August 31, 2008

UK: Backyard poultry
By SophiaZoe
Britain suffered an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 in a Bernard Matthew’s turkey farm so those in Britain would logically be at least somewhat more aware of the threats of H5N1 showing up in domestic poultry, or at least that is my ...
A Pandemic Chronicle - http://pandemicchronicle.com

Ad: Seeking Presidential Candidate Who's Not White/Male
By h5n1(h5n1)
I guess this was bound to happen eventually. You know, where a political race becomes so heated that we tend to forget the politics and focus on the candidates skin color and/or personal gender. It's difficult for me to talk about this, ...
You Would Know - http://tokyofirestorm.blogspot.com/

Away for a week
By Crof
...and all the other links on this site, especially those in the H5N1 News Gatherers and the Hot Zone Sources. If you just poke around, you may find some surprising and useful sites. If you find some rotted links, please let me know and ...
H5N1 - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

EP : H5N1 (Susp. Human) / Indonesian archipelago / Indonesia [0:0]
Name of Hazard: H5N1 (Susp. Human) Area: Indonesian archipelago Country: Indonesia State/County: East Java City: Malang Number of Deads: 0 Number of Infected: 0 Description: Five bird flu suspects were detected, and one of them was ...
RSOE EDIS - EBHWM - http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php

triesnottogethopesup**triesnottogethopesup
Im annoyed at Q6 (H5N1 flu? Ugh.), but the rest are good... and Obamas answers are great... I kinda teared up a little. Hes actually going to support science. I dont just mean with $$, I mean his answers make it clear he is listening to ...
erv - http://scienceblogs.com/erv/

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August 30, 2008

Novavax Claims, Its New Bird Flu Vaccine Is Promising
eYugoslavia.com - Prishtina,Prishtina,Serbia
The results of the human safety trials conducted by the Rockville, Maryland-based biotech company appeared to be promising against the H5N1 ...
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Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for 'pandemic ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations ...
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August 29, 2008

PuriCore Interim Results for the Six
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung) - Germany
... and fungal spores, including major public health threats of M. tuberculosis, MRSA, E.coli, Norovirus, H5N1 Avian Influenza, HIV, and Salmonella. ...
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Medicago announces 2008 second quarter results
Stockhouse - Vancouver,BC,Canada
Appointed Mr. Pierre Labbé as Chief Financial Officer and "In Q2, we discovered that our H5N1 VLP pandemic vaccine provides significant immune protection ...
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Another New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promise
HealthNews - Carslbad,CA,USA
The vaccine uses a simulated form of the flu virus that seems to offer human protection against infection of H5N1 avian influenza and has been deemed safe ...
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New Vaccine May Be Most Promising Yet Against Bird Flu
findingDulcinea - New York,New York,USA
by Cara McDonough Novavax, Inc. has conducted its first human safety trials with a vaccine that appears to protect against the H5N1 avian influenza strain. ...
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[Comment] Minimum dataset needed for confirmed human H5N1 cases
By Sheila M Bird, Jeremy Farrar
In today's Lancet, Nyoman Kandun and colleagues analyse the high fatality rate (103/127 [81%]) for patients in Indonesia with confirmed influenza A (H5N1) infection up to Feb 12, 2008. These patients constitute a third of cases ...
The Lancet - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet

H5N1 Clade 7 Spread To Vietnam
The commentary discusses the spread of H5N1 clade 7 into Vietnam. (08/28/08 14:21)
Recombinomics Whats New - http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html

Iraq: Poultry production falls in Kurdistan
By Crof
Via The Kurdish Globe: Poultry production capacity falls. Excerpt:. According to statistic published by the Kurdistan Association for Raising Poultry, during the three months of May, June, and July 2007, around 1080000 chickens were ...
H5N1 - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

