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Sun Dec 28, 2008 at 22:54:39 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:- China - Live chicken sales resume in Hong Kong
- Fifth Anniversary of H5N1 Recombinomics Commentary
- Congo - Ebola outbreak claims two more
- USA - VA - Hampton schools update flu plan
- USA - CT - Group discusses U.S. health care
- Canada - Rates of hospital-acquired infection rising in Canada
- Effect Measure: Today is bird flu's birthday
- India - Bird Flu Spreads To New Areas In Assam
- Phillippines - Deadlier than Ebola virus
- Viet Nam - Bird flu found at two Vietnam poultry farms
- Bahrain - Flu watchdog lab planned
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Tue Dec 25, 2012 at 19:09:13 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!
Angola
• Cameron limiting visitors due to flu (Link)
Egypt
• CIDRAP: Diversity of H5N1 strains poses challenges for vaccination (Link)
Indonesia
• Tasikmalaya Bird Flu Alert (translated) (Link)
Norway
• Norwegian boy dies of swine flu infection (Link)
Palestine
• Nine succumb to swine flu in the West Bank (Link)
United States
• CIDRAP: Duke health system curbs visitors amid North Carolina flu spike (Link)
• CO: 244 people hospitalized with flu in Colorado (Link)
Research
• CIDRAP: Study tracks avian-origin H3N2 in China's dog populations (Link)
• CIDRAP: Study: Smooth sailing for self-administered LAIV flu vax (Link)
General
• CIDRAP: H5N1 hits poultry in Bangladesh, Nepal (Link)
• CIDRAP: Survey in Southeast Asia finds flu vaccine sales low but rising (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Eight Adolescent Seasonal Flu Deaths In Week 51 FluView (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Dec 24, 2011 at 17:44:33 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!
Australia
• Cases of Tamiflu-Resistant Flu Concern Experts (Link)
Canada
• Farm workers urged to get flu shot (Link)
United Kingdom
• HPA Influenza Surveillance graphs (Link)
United States
• New Swine-Origin Flu Cases Reported (Link)
• MA: Zoo Gives Gorillas Flu Shots...and Bananas For Their Trouble (Link)
• VA: Tracking flu cases in Virginia (Link) Virginia Department of Health (Link)
Research
• Your ZIP code could hold clues to your flu risk (Link)
General
• Passengers Travel with Deadly Germs like E. coli, MRSA, H1N1 on Commercial Flights; Easy Ways to Protect Yourself Onboard (Link)
• Europe: Surveillance for Avian Influenza (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: H1N1v H1N2v H3N2v Cases Dominate US Influenza Sequences (Link)
• Editorial: Can bird flu research be put back in Pandora's box? (Link)
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Sun Dec 26, 2010 at 20:35:34 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!
France
• Two dead as flu cases widen in France (Link)
South Korea
• Dead Teal Ducks With Bird Flu [H5N1] Strain (Link)
• Suspected bird flu quarantines South Korean farm (Link)
Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka swine flu outbreak kills 22 (Link)
United Kingdom
• Swine flu kills Queen's patient (Link)
• Swine flu alert at hospital (Link)
• GPs report flu cases rose again last week (Link)
• Cases of flu increase more than 40% (Link)
• Hospital patient in swine flu death (Link)
• Arrowe Park hospital suspends in-patient visiting to reduce spread of flu (Link)
General
• Flu Activity on the Rise (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Dec 26, 2009 at 10:40:55 AM EST
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Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!
