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FLU NEWS SCAN: New H5N2 strains, H1N1 vaccine events

Sep 26, 2012

 

China and Vietnam battle H5N1 outbreaks

(CIDRAP News) – China today reported a large H5N1 outbreak at a duck farm in Guangdong province, a day after veterinary officials in Vietnam reported the virus struck poultry in Hoa Binh province, according to reports from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Mango-linked Salmonella, Ebola outbreak update, MRSA and C diff control, Mexican H7 flu cases, TB genotyping, ASPR Twitter app

Sep 14, 2012

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Household preparedness, H7N3 culling in Mexico, H1N1 co-circulation, swine flu reassortment

Sep 13, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Listeria outbreak deaths, South Korea's floating toilets, polio in Nigeria, H5N1 in Mongolia

Sep 12, 2012

 

Ferret study underlines persistent threat of swine flu viruses

(CIDRAP News) – A Korean-US research team has identified an H1N2 strain of swine influenza capable of killing ferrets and spreading among them by respiratory droplets, underlining the continuing threat of swine flu to humans amid a wave of swine-origin flu cases in Americans exposed to pigs at agricultural fairs.

Robert Roos
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Canadian flu vaccine uptake, H1N1 after seasonal flu shot, drug resistance at live-bird markets

Sep 10, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: New hantavirus death, kids' vaccine coverage, H5N1 in Vietnam, OTC oseltamivir and resistance, proposed OTC antibiotic ban

Sep 6, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Vietnam, Hong Kong H5N1 vaccine, Hong Kong pan flu plan, new immune-deficiency syndrome

Aug 23, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Live chick Salmo outbreak, Congolese Ebola, malaria vaccine research, early Tamiflu treatment

Aug 21, 2012

 

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