A pandemic of poverty
By Crof
Via The Globe and Mail, a report by André Picard: Social injustice can kill, global panel claims. Excerpt:. Social justice - or lack thereof - has a greater impact on the health of the world's population than medical treatment, ...
H5N1 - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

BH : H5N1 (Conf. Animal) / Africa / Benin [0:0]
Agriculture officials in Benin recently reported that two chickens at a live poultry market tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, the country's first outbreak since the virus was detected there at the end of 2007. ...
RSOE EDIS - EBHWM - http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert.php

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August 28, 2008

Bird Flu Vaccine Ready to License
MedHeadlines - Chicago,IL,USA
The biotechnology research firm, Novavax, announced impressive results in a human trial of the vaccine it is developing for the H5N1, or Indonesian, ...
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Novavax reports positive results from Phase I/IIa influenza ...
Pharmaceutical Business Review - USA
Novavax's virus-like particle (VLP) candidate is directed against the H5N1 A/Indonesia/05/2005 avian influenza strain. In this study, the vaccine ...
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Sharp's Improved Air-Cleaning Tech Kills 99.9 Pct of Airborne H5N1
Japan Corporate News (press release) - Tokyo,Japan
<6753> said Wednesday it has confirmed that its improved air purification technology almost completely destroys the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus in ...
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H5N1 turns up at Benin poultry market
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Aug 27, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Agriculture officials in Benin recently reported that two chickens at a live poultry market tested positive for the H5N1 avian ...
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August 27, 2008

Novavax Says New Bird Flu Vaccine Is Safe, Effective
dBTechno - Boston,MA,USA
The new vaccine helps protect people against the H5N1 bird flu virus. Novavax stated in the results that their new bird flu vaccine was just as effective as ...
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Novavax Vaccine Effective Against Bird Flu
The Money Times - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
94 percent of patients on the highest dose of the vaccine developed immunity against the lethal H5N1 bird flu, Novavax stated in a statement released ...
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Novavax's New Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Promising Results
TheMedGuru - Chandigarh,India
The company released the results from the second stage of the Phase I/IIa human clinical trial of its virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine against H5N1 avian ...
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Sharp unveils new anti-bird flu air purifier
AFP -
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu ...
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Deadly H5N1 strain detected
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
HA NOI — A strain of the H5N1 virus that poses a high risk of infecting humans and caused an avian flu epidemic in China, has appeared in smuggled poultry ...
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Sharp Unveils New Anti-Bird Flu Air Purifier
EasyBourse.com - Paris,France
TOKYO (AFP)--Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9% of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within ...
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Novavax Moves Closer to Licensing Bird Flu Vaccine
Washington Post - United States
Of the patients who received the highest dosage, 94 percent produced antibodies to neutralize H5N1, an Indonesian strain of bird flu that emerged in 2005 ...
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The responsible virus and sharing benefits
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
The article merged the two separate issues of H5N1 virus sharing and the legal problem of Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2 into a confusing unrelated issue ...
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Terrorism & Disaster: What Clinicians Need to Know -- Pandemic ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
Describe personal protective equipment which should be worn when caring for patient suspected of infection with H5N1 avian influenza. ...
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New flu vaccine approach hopeful, Novavax says
Reuters - USA
The Rockville, Maryland-based biotech company released the first results of human safety trials of its experimental vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza and ...
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August 26, 2008

