Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

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'Henfluenza': Huge flu-like outbreak hit US poultry in 1872

(CIDRAP News) – A disease that might have been highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) killed poultry across much of the United States in 1872 and closely followed a nationwide outbreak of influenza in horses, according to a historical analysis by researchers from the National Institutes of Health.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 deaths, novel flu vaccine, flu shots and Medicaid, H1N1 immunity, Salmonella sleuthing, Mexican vaccine plant

Oct 18, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Eggs for vaccines, cause of Black Death, workplace flu prevention, diarrheal disease survey

 

NEWS SCAN: Resistant Klebsiella strain, egg-linked cases top 1,600, online flu advice, bioterror drug funds, H5N1 strategy

Sep 21, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Hand gel underwhelms, intradermal flu vaccine, bioweapon-detection contract, Tamiflu for H5N1, public health grants, no thimerosal-autism link

 

FAO says H5N1 outbreaks are up this year

(CIDRAP News) – Reversing a trend that began in 2007, the number of countries affected by H5N1 avian influenza and the number of reported H5N1 outbreaks in birds have increased this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax in Bangladesh, flu reassortment in pigs, polio in Africa, pertussis cases missed, school flu resources

Sep 8, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Plague and climate change, airport scare, Tamiflu and toddlers, flu conference, H1N1 vaccine uptake

Sep 7, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Pandemic planning and law, vaccine and narcolepsy, H5N1 spread, plant-based H5N1 vaccine, egg outbreak

Sep 3, 2010

 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax vaccine contract, Salmonella in eggs, H5N1 shots in Taiwan, Staph skin infections

Sep 1, 2010

 

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