News Reports for December 3, 2012

by: NewsDiary

Sat Dec 01, 2012 at 13:43:23 PM EST

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India
• Gujarat: 38 cranes dead; avian flu back? (Link)

United States
• ProMED: Influenza (109): USA update (Link)
• U. S. Flu Season Starts Early (Link)
• Health leaders: Could be bad year with an earlier-than-normal flu season and more severe illness (Link)
• U.S. flu season gets strong early start (Link)

Research
• Stop touching your face to avoid flu: Study (Link)

General
• ProMED: Influenza (108): Europe update (Link)
• CIDRAP: Two Jordan cases in April shift novel coronavirus picture (Link)

Commentary
• RecombinomicsFatal Novel Beta Coronavirus HCW Cluster In Jordan (Link)

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News Reports for December 3, 2011

by: NewsDiary

Sat Nov 26, 2011 at 16:57:11 PM EST

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United States
•  Vaccine virus for novel H3N2 based on 2010 swine flu strain (Link)

Research
•  Flu Research Dangers Unreported (Link)

General
•  Flu activity stuck in low gear in most countries (Link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: WHO Issues Pandemic H3N2pdm11 CDC PCR Kit Guidance (Link)

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News Reports for December 3, 2010

by: NewsDiary

Sat Nov 27, 2010 at 20:28:53 PM EST

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Azerbaijan
•  Bird flu in Azerbaijan? (Link)

India
•  Youth succumbs to flu (Link)
•  Beware! it's a season of viral infections  (Link)

Japan
•  CIDRAP: Avian flu on Japanese chicken farm identified as H5 (Link) OIE REport (Link)

South Korea
•  S. Korea Halts Poultry Imports From Japan On Bird Flu (Link)

United States
•  AZ: Flu confirmed in Page, Flagstaff (Link)
•  GA: CDC: High Flu-Like Activity in Georgia  (Link)

Vietnam
•  Hanoi Moi (Link)

Research
•  Study: Airborne particles from coughs can carry flu viruses (Link)
•  US-Japanese partnership to develop cell-based H5N1 vaccine in Japan (Link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: Genetic Linkage of Human trH1N1 trH1N2 trH3N2 (Link)

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News Reports for December 3, 2009

by: NewsDiary

Fri Nov 27, 2009 at 22:39:13 PM EST

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Belarus
•  Mikalai Shaulau: We have faced completely inexplicable illness. WHO's aid is needed urgently (Link)

China
•  Hong Kong reports new death from influenza A/H1N1 (Link)

Egypt
•  Egypt announces the death of case No. 23 swine flu to a pregnant woman from Aswan (translated) (Link)

India
•  Pune; toll mounts to 118 (Link)

Indonesia
•  New H1N1 death toll figure (translated) (Link)

Netherlands
•  Netherlands reports mutant swine flu death (Link)

North Korea
•  Swine flu hits North Korea border area (Link)

Romania
•  Two more deaths due to A(H1N1) virus (Link)

United Kingdom
•  HPA Weekly Update 3rd December 2009 (Link)
•  Pandemic 2009 England (Link)

United States
•  Novartis opens first US plant (Link) (Link)
•  CA: Third inmate dies of swine flu (Link)
•  FL: Flu almost kills girl despite negative tests (Link)
•  OR: only up 11 hospitalizations, but 4 more deaths in three days (Link)
•  PA: 3rd swine flu death in Montco (Link)
•  PA: (2) New Deaths on PA DOH Website for 12.03.09 (Link)

Vietnam
•  H1N1 & H5N1 could form deadly cocktail: health official (Link)

General
•  Environmental Stresses Increase Risk of H5N1 Outbreak (Link)
•  Tamiflu-resistant flu not spreading more widely - WHO (Link)
•  H1N1 malware epidemic is more contagious than real deal (Link)

Commentary
•  CIDRAP: Resistant flu clusters warrant greater vigilance, treatment tweaks (Link)
•  Recombinomics: Tamiflu Resistant Cluster in Maryland / Virginia USA (Link)
•  Recombinomics: 446 Dead in Ukraine - D225G and Deaths Spread (Link)

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News Reports for December 3

by: AlohaOR

Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 23:47:48 PM EST

• India: Assam on alert after bird flu spreads to new areas
• India: Authorities prepare to cull thousands of chickens in Assam
• "The Broad-Spectrum Treatment of Biological Weapons and Emerging Pandemic Threats Report" released by Aethlon Medical (press release)
• US: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to conduct NanoViricides animal studies against bird flu (press release)
• Turkey: 5 hospitalized due to suspected AI in Ortaklar Village
• India corn futures seen down as bird flu hits demand
• Turkey: Official warns citizens against purchasing unlicensed poultry and dairy products
• China: 800 chickens reported dead in Anshun
• Ivory Coast: Concerned about avian flu, poultry farmers diversify with rabbits
• Peregrine's bavituximab can cure lethal virus infections
• Bird flu makes mallards thin, study finds
• Vietnam 2004-5 (via EID): neither tamiflu nor steroids improved mortality
• Brazil: South African dies of suspected arenavirus in Rio

News Reports for December 3

by: Nimbus

Mon Dec 03, 2007 at 00:17:47 AM EST

News Reports for December 3

by: Nimbus

Sun Dec 03, 2006 at 02:25:22 AM EST

(From WHO as of 29 Nov - latest update)

The Webster-Govorkova piece below was reviewed by Effect Measure here.

...the Commentary by Robert Webster and Elena Govorkova that accompanies the two papers is a model of clarity and a stunning summary of where we are at this moment. Hardly a word of the 1600 word essay is wasted.