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Jul 31, 2006

Jul 31, 2006

HHS adds new anthrax drug to national stockpile

Jul 31, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – The US government announced Jul 28 that it will add 10,000 courses of anthrax immune globulin (AIG) to the strategic national stockpile.

Jul 31, 2006

Jul 31, 2006

Hybrid avian-human flu virus didn't spread in lab study

Robert Roos
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Jul 31, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – In an experiment designed to mimic events that could launch an influenza pandemic, a synthetic influenza virus made by combining an H5N1 avian flu virus with a human flu virus turned out to be no more contagious in an animal model than the natural H5N1 virus, US scientists are reporting this week.
Jul 31, 2006

Massive chicken cull in Thailand as experts await human avian flu test results

Jul 31, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – A Thai province is culling 300,000 chickens after a laboratory test confirmed an avian influenza outbreak, and the country's health ministry is monitoring 80 patients who are suspected of having avian flu.

Jul 28, 2006

Jul 28, 2006

Avian flu strikes again in Laos

Jul 28, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Laos has reported its first major outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza in more than 2 years, on a poultry farm in an area bordering part of Thailand that has recently been hit by the disease.
Jul 28, 2006

Duck hunters may face risk of avian flu infections

Jul 28, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers who studied Iowa duck hunters and wildlife workers have reported the first laboratory evidence of transmission of an avian influenza virus from wild birds to humans, though not the deadly H5N1 strain.

Jul 27, 2006

Jul 27, 2006

Oyster-related illnesses surge in Washington state

Jul 27, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Washington state health officials said yesterday that 60 people have become ill after eating raw oysters from the state's coastal waters in recent weeks, well above the normal reported total for a whole year.

Jul 26, 2006

Jul 26, 2006

Thailand's first avian flu case of 2006 confirmed

Jul 26, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed today that a 17-year-old boy who died on Jul 24 in the Phichit province of northern Thailand had H5N1 avian influenza, marking the country's first case this year.

The WHO statement said the case was confirmed by Thailand's Ministry of Health. The country had not recorded a human H5N1 case since December; its toll now stands at 23 cases with 15 deaths.
Jul 26, 2006

Glaxo says its H5N1 vaccine works at low dose

Robert Roos
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Jul 26, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – An H5N1 avian influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) triggered a good immune response in human volunteers at a much lower dose than other H5N1 vaccines reported so far, which means that hundreds of millions of doses could be produced by next year, the company announced today.

Jul 25, 2006

Jul 25, 2006

Roche criticized for marketing Tamiflu to businesses

Jul 25, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Pharmaceutical maker Roche has drawn sharp criticism for promoting the sale of its antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to businesses while governments stockpiling the drug for defense against a possible flu pandemic wait to receive their own supplies, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jul 25, 2006

Jul 25, 2006

Agencies launch warning system for animal diseases

Jul 25, 2006

(CIDRAP News) – Three international health agencies announced yesterday the launch of a joint early warning system to allow a quicker response to animal diseases that can spread to humans (zoonoses).

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