Novavax bird flu vaccine shows promise in trial
FierceBiotech - Washington,DC,USA
Among those individuals in the 15 mcg arm, 72 percent had a neutralizing antibody titer of 1:20 or greater (four-fold rise from baseline) against the H5N1 ...
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Novavax Says Vaccine Protects Against Deadly Bird Flu (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
At the highest dose, the vaccine produced a response against one version of the lethal H5N1 bird flu in 94 percent of patients, Novavax said in a statement ...
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Novavax reveals Favorable Results from Phase I/IIa Pandemic ...
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA
Novavax's VLP candidate is directed against the H5N1 A/Indonesia/05/2005 avian influenza strain. In the study, the vaccine demonstrated strong neutralizing ...
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Novavax Announces Favorable Results from Phase I/IIa Pandemic ...
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
Novavax's VLP candidate is directed against the H5N1 A/ Indonesia /05/2005 avian influenza strain. Avian influenza emerged in humans in Indonesia in 2005 ...
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Parents Fearful of Vaccinations Sparks Public Health Worry
HSToday - Germantown,MD,USA
The reason is individuals with healthy immune systems ironically are more likely to succumb to H5N1 is because, unlike seasonal flu viruses, H5N1 upsets the ...
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Bird flu strain in India, Bangladesh similar
Times of India - India
This has been confirmed by Indian scientists after it studied the genetic make-up of Bangladesh's H5N1 virus strain. India's eastern neighbour, after much ...
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H1N1 flu viruses growing more resistant to Tamiflu
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Many countries have stockpiled oseltamivir, which is used to treat people infected with the H5N1 avian flu virus and is generally considered the most ...
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Pitt scientists receive $3.6M to test vaccine against deadliest ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Recent outbreaks of H5N1 have prompted health officials to warn of its continued threat to global health and potential to trigger an avian flu pandemic. ...
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August 25, 2008

Past used to prepare for future flu
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
... comparisons have frequently been drawn between the H1N1 strain of avian influenza from 1918 and the H5N1 strain of avian flu first identified in 1997. ...
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Campaigns take bird flu education to villages
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
So, when they found their H5N1-infected chickens died, they thought it was simply because of ND, resulting in improper burying and the spread of the virus," ...
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A major study of H5N1 cases in China
By Crof
Background While human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection continue to increase globally, available clinical data on H5N1 cases are limited. We conducted a retrospective study of 26 confirmed human H5N1 ...
H5N1 - http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/

Indonesia H5N1 education campaign run by religious organization
By Topix
Indonesia H5N1 education campaign run by religious organization.
Bird Flu Breaking News - http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/

Clinical Case Review Of 26 Chinese H5N1 Patients
By FLA_MEDIC(FLA_MEDIC)
Even cases that received the antiviral late, tended to survive, although it is noted that this is an anecdotal observation, and is not backed up with `virological data on antiviral susceptibilities or quantitative H5N1 viral shedding'. ...
Avian Flu Diary - http://afludiary.blogspot.com/

Avian Flu Biowar Vaccine - The Pentagon’s alarming project ?
By Team Mole
There is reason to believe that sections of the international pharmaceutical industry cartel are acting in concert with the US Government to develop a genetically modified H5N1 virus substance that could unleash a man-made pandemic, ...
24 Plus News - http://www.24plusnews.com/

Bird Flu also known as Avian Flu
By Irsyad Faizal(Irsyad Faizal)
This strain of influenza virus, also known as H5N1 virus appeared in Asia approximately eight years ago affecting particularly their poultry. H5N1 is a classification type of code that refers to the proteins on the surface of the virus. ...
Health Tips - http://faizalhealthtips.blogspot.com/

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August 24, 2008

VN-made bird-flu vaccine effective
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
HA NOI — The first human group test of the locally-produced H5N1 influenza vaccine, Fluvax, was successful, with thirty students inoculated at the Military ...
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Crews sample ducks for avian influenza in ND, northwestern Minnesota
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
Most of the news about avian influenza has focused on the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the disease. While the strain hasn’t shown up in North America, ...
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Strict precautionary measures against bird flu at check-points
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... surveillance at the border check-points, airports and sea beaches to ensure that birds entering the country are not infected with the deadly H5N1 virus. ...
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August 23, 2008

