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Sunday, November 22, 2009 1:49 AM

Bird Flu

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Name: Bird Flu
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]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 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 - 15 hours ago]
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]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biology)
BIRD FLU: Egypt Announces 88th H5N1 Case
Catch up with the latest bird flu news from across the globe with our daily bird flu updates...Sign up for our weekly newsletter...Bookmark this page and keep up-to-date with ease...TIP - Click the flags for that Country's News OnlyWHOEGYPT - The Ministry ... [PoultrySite - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Sipress: The great flu cover-up
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 of the best book yet on H5N1 and the planning for pandemic. Excerpt from a must-read story:As ... [H5N1 - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to bird flu virus by Edward Hammond
(Edward Hammond*) -- In a development that is likely to raise more pressing questions about reform of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN), an international patent application has surfaced in which the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) ... [Third World Network - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 Documents
HK resumes importing poultry
The Centre for Food Safety in Hong Kong has resumed processing applications to import poultry meat and products from Spain, except from the provinces of Guadalajara and Navarra. The applications were suspended following the confirmation of avian influenza ... [WorldPoultry.net - 16 hours ago]
First Reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 Documents (in Health)
Modern Turkey: Modern Miracle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us will sit down with our families to a wonderful turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. But statistics increasingly show that Americans consider turkey a year-round staple. The National Turkey Federation says that per-capita consumption ... [PhysOrg.com - 1 hour ago]
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]
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]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents
Japan bans French poultry imports
Japan is suspending imports from French poultry suppliers following an outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm, a report said Wednesday.The ban, which includes imports of foie gras, will last at least 90 days, the Kyodo news agency said, citing the Japanese ... [Bangkok Post - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)
If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse
When swine flu erupted this spring in the southwestern United States and Mexico, it had been 40 years since the last flu pandemic. The outbreak has dispelled any illusion that pandemic influenza belonged to a bygone era, like smallpox, polio or scarlet ... [China Post - 11/18/2009]

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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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Modern Turkey: Modern Miracle [PhysOrg.com - 1 hour ago]
Govt to set up 400 community model farms [The News International - 1 hour ago]
A Great Victory in the Swine Flu Scandal [LewRockwell.com - 15 hours ago]
The future of Public Health in the United States [North Shore Journal - 16 hours ago]
HK resumes importing poultry [WorldPoultry.net - 16 hours ago]
Swine Flu Update by Riaz K. Tayob [Third World Network - 17 hours ago]
WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to ... [Third World Network - 17 hours ago]
Inovio, Merck gain; Novavax falls [MarketWatch - 11/20/2009]
Biotech Stocks: Inovio, Merck gain; Novavax falls [MarketWatch - 11/20/2009]
Research: Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic [WorldPoultry.net - 11/20/2009]
Inovio soars, Novavax falls in early action [MarketWatch - 11/20/2009]
Flu could crimp business operations [TMC Net - 11/20/2009]
Can your doctor spot H1N1? [CNN - 11/20/2009]
BIRD FLU: Egypt Announces 88th H5N1 Case [PoultrySite - 11/20/2009]
PANDEMIC PLANNING MADE EASY [Media Newswire - 11/20/2009]
Inovio Biomedical Universal Flu Vaccines Demons... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 11/20/2009]
Inovio Biomedical Universal Flu Vaccines Demons... [Business Wire UK - 11/20/2009]
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]
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Canada: Schabas remains unpersuaded [H5N1 - 11/21/2009]
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 - 11/20/2009]
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 ...
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"Hurricanes, Viruses, Politics and the Nat... [Vanderbilt University - YouTube - 11/03/2009]
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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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