Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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FLU NEWS SCAN: Virus-sharing deal close, Pandemrix label change, H7 in Nebraska flocks, pandemic vaccine pact, secondary H1N1 attack rate

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Korean flu vaccine, trust and flu vaccination

Apr 14, 2010

 

FAO: Eliminating H5N1 will take more than 10 years

(CIDRAP News) – Because of deep-rooted barriers, there is little chance that H5N1 avian influenza can be expelled within the next 10 years from the six countries where it remains entrenched, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in a new report.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Environmental E coli, patient safety partnership, NDM-1 surveillance, call for flu apps, H5N2 in ostriches, Bangladesh border controls

Apr 12, 2011

 

WHO confirms 5 H5N1 cases in Egypt, Bangladesh

(CIDRAP News) – The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed four new H5N1 avian flu cases in Egypt—including a fatality—and one nonfatal case in Bangladesh.

The cases raise Egypt's H5N1 case total this year to 22 and Bangladesh's to 2. In addition, the WHO posted an official notice on its Web site today of a Cambodia case that it had jointly confirmed with Cambodia's Ministry of Health last week.

Jim Wappes
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in South Korea, yellow fever vaccine, polio in Congo Republic, monkeys as malaria reservoir

Apr 8, 2011

 

Egypt and Cambodia report 5 H5N1 cases, 1 fatal

(CIDRAP News) – Two countries reported five new H5N1 avian influenza infections today, four of them in Egypt and one in Cambodia, including an 11-year-old girl who died from her illness, according to reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the media.

Lisa Schnirring
 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Pandemic vaccine uptake, vaccine doses pulled, virus-related patents

Apr 4, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Indonesian H5N1 death, cross-species avian flu transmission, pandemic vaccine gap

Apr 1, 2011

 

FLU NEWS SCAN: Reassorted swine virus, low-path virus in Missouri turkeys, H5N1 outbreaks, household vaccination, flu B and myositis

Mar 30, 2011

 

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