Vietnam-made bird flu vaccine proves effective
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
The first human testing stage has proven the effectiveness of a locally-produced H5N1 influenza vaccine. The result was reported at a working session ...
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Study: Bacterial pneumonia was main killer in 1918 flu pandemic
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
However, the investigators also write that if a derivative of the H5N1 avian flu virus causes a future pandemic, lessons from past pandemics may not be ...
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Vietnam Creates Bird Flu Vaccine
Prensa Latina - Havana,Cuba
... the Central Epidemiology Institute, said they generated the vaccine from the highly pathogenic VN1194 strain of the H5N1 virus found in nationals in 2004.
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Tamiflu-Resistant Flu Is `Widespread' in South Africa (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
``H1N1 is a seasonal influenza strain, and the H5N1 avian influenza strain remains sensitive to Tamiflu, so its stockpiling by governments remains ...
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Augist 22, 2008

Locally-produced H5N1 vaccine is good
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – All 30 volunteers injected with the H5N1 vaccine produced by the Vaccine and Bio-product Company No1 have good immunity after more than ...
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Vietnam may produce bird flu vaccines for humans late next year
Xinhua - China
22 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam plans to make vaccines against bird flu virus strain H5N1 for humans in late 2009 after successful trials, according to local ...
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DelSite Submits IND Application for GelVac Nasal Powder Influenza ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
... has filed an investigational new drug application with the FDA for its lead product candidate GelVac nasal powder H5N1 influenza vaccine. ...
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Hendra virus mutation fear
Courier Mail - Australia
Considering that this represents a FAR greater danger to all of us in SEQld than any overhyped potential outbreak of H5N1 Avian Influenza, due to the fact ...
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HLL, IL&FS ink MoU for medical park
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
A state of the art vaccine R&D facility to develop new vaccines such as H5N1 to combat bird flu and other infectious diseases would also be available. ...
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August 21, 2008

Advance in tobacco vaccine; officials fear measles outbreak in UK;
FierceBioResearcher - Washington,DC,USA
Report DelSite Biotechnologies has filed an IND application with the FDA for its lead product candidate, GelVac nasal powder H5N1 influenza vaccine. ...
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Novavax to Present Phase I/IIa Trial Data Results in an Investor ...
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK
... from the Phase I/IIa human clinical trial of Novavax's H5N1 pandemic influenza VLP vaccine candidate at 11:00 am Eastern Time on August 26, 2008 . ...
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Market Report -- In Play (VICL)
MSN Money - USA
Vical recently reported breakthrough preliminary Phase 1 trial results for the company's H5N1 pandemic influenza DNA vaccines formulated with the same ...
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ND birds show no dangerous flu | KXNet.com North Dakota News
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
Johnson says a bird flu strain called H5N1 is the one that affected people in Southeast Asia and caused fears of a pandemic. The Game and Fish Department ...
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More than 80 pct of Indonesia bird flu cases die
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Late diagnosis and treatment means that more than 80 percent of people infected with H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia have died, ...
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University research shows avian flu strain can transfer between ...
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
The H9N2 strain is less dangerous than the often-deadly H5N1 strain, according to the World Health Organization. But there have been no reports of H5N1 ...
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DelSite Files IND for Nasal Powder H5N1 (Bird Flu) Influenza Vaccine
MarketWatch - USA
... filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the FDA for its lead product candidate GelVac(tm) nasal powder H5N1 influenza vaccine. ...
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August 20, 2008

SKorea to declare itself free of bird flu
WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA
In early April, South Korea confirmed the first outbreak of a deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in chickens on a southern farm in more than a year. ...
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Searching for ‘bird’ flu
Dickinson Press - Dickinson,ND,USA
...The one that’s been the cause of the worry is H5N1.” Courtesy Game and Fish Dept. Samples will be taken from ducks throughout North Dakota to test for ...
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WHO-LINKED CENTRE LAYS PATENT CLAIM ON BIRD FLU VIRUS
Grain - Barcelona,Spain
The vaccine incorporates genes from a H5N1 strain isolated from an Indonesian human victim of bird flu in 2005. The strain that contains the genes was ...
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Bacteria a big killer in 1918 flu pandemic: study
Reuters - USA
The current chief suspect is the H5N1 avian influenza affecting mostly birds in Asia, Europe the Middle East and Africa. It rarely infects people but has ...
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August 19, 2008

