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Bird Flu Reappears in Vietnam

Bird flu has reappeared in domestic ducks in southern Vietn...onfirmed that over 100 chickens had died from bird flu in the province last month - the first outbreak in northern Vietnam in more than a year. Internati...

Turkey Giant to Receive King-sized Compensation

...had to be culled last month, in the wake of a bird flu outbreak, caused by the deadly strain H5N1. The...e wake of recent problems associated with the bird flu outbreak, Bernard Mathews has decided to lay off another 38 of its workers, bringing the total numbe...

China Confirms New Human Bird Flu Case

...ient was infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. The patient is said to be receiving treat...ls. Li is the country's first human case of bird flu in about seven weeks. On Jan 10, a 37-year-old farmer in east China's Anhui Province had contracted ...

EU Commission to Set Up Rapid Action Team

...wake of various outbreaks, such as the recent bird flu outbreak, previous foot and mouth disease of cattle, blue tongue disease etc. The commission will be setting up this rapid action squad. It will ask for expert members to be proposed from various member nations, along with their detailed profiles....

'New Disinfectant can Kill Bird Flu'

...oped a disinfectant spray it claims kills the bird flu virus on contact//, a news report said. The team...has the world's highest human death toll from bird flu with 64 fatalities, including six this year. Source-IANS...

Bird Flu Alert: Kuwait

Kuwait has reported its first outbreak of bird flu since November// 2005. Test samples sent to a la...ry farms in late 2003, the H5N1 strain of the bird flu has killed at least 167 people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Although it ...

Expand the Role of Paramedics to Ensure Future of EMS in Canada

... to include-caring for the homeless, administering flu and hepatitis B jabs, and injury-prevention programs. 'It's really time to look at how we can branch out and be a complete part of the health-care system and help out in areas such as preventative medicine. It’s those kinds of things that help save...

Bird Flu in Afghanistan

...health ministry has confirmed the presence of bird flu in their county. This was disclosed by Faizullah Kakar, the deputy// from the health ministry. The lethal H5N1 virus was found in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Though initially a human case was suspected, later it was diagnosed as the case of ...

Dummy Emergency Operation Launched

...an emergency operation, should UK be hit// by bird flu pandemic. The preparation may be staged, but th...l. Health experts in Britain are wary of a bird flu epidemic hitting the nation and the exercise is meant to train medical and health professionals to h...

Rajasthan Gears Up for Bird Flu

... for migratory birds, is gearing up to tackle bird flu after neighboring Pakistan reported cases// of the...orry," Saini told IANS. Though no case of avian flu had been reported yet from any part of the state, the government had "stepped up surveillance along ...

Russia’s Avian Flu Outbreak Linked to Single Marke

...wing confirmation of the presence of the H5N1 bird flu strain. This is the first such outbreak to be reco...lity of human infection.” No human cases of bird flu have been reported in Russia, which had its first reported cases of the H5N1 strain in Siberia in 20...

Drug Companies Should Not Have a Monopoly Over Clinical Trial Data

...he "flu drug" oseltamivir in the event of a global flu pandemic, and data exclusivity is already preventing patients from getting access to generic HIV medicines. Before registering a pharmaceutical product and allowing it on the market, regulatory authorities verify its quality, safety, and efficacy. ...

Crushed Garlic Has Health Benefits

...for preventing everything from the common cold and flu to the plague. Garlic is used extensively in herbal medicine and it contains compounds shown to help prevent blood clots. But most studies have tested raw garlic and cooking can damage garlic's anti-clotting compounds, reported an online edition of...

QUT Scientists on the Way to Sifting Out a Cure for HIV

...re Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the avian flu virus, both of which are currently a major concern to the international community." He said because the membrane was designed to permit a large flux or flow, it could also be used for water treatment, as well as within the pharmaceutical and food i...

Bird Flu Most Likely to Infect and Kill Young People

Ninety percent of the people infected with bird flu have been under the age of 40, and 60 percent of them have died, according// to the latest analysis from the World Health Organization. But the WHO researchers stressed their analysis did not suggest why this might be and noted there are several th...

Toddlers Rejoice-Flu Jabs may Be a Thing of the Past

...ms much more effective than jabs of the// seasonal flu vaccine. Injected vaccines for flu contain inactive or weakened viruses, and are given in two doses for infants starting from 6 months ...

Influenza Virus also Protects Against H5N1

N1 protein in the seasonal flu vaccine may trigger an antibody response to avian flu virus//. The influenza vaccine that health officials advice people to get every year might also of...

Natural Immunity Against Avian Flu may Be Possible

...mice and a small group of humans. The H5N1 avian flu virus is quite different from the seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 flu viruses most humans have been exposed to, which is why many scientists believe that H5N1 could start...

China Gearing Up for Bird Flu Season

...n Chengjie has called for tougher measures on bird flu prevention, especially in the wake of the new luna...d poultry across the country. In addition, bird flu is predominant during this season. Yin affirmed that China would reinforce measures such as bor...

Pakistan: Authorities Plays Down Bird Flu Risk

...say the chances of being infected remain low. Bird flu can only be contracted by humans if they come into...g is that so far, we have no reported case of bird flu in humans," said Shadoul Ahmed, head of the United Nations inter-agency bird flu contingency group f...

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