, contradicting earlier statements and marking the disease's first attack on people outside East Asia, according to news reports this afternoon.

Jan 05, 2006

Jan 05, 2006

Second Turkish patient dies of avian flu

Jan 05, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – The sister of a Turkish teenage boy who died of avian influenza Jan 1 has succumbed to the same disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.

Turkish officials reported the two cases yesterday, marking the first human cases of avian flu outside East Asia.
Jan 05, 2006

YEAR-END REVIEW: Avian flu emerged as high-profile issue in 2005

Robert Roos
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Jan 05, 2006

Jan 6, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – 2005 is likely to go down as the year when avian influenza, powered by a steady rise in human cases and the spread of poultry outbreaks all the way to Eastern Europe, emerged as a high-profile global health issue.

When 2005 dawned, only 45 human cases of H5N1 avian flu, including 32 deaths, had been counted by the World Health Organization (WHO). All of those were in Vietnam and Thailand.

Jan 07, 2006

Jan 07, 2006

Pandemic planning handbook for individuals and families issued

Jan 07, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Pandemic planning strategies have been brought to a personal level with the release yesterday of a guide from the federal government outlining actions that individuals and families can take to protect themselves.

Jan 09, 2006

Jan 09, 2006

Avian flu hits Turkey hard, with poultry and human cases increasing

Jan 09, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Turkey has supplanted Southeast Asia as the hotbed of avian flu news over the past few days, with 14 human cases, three of them fatal, confirmed as of today by the Ministry of Health there and cases in birds reported in 10 of the country's 81 provinces.

Jan 10, 2006

Jan 10, 2006

Turkey, China each report another avian flu case

Jan 10, 2006

Jan 10, 2005 (CIDRAP News) – Tests in Turkey have confirmed another human case of avian flu, bringing the country's reported total to 15, while Chinese authorities reported China's eighth case, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
Jan 10, 2006

Survey suggests avian flu cases may be going unnoticed

Jan 10, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – A survey conducted in Vietnam in 2004 suggests that human cases of avian influenza may be much more common but less severe than indicated by the numbers of confirmed cases, although the findings are not backed by laboratory testing.

Jan 11, 2006

Jan 11, 2006

WHO says Turkish cases may yield new findings on H5N1

Jan 11, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – A World Health Organization (WHO) official says two Turkish brothers who have tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza were not sick, potentially offering scientists a rare opportunity to learn more about how the virus affects humans, according to news reports.

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