Antibiotic Resistent Infections Will be Problem During Pandemic
HSToday - Germantown,MD,USA
Scientists today also have found that the virulent H5N1 flu virus profoundly short circuits a person’s immune system, especially people with healthy systems ...
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Bird Flue-Free Zone
KBS - Seoul,South Korea
Theoretically there are 135 different combinations of protein that produce viruses, but H5N1 is mainly responsible for AI. Three types (H1, H2, ...
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Flu pandemic survivors retain immunity
Healthcare Republic - USA
US scientists discovered that antibody-producing B-cells isolated from survivors, are effective in protecting mice from the lethal H5N1 infection. ...
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Scientists Develop A machine To Detect H5N1 Virus
TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
The H5N1 virus has infected more than 385 people till now. This deadly strain has taken life of 243 people. Indonesia has been worst affected by this virus. ...
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Researchers find trends in study of Indonesia's H5N1 cases
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Aug 18, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Public health officials from Indonesia recently published an analysis of nearly all of the country's H5N1 avian influenza cases ...
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Survivors of 1918 pandemic still protected
Globe and Mail - Canada
He said his team is working to obtain antibodies from people vaccinated with experimental shots for the H5N1 avian influenza now circulating in Asia, ...
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Survivors of 1918 Flu Pandemic Still Immune
eFluxMedia - USA
Dr. Crowe said that his team is now working to get antibodies from people vaccinated with experimental vaccines for the H5N1 avian influenza currently ...
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DelSite Biotechnologies Nasal Powder Vaccine Platform Highlighted ...
MarketWatch - USA
We are very excited about bringing this technology close to the clinical stage with our lead candidate -- GelVac(tm) nasal powder H5N1 influenza vaccine. ...
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Birds in the News 144
ScienceBlogs - USA
Countries around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but another strain called H9N2 also poses a threat to humanity, ...
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August 18, 2008

Centenarian Immune Systems Remember How to Fight the 1918 Flu
Discover Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Researchers are particularly interested in studying it because a newer strain of bird flu, H5N1, is currently circulating among bird populations in Asia, ...
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1918 flu survivors still immune: study
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
Dr. Crowe said his team is working to get antibodies from people vaccinated with experimental shots for the H5N1 avian influenza now circulating in Asia, ...
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Antibodies still protect 1918 flu survivors
ABC Science Online - Australia
Crowe says his team is working to get antibodies from people vaccinated with experimental shots for the H5N1 avian influenza now circulating in Asia, ...
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Health Management Through Walking
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
The H5N1 avian influenza is a classic case in point. Looking at the growth of pandemic diseases, especially diabetes, obesity and CVD (cardiovascular ...
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1918's survivors offer hope against bird flu
South China Morning Post (subscription) - Hong Kong
He said his team was working to get antibodies from people vaccinated for the H5N1 bird flu now circulating in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. ...
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Bacteria played role in 1918 viral flu deaths, scientists say
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Capable of jumping the species barrier, the H5N1 virus has infected 385 people, killing 243 of them, and scientists fear that it could mutate to spread ...
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Antibodies still protect 1918 flu survivors: study
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Crowe said his team is working to get antibodies from people vaccinated with experimental shots for the H5N1 avian influenza now circulating in Asia, ...
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August 17, 2008

