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Tue Dec 25, 2012 at 19:08:53 PM EST
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Indonesia
• Health Warnings Over New Strain of Avian Influenza (Link)
• Thousands of Chickens Infected with Avian Flu (Link)
United Kingdom
• Wales: Vaccination urged as winter flu cases rise (Link)
United States
• AR: Columbia County flu outbreak strikes immunized and non-immunized alike (Link)
• FL: Flu Reports Rise Across Bay Area (Link)
• NC: Pardee Hospital Institutes Patient Visitor Limitations Due To Flu (Link)
• WA: New flu strain tougher than prior (Link)
• WA: 3 flu deaths reported in Washington (Link)
• WA: Three Western Washington deaths linked to flu (Link)
Research
• Humidity Levels Explain U.S. Flu Winter Peak (Link)
Commentary
• Editorial: Bird flu scare (Link)
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Sat Dec 24, 2011 at 17:44:17 PM EST
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Australia
• Swine flu strain resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily (Link)
China
• Provincial disease control - influenza activity increased in Hunan (translated) (Link)
• Shanghai: City gears up luggage scan for H5N1 virus (Link)
Taiwan
• Flu infections continue to spread in Taiwan (Link)
• Taichung records first flu death this year (Link)
United States
• CA: Man in late 30s dies from the flu (Link)
• WV: Swine flu variant reported in West Virginia (Link)
Vietnam
• Animal diseases drop during course of year (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Genetic Instability In H1N1v Wisconsin Case (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sun Dec 26, 2010 at 20:35:18 PM EST
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Bulgaria
• Bulgaria registers swine flu death 2-3 weeks ago: national consultant (Link)
• No reasons for announcing epidemics (Link)
Croatia
• 1 dead, 100 infected with swine flu in Croatia (Link)
Egypt
• Thousands Infected Swine Flu (Link)
• Egypt: Healing 13 infected swine flu virus infections in Ismailia birds (Link)
India
• Swine flu makes comeback, 20 cases in a week (Link)
Pakistan
• Swine flu isolation wards set up in CHK, AHS (Link)
Russia
• The flu epidemic comes in 13 Russian regions (Link)
United Kingdom
• Fears of flu epidemic grow as experts urge people to get jabs (Link)
• 30,000 calls in three days for NHS (Link)
• Girl, 17, dies just 48 hours after contracting swine flu in hospital (Link)
• Still on the upward trajectory (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Japan and Taiwan H1N1 Sequences Match United Kingdom (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Dec 26, 2009 at 10:40:40 AM EST
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Cambodia
• H5N1 in domestic poultry (Link)
Canada
• Canadian Health Organization Deploys IceWEB GIS To Track H1N1 Flu Pandemic (Link)
China
• Sinovac Files Clinical Trial Application with SFDA for Vaccine Against Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (Link)
Egypt
• 3 H1N1 deaths; total 106 (Link)
• 3 cases of H1N1 raise number to 112 (Link)
India
• Surge in swine flu cases (Link)
• 68 test positive for swine flu in New Delhi (Link)
• India's Swine Flu Death Toll at 880 (Link)
Macao
• Macao to launch inoculation of A/H1N1 vaccines for all residents (Link)
Qatar
• Ban on meat, poultry from Spain (H7N7) (Link)
United Arab Emirates
• Food authority looks for contaminated hazelnuts and Spanish eggs (Link)
United States
• AR: A Little Paranoia Over Germs is Healthy (Link)
• HI: Airport quarantine stop is kept busy (Link)
General
• Helen Branswell: H1N1 pandemic poses big communications challenge for global health agency: Chan (Link)
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 at 22:37:18 PM EST
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Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
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Thu Dec 27, 2007 at 23:35:27 PM EST
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New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)- China: Bird Flu Patient Recovers
- WHO confirms inter-human bf transmission in Pakistan
- W. Jakarta authorities search for bird flu
- Dominican Republic: low-path H5N2 in poultry
- Bangladesh - Bird flu infects farm, chickens culled
- Bangladesh - Press Institute of Bangladesh, pandemic reporting workshop
- Portugal - (machine translation) H5N1: Portugal has [oseltamivir for?] 2.5 millions of persons
- Canada - Travel advisory re Pakistan
- Egypt - WHO confirms 2 new human cases
- Viet Nam - WHO confirms 1 human case
- Vietnam: Airport bird flu drills brace for more outbreaks
- Bahrain maps out plan to fight bird flu
Summary of News for December 27, 2007
General
• An interesting discussion on the effectiveness of vaccination for flu in the elderly (Link)
• After a decade, bird flu still baffles scientists (Link)
Asia
• Indonesian death, colder weather signal new Asia bird-flu season (Link)
Egypt
• Young Egyptian woman falls victim to H5N1 virus (Link)
• EGYPT: Another death highlights avian flu threat (Link)
• Egypt: Two More Egyptians test positive for bird flu - ministry (Link)
Indonesia
• Avian flu death prompts investigation (Link)
Japan
• No dangerous Tamiflu side effects found so far: Japan (Link)
Pakistan
• WHO on Pakistan (Link)
• Helen Branswell on Pakistan: Tests confirm 1 case in large bird flu cluster in Pakistan; more tests needed (Link)
United States
• Indiana: school district plans for possible pandemic. District working on ways to handle long school closure. (Link)
Vietnam
• Confirmation on the Vietnam case per news report (Link)
• Bird flu kills young child in Vietnam, hits poultry (Link)
• Bird flu death toll in Vietnam nears 50 (Link)
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 at 00:01:03 AM EST
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The New Cases in Egypt III Diary can be used to add further information about the current situation
- suspect cases rise to 10 -Dec 27
News Stories posted TODAY
(Open this Diary to read about these stories)- Replikin count indicates humans becoming preferred host (press release)
- More fowls die in bird flu-hit Vietnamese province
- Human Bird Flu Deaths in 2006 Exceed Prior Three Years Combined
- Thailand stockpiles anti-bird flu drug
- Third Vietnam province hit by bird flu outbreak
- U.S. to Provide Emergency Assistance to Sumatran Flood Victims
- Illinois Revised Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan
- UK: Health experts braced for mass flu outbreak
- Britain: The vaccine to cure every strain of flu
Summary of News for December 27 2006
Vietnam
• Minister cautions of possible bird flu spread (Link)
USA
• CDC's OPLAN (Link)
• Pandemic flu bill nothing to sneeze at (Link)
Egypt
• Egyptian man dies of bird flu, 10th death (Link) and (Link)
• An emergency meeting of the anti-"bird flu" Cairo Governorate (translation) (Link), alternate translation of article here.
• Avian flu jumps to humans in Egypt (Link)
• WHO- Avian influenza in Egypt update (Link)
Manila
• Airport steps up bird flu campaign (Link)
General
• 2006 review in Nature - Pandemic threat not important?
Does absence of reporting count as news?(Link)
• Human H5N1 Virus Replikin Count Overtakes Levels in H5N1 'Bird Flu' (Link)
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