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Bird Flu

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Name: Bird Flu

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents (in Health)

Why avian flu virus has not caused a pandemic?

Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.The authors of the new study, from Imperial College London, ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Virus, Bird Flu, Mutation, Influenza A H5N1 Virus, Pandemic

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

Research: Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic

Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published in PLoS ONE. Related The authors of the new study, from , the University of ... [WorldPoultry.net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Bird Flu, Virus, Mutation, Pandemic, Influenza A H5N1 Virus

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)

US Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security health official talks about shortfalls of swine flu vaccine

Dr. Alex Garza from the Department of Homeland Security, during an interview at Barnes Jewish Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Garza is in town addressing the poor planning and distribution of the H1N1 vaccine. (Laurie Skrivan/P-D)ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCHHealth ... [STLtoday.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, Swine Flu Vaccine, US Department of Homeland Security

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Health)

World Health Organization

Mystery Ukrainian 'Super Flu' Raises New Questions About Origins

Scientists are examining the strain of swine flu behind a deadly Ukrainian outbreak to see if the virus has mutated. A total of 189 people have died, and more than one million have been infected in the country.However, doctors in Ukraine's western Chernovetsky ... [Mercola - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Ukraine, World Health Organization, Virus, Swine Flu

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Thailand is free of bird flu: official

[ ] BANGKOK, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thailand is now free of the avian influenza or the bird flu, but precaution measures have been implemented to prevent its outbreak, Preecha Somboonprasert, director-general of the Livestock Development Department said ... [China.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bird Flu, Thailand, Influenza A H5N1 Virus, Virus, Institute For Animal Health

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

'Genetic hurdle' halted bird flu

A genetic hurdle that proved too great may have prevented deadly bird flu causing a terrifying pandemic, researchers have learned. ... [AOL UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bird Flu, Pandemic

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Data Visualization: Interactively Track the Avian Flu Around the World Using Google Earth

From the Announcement:New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say.The researchers ... [Resources Shelf - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bird Flu, Google Earth, Virus, Ohio State University, Informatics

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

In visit here, U.S. health official says swine flu is unpredictable

(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) Health officials have long planned for a severe bird flu outbreak, but another virus flew in first. Swine flu (H1N1 virus) has already sickened an estimated 22 million Americans since April, closing schools and straining emergency ... [Individual.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu, United States, Bird Flu, Informa PLC

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

France: Low path bird flu outbreak

France's agriculture authorities have reported an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (H5) in a farm in Saint Aubin du Plain with 9,000 ducks, ready to be force-fed. Related Reports state that the birds did not show clinical signs.The outbreak ... [WorldPoultry.net - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bird Flu, France, Disinfection, Sanitation

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Indonesia: Dr. Supari in a corruption case

Via the Jakarta Post: KPK grills former health minister as witness. Excerpt:Antigraft officials questioned former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday as a witness in graft cases related to the 2006 procurement of health equipment for bird ... [H5N1 - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Corruption, Bird Flu, Indonesia

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)

A Great Victory in the Swine Flu Scandal

European scientists and health authorities are facing angry questions about why H1N1 flu has not caused death and destruction on the scale first feared, and they need to respond deftly to ensure public support. Accusations are flying in British and French ... [LewRockwell.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Virus, Pandemic, Swine Flu

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

WHO on Egypt's latest H5N1 case

WHO has published Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 24. The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1). The case is a 21 year-old male from Sedy Beshir District, Alexandria Governorate. ... [H5N1 - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Egypt, Influenza A H5N1 Virus, Bird Flu, Chest, Oseltamivir

Quotes

Professor Ian Jones, leader of the collaborating group at the University of Reading, added: "It would have been impossible to do this research using mutation of the real H5N1 virus as we could have been creating the very strain we fear. However, our novel recombinant approach has allowed us to safely address the question of H5 adaptation and provide the answer that it is very unlikely." In addition to explaining why bird flu's ability to transmit between humans is limited, the new research also gives scientists a better understanding...

Research: Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic [WorldPoultry.net - 11/20/2009]

Regarding the epidemic, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated, "We cannot relax even for a moment because the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts two more waves of flu, including the bird flu, are expected in Ukraine. There is no alternative to vaccination." A day earlier she admitted she was not vaccinated and that she, "like all other people", plans to rely on garlic, onion and lemon as a way of preventing...

Mystery Ukrainian 'Super Flu' Raises New Questions About Origins [Mercola - 11/19/2009]

"We didn't have a historical precedent for this pandemic, and we were planning for an outbreak of the avian flu not a swine flu," Ekdahl said. "We were all planning for the potential mutation of the avian flu over the next three to five years into a person-to-person transmittable disease."

Experts defend scientific community over claims of swine flu exaggeration [Deutsche Welle - 11/19/2009]

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Can your doctor spot H1N1? [CNN - 11/20/2009]
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GCSEs marked 'generously' [Telegraph - 11/20/2009]
Qatar's food safety measures reviewed [MENAFN - 11/20/2009]
GCSEs marked 'generously' says watchdog [Telegraph - 11/20/2009]
Bird flu human-to-human spread unlikely [UPI - 11/20/2009]
NEWS SCAN: H5N1 transmission study, Egypt H5N1 ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 11/20/2009]
Grant to study pandemic influenza early warning... [Feedstuffs - 11/20/2009]
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (INO) Universal D... [BioSpace - 11/19/2009]
Mystery Ukrainian 'Super Flu' Raises New Questi... [Mercola - 11/19/2009]
France: Low path bird flu outbreak [WorldPoultry.net - 11/19/2009]
Three primary threats to fresh food safety [IndustrySearch - 11/19/2009]
Bioreactor for bone tissue engineering wins pro... [Genetic Engineering News - 11/19/2009]
In visit here, U.S. health official says swine ... [Individual.com - 11/19/2009]
What Are the Coming Decade's Most Overblown Fears? [New York Times - 11/19/2009]
Bill Gates Shifts from Computer Viruses to Bird... [Discovery Channel - 11/19/2009]
Data Visualization: Interactively Track the Avi... [Resources Shelf - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Canada: Schabas remains unpersuaded [H5N1 - 15 hours ago] Via The Star, Dr. Robert Schabas continues to needle his colleagues and the media: How they larded H1N1 facts with fear. Excerpt:Schabas says there is a growing ...
Sipress: The great flu cover-up [H5N1 - 23 hours ago] Thanks to Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary for the link to this important article by Alan Sipress in Foreign Affairs: The Great Flu Cover-up. Sipress is the author ...
WHO on Egypt's latest H5N1 case [H5N1 - 11/20/2009] WHO has published Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 24. The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza ...
Indonesia: Dr. Supari in a corruption case [H5N1 - 11/20/2009] Via the Jakarta Post: KPK grills former health minister as witness. Excerpt:Antigraft officials questioned former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday ...
China: Health ministry responds to Zhong Nanshan [H5N1 - 11/19/2009] Thanks to Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary for the link to this Xinhua report: Ministry responds to expert skepticism of China's A/H1N1 flu reporting. Excerpt:China's ...

Audio/Video

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"Hurricanes, Viruses, Politics and the Nat... [Vanderbilt University - YouTube - 11/03/2009]
mms - Canadian, Australian governments now forb... [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]
mms - More than 75,000 disease victims healed! [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]
MWV Episode 32 - Healthy Pet, Healthy You [Mefeedia Video Tag : medici - 09/28/2009]
MWV32 - Healthy Pets, Healthy You [Mefeedia Video Tag : biolo - 09/28/2009]

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