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Sat Dec 08, 2012 at 14:30:57 PM EST
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Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!
Canada
• Alberta: Last chance for Calgarians to get flu shot (Link)
Cuba
• Almost half million Cubans vaccinated against flu (Link)
Indonesia
• West Java: 4 year old dies of suspect H5N1 (Link)
• Reports of 192 Cases of Bird Flu (translated) (Link)
United States
• CIDRAP: US sees more flu activity, finds another H3N2v case (Link)
• MN: Flu Cases Spike Across Minnesota, CDC Encourages Vaccination (Link)
• NC: Another NC hospital limits visitors because of flu (Link)
General
• Tools to Fight Infectious Diseases Rely on Public Health Programs (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Dec 10, 2011 at 20:25:59 PM EST
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Canada
• Water woes behind H1N1 (Link)
• ERs overwhelmed with flu cases (Link)
China
• Bird flu fears for clerk (Link)
Egypt
• WHO confirms 2 human H5N1 cases (one fatal) in 1 family (Link)
India
• Bird Flu killing crows in Jharkhand (Link)
United States
• Americans Worried About Global Pandemics, Yet Lack Knowledge Of Their Likely Source, Survey Shows (Link)
General
• Europe's ability to detect novel H3N2 found wanting, ECDC says (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Hong Kong Issues RFI To WHO and US CDC On H3N2pdm11 (Link)
• Recombinomics: Delays With trH1N2 Minnesota Case(s) Raise Concerns (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Dec 11, 2010 at 21:33:42 PM EST
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Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!
Russia
• Russia's too thin 'designer' uniform leads to pneumonia and flu (Link)
United Kingdom
• Third patient with swine flu dies in Greater Manchester (Link)
• Swine flu surge leaves 15 dead and 100 in intensive care (Link)
United States
• SC: Half dozen lose jobs for refusing flu shots at AnMed Health (Link)
General
• Bird Flu is back (Link)
• CIDRAP: Studies show science behind CDC pandemic response (Link)
Commentary
• Spread of H1N1 Immunological Escape Via S188T (Link)
• H5N1: Heads You Live, Tails You Don't (Link)
• H (Link)
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Fri Dec 11, 2009 at 23:35:57 PM EST
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Canada
• Millions of doses left over (Link)
Egypt
• Governor of Cairo closes 80 learning centers (translated) (Link)
• Swine flu deaths up to 61 (translated) (Link)
South Korea
• South Korean flu aid to reach N.Korea this weekend (Link)
United States
• Update: Reported rise in swine flu related deaths (Link)
• US: Children's Vaccine recalled - not strong enough (Link)
• TX: Texas gets top score in swine flu readiness (Link)
Vietnam
• H5N1 in birds in Thai Nguyen province (Link)
• H5N1 Seroprevalence Study (Link)
• H5N1 in birds in Ca Mao province (Link)
General
• 2009 H1N1 Flu Test From Quest Diagnostics (Link)
• Crucial vaccine being ignored - Pneumonia shots not going to all who need them, authorities say (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Receptor Binding Domain Changes in Texas (Link)
• Recombinomics: Rapid H1N1 Evolution in Beijing Raises Concerns (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sun Dec 14, 2008 at 22:47:41 PM EST
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Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
New Stories for Today:- Fears of human bird flu cases rise in India's Assam
- India - More chickens die, flu panic spreads in Malda
- Three Dhaka Bangladesh H5N1 Outbreaks Cause Concern
- India - 70 Hospialized in Rampur Assam Raise Concerns
- Malaysia - mystery illness
- Phillipines - International groups invited over Ebola threat
- Cambodia - Bird flu outbreak hits Kandal province
- Thailand - Special operation to prevent bird flu outbreak launched in 9 provinces
- USA - NY - State closing Reynolds Game Farm
- Indonesia - Jakarta will clear out smaller-scale poultry industries by 2010
- India - Assam zoo cats refuse to eat mutton, want chicken
- Cambodia - H5N1 Confirmed Near Phnom Penh Cambodia
- Tests prove bird flu in east India poultry-official
- USA - Public health: starting the conversation in earnest
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Sat Dec 15, 2007 at 01:06:14 AM EST
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New Stories for Today
(Open this Diary to read more on these postings)
- Pakistan - Bird flu infects five {or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9} people in Pakistan; cases rise, possibly including a health care worker (8 stories)
- Armenia - Bird flu does not threaten Armenia
- Germany - H5N1 in chickens (2 stories)
- China - 2,000 affected as Mai Po (nature reserve) closes on bird flu fears
- India - Trying to "gear up"?