France
• Influenza A: hospitalized for a month, the young mother discovers her child at Christmas (translated) (Link)
India
• Former Congress MP dies of swine flu in Pune (Link)
• India swine flu toll 880, over 25,000 infected (Link)
• 16 more swine flu deaths in India, toll rises to 898 (Link)
South Korea
• Low pathogenic H5N2 in ducks (Link)
United Kingdom
• Swine flu dominates health year (Link)
United States
• PA: (1) New Death Added To PA DOH Website: York County (Link)
General
• H1N1 pandemic poses big communications challenge for global health agency: Chan (Link)
• WHO: May Take a Year to Conquer H1N1 Flu Pandemic (Link)
• WHO chief says too early to say if swine flu pandemic has peaked (Link)
• Vical Confirms Advantages of DNA Technology Platform With Vaccine for H1N1 Influenza (Link)
• Survivalism Lite (Link)
Connentary
• Recombinomics: D225G / D225N H1N1 in Case from Sweden (Link)
• Recombinomics: The WHO Surprise on D225G / D225N H1N1 Fatalities (Link)
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Sat Dec 29, 2007 at 00:53:09 AM EST
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New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)- Bird flu hits Myanmar
- Be prepared for upcoming flu season
- Recombinomics Commentary: H5N1 False Negatives in Pakistan
- Recombinomics Commentary: H5N1 Under the Tamiflu Blanket
- Cholera, dengue, bird flu on rise
- Bangladesh: PIB training workshop on Bird Flu concludes in Barisal
- USA (CO): Seasonal Flu Can Be Deadly For Elderly: Larimer County woman dies from flu
Summary of News for December 28, 2007
General
• CIDRAP: European countries report more H5N1 in poultry (also mentions H5N2 in Dominican Republic) (Link)
Bahrain
• Bahrain maps out plan to fight bird flu (Link)
Bangladesh
• Bird flu infects Bangladesh farm, chickens culled (Link)
• Press Institute of Bangladesh, workshop: Mass awareness a must to prevent bird flu disease (Link)
China
• China: Bird Flu Patient Recovers (Link)
Dominican Republic
• Dominican Republic reports H5N1 [sic - should be H5N2] avian influenza (Link)
Egypt
• WHO confirms 2 human cases in Egypt (Link)
Indonesia
• W. Jakarta authorities search for bird flu (Link)
Myanmar
• Myanmar reports fresh bird flu case in Shan state (Link and Link)
Pakistan
• WHO confirms inter-human bf transmission in Pakistan (Link)
• Canada - Travel Advisory re Pakistan (Link)
Portugal
• H5N1: Portugal has anti-facing 2.5 millions of persons [machine translation] (Link)
Vietnam
• WHO confirms 1 human case in Viet Nam (Link)
• Vietnam: Airport bird flu drills brace for more outbreaks (Link)
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Thu Dec 28, 2006 at 23:28:44 PM EST
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The New Cases in Egypt III Diary can be used to add further information about the current situation
- 5 suspect cases negative, tests pending on 7 others
New stories posted TODAY
(Open this Diary to read more)
- Cyprus: "No need to worry" about Egyptian bird flu
- Jordan still vigilent against bird flu
- Indonesia: Jakarta hopes to beat bird flu by end 2007
- Bird Flu Cases Decline, Raising New Risk: Complacency
- Tourist arrivals in Indonesia down due to terrorism, bird flu
- Egypt faces grim bird flu situation
- Mecca: Sick Pilgrims Well Taken Care Of
- The vaccine to prevent every strain of flu
- Avian Flu Tops ABC News Top 10 Health News Stories
- An emergency meeting of the anti-"bird flu" Cairo Governorate (translation)
- Vietnam Sets Up Checkpoints
- Quake cuts off much of Asia Internet
- Africa- Togo destroys poulty out of bird-flu fears
- US: New York's language issues add challenge to emergency planning
- Detailed Flu Virus Pictures May Help Fight Possible Pandemic
Summary of News for December 28 2006
Vietnam
• More fowls die in bird flu-hit Vietnamese province (Link)
• Third Vietnam province hit by bird flu outbreak (Link)
USA
• U.S. to Provide Emergency Assistance to Sumatran Flood Victims (Link)
• Illinois Revised Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan (Link)
• Seattle & King County Pandemic Flu Plan Update Released (no link)
UK
• Health experts braced for mass flu outbreak (Link)
• The vaccine to cure every strain of flu (Link)
Thailand
• Thailand stockpiles anti-bird flu drug (Link)
General
• Human Bird Flu Deaths in 2006 Exceed Prior Three Years Combined(Link)
• Human H5N1 Virus Replikin Count Overtakes Levels in H5N1 'Bird Flu' (press release) (Link)
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