South Korea to declare itself free of bird flu
The Canadian Press - SEOUL, South Korea
The OIE has been at the forefront of global efforts to monitor and fight the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which scientists fear may mutate into a human flu ...
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Avian Flu Threat
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected 385 people and killed 243 of them since 2003. Flu experts at the University of Maryland, St. Jude's Children's Research ...
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Ghana seeks meeting with neighbours on Nigeria bird flu detection
Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
Kumasi, Ghana - Ghana's Veterinary Services Directorate, alarmed at the resurgence of avian influenza (bird flu) in Nigeria, is seeking a meeting with its ...
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New Strain of Bird Flu Detected in Nigeria
Farming UK - Brighouse,England,UK
United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) has announced that it has discovered a new strain of Avian flu never reported in Africa in Nigeria. ...
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August 16, 2008

Ministry requests acceleration of bird flu vaccination
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong told a recent meeting that vaccination against H5N1 virus is the most efficient measure in ...
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Avian Flu Breakthrough: Virus Detection 'in Two Hours'
TheMedGuru - Chandigarh,India
The ongoing outbreaks and spread of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus in poultry and wild birds have led to fears that a subtype that is transmissible from ...
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Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action
Medical News Today - UK
In order to help Indonesia improve its high human mortality due to bird flu (H5N1 influenza), more effective diagnostic methods must be used and improved ...
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Long march of Chinese demand for chicken's feet
Scotsman - United Kingdom
The threat to human health from the virulent strain of avian flu – H5N1 – remains a major concern and China is taking steps to ensure that imported poultry ...
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Coming soon, a device that can detect bird flu outbreak in two hours
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
London, Aug 14 (ANI): Researchers from Nottingham Trent University in Britain are developing a device that can detect an outbreak of bird flu in two hours. ...
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Bird flu hits UK newspapers
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
Bird flu has hit the news again, at least it has in the UK - not thanks to a case but thanks to a press release. Alan McNally from Nottingham Trent ...
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August 15, 2008

Bird flu (news) strikes again
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
It will also be able to specify what the N type of the virus is, such as the highly pathogenic H5N1, or the H9N2 type which is hitting the news today. ...
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MDRNA Reports Positive in Vivo Efficacy Data Against Flu Strains
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
... interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are highly active against multiple strains of influenza A virus including seasonal H3N2 and highly pathogenic H5N1 strains. ...
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Africa: Unable to Put Beef And Fish On the Table, Continent Courts ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
According to the report the African strain of H5N1 has acquired "troubling" properties such as respiratory rather than faecal transmission in poultry and a ...
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Scientists Say H9N2 Strain Poses New Bird Flu Threat
AHN - USA
Scientists have so far focused on the H5N1 bird flu virus and H7 avian flu viruses as candidates for the next pandemic, but new circumstantial evidence ...
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H9N2 bird flu threat understated in humans
Reuters - USA
No one can predict what kind but the chief suspect is the H5N1 bird flu virus, which has infected 385 people and killed 243 of them since 2003. Continued...
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Portable test could reduce H5N1 diagnosis to two hours
Medical Laboratory World - London,UK
A new portable test for avian flu could reduce the time for diagnosis of the deadly H5N1 strain to just two hours, scientists from Nottingham Trent ...
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Portable machine to detect bird flu
Hindu - Chennai,India
It now takes up to a week to identify different types of bird flu, including the potentially fatal H5N1 strain. A rapid test could save thousands of lives ...
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The Pentagon’s alarming project: Avian Flu Biowar Vaccine
Center for Research on Globalization - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
It was later proven that Tamiflu was in no antidote for H5N1 and its side effects were sometimes very severe. Laibow adds, "Given the shockingly obvious ...
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Rapid bird flu test under development
United Press International - USA
Britain's Nottingham Trent University said portable machines capable of quickly identifying the deadly H5N1 disease could save countless lives. ...
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A primer on the flu
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
One of the bird flu strains, called H5N1, though, is caught by people who handle sick birds and often results in death. While the virus has not yet mutated ...
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August 14, 2008