- CIDRAP - a bit of historical overview of H5N1
- Saudi Arabia in new bird flu outbreak
- Pakistan H5N1 cases may involve human transmission (Helen Branswell)
- Pakistan - WHO update
- Pakistan - Family cluster infected in Pakistan's 1st reported bird flu cases
- China - Monitoring of pneumonia cases at hospitals
- Pakistan - Three more bird flu victims detected in NWFP
Summary of News for December 14, 2007
General
• Bird flu developments (Link); bird flu flares again in Asia (Link)
• Genetic predisposition to death from flu (Article and commentary)
Australia
• Newspaper - Stock up for pandemic (Link); underlying medical journal article (Link)
China
• China holds bird flu drill after outbreak (Link)
• Doctors puzzled over flu spread (Link)
Indonesia
• Hungary offers Indonesia loan for bird flu vaccine (Link)
• CNN reports on Indonesian death (47M) (Link)
Myanmar
• WHO confirms 1st human case in 7yo girl (Link and ProMED update)
• Human bird flu infection under control in Myanmar border area (Link)
Pakistan
• Pakistan suspects first H5N1 case (CIDRAP) (Link)
• Pakistan tests for H5N1 after two farmers die (Link); another version (Link)
• Five cases of bird flu confirmed; reports of deaths questioned (Link)
Poland
• H5N1 bird flu found (in wild birds) at fifth site (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Saudis prepare for 1,5m pilgrims (Link)
• Bird flu in ostriches on a poultry farm in Al Kharj area (Link)
United States
• Researcher doubts program to track bird flu in wild birds (Link)
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Thu Dec 14, 2006 at 23:20:15 PM EST
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Summary of News for December 14 2006
Total human cases worldwide 258, deaths 154 (2006 – 111 with 76 deaths)
-- From WHO as of 29 Nov - latest update
China
• Chinese vice premier urges to strengthen bird flu prevention (Link)
North Korea
• NKorea claims developing poultry vaccine against H5N1 type of bird flu (Link)
Japan
• Japan: new masks developed by Ohki Pharmaceutical Co. to protect against bird flu(Link)
USA
• Officials say bird flu outbreak would strain Delaware's hospitals (Link)
• Schools may be new front line against viruses (Link)
• Wisconsin- State launches flu Web site (Article Link) link to new site (Link)
• Study drops Florida in crisis readiness rank (Link)
General
• Flu shot doesn't need perfect virus match, study says (Link)
• Does human-to-human strain exist? (Link)
• Newcastle Disease Virus-Based Live Attenuated Vaccine Completely Protects Chickens and Mice from Lethal Challenge of Homologous and Heterologous H5N1 Avian Influenza Viruses (Link)
• More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say (Link)
• Singapore Conference: Respiratory Viruses of Animals Causing Disease in Humans (Link)
• Article on the conference from Bloomberg (Link)
• Conference agenda (Link)
• NEJM: on Vaccines for Prevention of Antigenically Drifted Influenza- Prevention of Antigenically Drifted Influenza by Inactivated and Live Attenuated Vaccines (Link)
• Fukada Editorial on NEJM article- Different Approaches to Influenza Vaccination (Link)
• Solar storm headed for Earth (Link)
• Solar storm index (Link)
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