220 Stories, most recent news story added Mon Oct 13, 9:35 am EDT
Hanoi - Authorities have detected the H5N1 avian flu virus in ducks in the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An, the third outbreak of bird flu in Vietnam since September 1, a government official said Tuesday. Bui Quang Anh, director of Vietnam's A...
German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced on Friday.
A health official says 1,400 birds have been slaughtered at a poultry farm in eastern Germany after a duck tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Chances of surviving a deadly avian flu pandemic would likely increase with hands-on therapy, even without antiviral drugs, a U.S. health newsletter says.
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 domestic fowl after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border.
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German authorities killed 1,400 ducks, geese, chickens and turkeys after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town of Markersdorf, near the Polish border.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. Yet deep inside an 86-page supplement to United States export regulations is a single sentence that bars U.S. exports of vaccines for avian ...
Dresden, Germany - Bird flu has returned to Germany, with the H5N1 influenza virus breaking out among farm ducks in the eastern state of Saxony, officials said Thursday. It was the first proven appearance of the disease this year in Germany. Official...
Oct 10, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Animal health officials in Germany today reported an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial farm in Saxony, signifying the country's first outbreak since December 2007.
Sliding with short steps onto the stage in front of a crowd of students, academics and supporters, Indonesia's Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari is in her element.
Title: New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed Category: Health News Created: 10/9/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 10/9/2008
Bird Flu Vaccine or Biological Weapon? When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
Though it has fallen from the headlines, a global pandemic caused by bird flu still has the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. Yet, to date, the only vaccines that have proven even semi-effective are produced in chicken eggs, take five to six months to prepare and act against a single variant of the H5N1 virus, which mutates incredibly quickly.
To the Editor: Antigenically distinct avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses are widely dispersed.1 Clade 1 H5N1 viruses previously predominated in ...
BANGKOK, 13 October 2008 (IRIN) - Most Asia-Pacific nations are making progress on avian flu control, but are lagging in plans to tackle the social and economic fallout of a human flu pandemic, a senior UN influenza specialist has warned.