Other pandemic threats are lurking in H9 virus
FierceBioResearcher - Washington,DC,USA
By John Carroll H5N1 isn't the only avian virus that threatens to trigger a pandemic. A group of virologists was able to make an H9 virus much more ...
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New Beamline at Diamond Light Source is used to Study Bird Flu
CombiChem.net (subscription) - Sudbury,England,UK
There are 16 subtypes of H and nine of N, occurring in all combinations, with the current strain of bird flu being H5N1. The NIMR team used Diamond’s ...
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Threat from new deadly bird flu strain
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
COUNTRIES around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but researchers warn that another strain called H9N2 also poses a threat ...
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Portable machine to detect bird flu outbreak in 'two hours'
Hindu - Chennai,India
Currently it takes up to a week to identify different types of bird flu, including the potentially fatal H5N1 strain. A rapid test for flu viruses could ...
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Health Experts, Security Personnel Meet Over Bird Flu
New Era - Windhoek,Namibia
However, the highly pathogenic form, H5N1 virus, spreads more rapidly through flocks of poultry. This form may cause diseases that affect multiple internal ...
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Armoured against germs
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
... active protection (eliminating microbiological agents on contact) against both bacteria and viruses, including the infamous H5N1, or deadly avian flu. ...
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Hope over 'quick' bird flu test
BBC News - UK
In Indonesia there has been an 81% death rate among people with the H5N1 strain, but survival chances increase greatly the earlier it is treated. ...
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Indonesia rules out H5N1 case cluster in Sumatra
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
It said 12 villagers from Air Batu village tested negative for the H5N1 virus. All were being treated at Kisaran Hospital, except for a 7-year-old girl and ...
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More than 80 pct of Indonesia bird flu cases die
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Late diagnosis and treatment means that more than 80 percent of people infected with H5N1 avian influenza in Indonesia have ...
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Advances needed in bird flu reaction
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Research conducted in Indonesia has shown the benefit of improved diagnostic methods and improved case management to diagnose patients with H5N1 influenza. ...
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August 13, 2008

Fayette’s leaders get updated on avian flu threat
The Citizen.com - Fayetteville,GA,USA
To date, 243 people in 15 countries have died from H5N1 infection since 2003 and only two cases of human-to-human transmission are thought to have occurred ...
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H9N2 avian flu strain has pandemic potential
Science News - USA
Much attention has been focused on the H5N1 bird flu virus and H7 avian flu viruses as candidates for the next pandemic, says Chang-Won Lee, ...
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New bird flu threat could be H9N2, researchers say
Reuters UK - UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Countries around the world may be preparing for a possible H5N1 bird flu pandemic, but another strain called H9N2 also poses a threat ...
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Bird Flu In Nigeria New H5N1 Strain
AHN - USA
Rome, Italy (AHN) - The bird flu detected in Nigeria last month is a new strain of the deadly H5N1 virus that has not been recorded in Africa previously. ...
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The real risk of an avian flu pandemic
The Citizen.com - Fayetteville,GA,USA
The H5N1 strain of avian influenza jumped the species barrier in 1997. If sufficient human-to-human transmission takes hold, the devastating effects of H5N1 ...
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Air Pollution Major Cause of Mortality, Morbidity: Study
World Bank Group - Washington,DC,USA
[The Jakarta Post (08/12/2008)] “A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and ...
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Wild birds maybe caused new flu strain -Nigeria
Reuters - USA
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Infected migratory birds from Europe or Central Asia were probably to blame for spreading a new strain of H5N1 ...
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Wild birds maybe caused new flu strain: Nigeria
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
ABUJA (Reuters) - Infected migratory birds from Europe or Central Asia were probably to blame for spreading a new strain of H5N1 bird flu to Africa, ...
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August 12, 2008

Bird flu: New strain found in Africa says UN's food and ...
آكي - Italy
New York, 12 August (AKI) - A new strain of the potentially deadly H5N1 virus has been identified in the west African country of Nigeria, the United Nations ...
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New bird flu strain found in Nigeria, UN's FAO says
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and Agriculture ...
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Crucell Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results
MarketWatch - USA
Within the PanFluVac EU consortium this approach will be tested for a virosomal H5N1 vaccine in humans in 2009. * Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail: ...
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Bird flu outbreak reported in southern Vietnamese province
Xinhua - China
... in Vietnam's southern Ben Tre province have been recently tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, according to local newspaper Youth on Tuesday. ...
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Canopus Biopharma and Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up to Treat ...
MarketWatch - USA
This study demonstrated impressive efficacy of a novel statin/caffeine combination, StatC(TM) in the treatment and prevention of H5N1, H1N1 and H3N2 in a ...
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FAO says H5N1 situation in birds has improved
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Aug 11, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – The global H5N1 avian influenza situation in birds improved in the first half of this year, but an H5N1 strain not previously ...
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New bird flu strain found in Nigeria, UN's FAO says
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has shown up among birds in Africa in a worrying development, the United Nations Food and ...
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August 11, 2008

Antiviral stockpile reaches use by date
6minutes - Sydney,NSW,Australia
H5N1 can become resistant to Tamiflu very quickly and render it useless. Why don't we stockpile 50/50? We should be re-balancing to include more Relenza, ...
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Farmer fined for bird flu breaches
Fenland Today - Wisbech,England,UK
... said the charges followed, but were not directly linked to, the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease in Redgrave in November last year. ...
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Thirteen Indonesian villagers clear of bird flu
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Health officials in Indonesia say 13 people from a village on Sumatra who were hospitalised with suspected bird flu, have all tested negative for the H5N1 ...
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Health official says new flu virus likely
Durango Herald - Durango,CO,USA
The current scourge, the avian flu known as H5N1, meets only the first two criteria. "But it's not a matter of if but a matter of when a pandemic will occur ...
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False Pandemic Scares
AskMen - USA
By Jen Woodward With health officials constantly predicting the next pandemic, you’d think it’s just a matter of time before the entire human race falls ...
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August 10, 2008

13 Indonesians test negative for bird flu
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
He says dozens of chickens started dying last week from the H5N1 bird flu virus in Air Batu, a village on Sumatra Island, sending panicked residents rushing ...
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Three questions for presidential science debate
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
Some estimates suggest that if H5N1 avian flu becomes a pandemic, it could kill more than 300 million people. In an era of constant and rapid international ...
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Transplants trade at a crossroads
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
World experts meeting in Sydney next week hope to stamp out 'transplant tourism'. Health editor Adam Cresswell reports | August 09, 2008 POLICEWOMAN Anna is ...
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Time to tolerate political diversity
Straits Times - Singapore
... joining an opposition party brands you as a dangerous element, and about as welcome in Singapore as dengue-bearing mosquitoes and H5N1-infected chickens ...
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13 Indonesians Test Negative for Bird Flu
Voice of America - USA
Tests run on the chickens showed they died from the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu. More than 240 people around the world have died since an outbreak of ...
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August 9, 2008

'Sovereignty' That Risks Global Health
Washington Post - United States
At least 53 types of H5N1 bird flu viruses have appeared in chickens and people there, the World Health Organization has reported. ...
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Indonesian villagers cleared of bird flu
Reuters - USA
Bird flu remains mainly an animal disease but experts fear the H5N1 virus might mutate into a pandemic strain that could sweep the globe, possibly killing ...
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Indonesian villagers test negative to bird flu
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The local husbandry office has taken preventive action this week by slaughtering and burning some 400 chickens and ducks. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu ...
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Avian Influenza 101
AskMen - USA
But whether the next pandemic will result from the highly publicized H5N1 avian influenza strain is yet to be seen. Here is everything you need to now about ...
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Australia unprepared for epidemic
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
IN February 2008, 10 swans in Dorset, south-west England, were found to be positive for the H5N1 avian bird flu virus. The virus has long since escaped from ...
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