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Thu Feb 22, 2007 at 23:58:44 PM EST
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New Stories for Today
(Open this Diary to read more on these postings)- Indonesia - Policeman reportedly dies of bird flu
- Pakistan - Bird flu: zoo officials await attendants' test results
- Pakistan zoo - gift batch of infected peacocks blamed
- European CDC report on preparedness
- nice blog post on cytokine storm
- USDA Contracts SeqWright to Sequence Influenza Genomes
- US - Educators warned of pandemic
- N.American officials to discuss security
- No bird flu cases in Uzbekistan - deputy health minister
- KAZAKHSTAN: Preparing for bird flu threat
- EU experts back pandemic flu shot from Novartis
- Disease expert pushes pandemic
- Cheaper anti-bird flu drugs on the way
- Two children hospitalized in Turkey on Bird Flu suspicion
- FDA experts to vote on first bird flu vaccine
- 20/20 program tonight - John Stossel on "fear" - including bird flu
- Mild european winter contained bird flu spread, expert says
- Afghan Health Ministry confirms deadly bird flu virus
Summary of News for February 22 2007
Afghanistan
• Bird flu detected in Afghanistan (Link)
Egypt
• $450m needed for new bird flu campaign (Link)
New Guinea
• Pig Deaths in PNG (Link)
• Disaster team heads off to check mystery disease (Link)
India
• Rajasthan gears up for bird flu (Link)
Malaysia
• Malaysia - It cuts costs and beats bird flu virus (Link)
Nigeria
• Bird Flu: UN Agency Urges Nigeria to Increase Control (Link)
Pakistan
• Lab confirms bird flu in capital zoo (Link)
Russia
• Bird flu confirmed in ninth district near Moscow (Link)
• Russia suspects Azerbaijan of bird flux (Link)
• Russian bird flu outbreak to end within two weeks: official (Link)
• Bird flu lays siege to Moscow (Link)
United Kingdom
• FSA Treasury continuity exercise report (Link)
United States
• APHA Releases Prescription for Pandemic Flu (Link)
• Letter in NY Times Re "Sense of Progress on Disaster Preparedness" (Link)
• Buffalo, NY - County tries to prepare for potential flu pandemic (Link)
• Vermont - Health Department conducts flu pandemic exercise (Link)
• U Maine plans for pandemic (Link)
General
• Long Road Ahead In Developing Effective Avian Flu Vaccination Strategy, Stanford Expert Says (Link)
• 'Influenza through a Lens' Exhibit (Link)
• Disaster Would Overwhelm Hospitals, Author Warns (Link)
• Ethical Challenges in Pandemic Preparedness Lecture (Link)
• Bird flu containment strategy working, says animal health chief (Link)
• Webster talks about flu (Link)
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Sat Feb 16, 2013 at 22:44:50 PM EST
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Argentina
• Carmen de Areco / Ni hantavirus or flu, a fungus? (translated) (Link)
China
• Second bird flu death in China (Link)
• Bird flu kills 2nd victim in China (Link)
• Hong Kong: SFH on new novel coronavirus (Link)
• Hong Kong: Fever patient tested negative for novel coronavirus (Link)
India
• Rajasthan: Woman dies of Swine Flu in Kota (Link)
• Rajasthan: Chilika guest tests positive for bird flu (Link)
• Orissa: Chilika guest tests positive for bird flu (Link)
• Delhi: 34 new swine flu cases (Link)
• Haryana: Haryana swine flu toll rises to 37 (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• New Saudi case takes coronavirus death toll to seven (Link)
United Kingdom
• HPA Tracking SARS-like Virus-infected Man's Co-Passengers (Link)
United States
• How Effective is the Flu Vaccine? (Link)
General
• Comparison on severity between novel CoV, SARS-CoV premature: scientist (Link)
• WHO: Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2013-14 northern hemisphere influenza season (Link)
• H (Link)
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Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 22:56:33 PM EST
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Egypt
• Avian influenza (H5N1) invades Egypt (Link)
France
• Influenza-like illness surveillance (Link)
Hungary
• Budapest children's hospital "quarantined" due to spreading flu epidemic (Link)
Indonesia
• Urban areas need better planning (Link)
Malaysia
• 67 students in Malacca school quarantined after showing ILI symptoms (Link)
New Zealand
• Emerging influenza viruses in animals still a threat to human health (Link)
United States
• MO: Flu Cases On the Rise Around Missouri (Link)
• OK: Flu Season Starting To Peak In Oklahoma (Link)
• OK: Vian Community Remembers Homecoming Queen Who Died Suddenly (Oklahoma) (Link)
Vietnam
• Health ministry rallies efforts to fight bird flu (Link)
• Lacking a new vaccine, Vietnam highly susceptible to bird flu pandemic (Link)
Research
• Germ warfare: The creation of a lethal virus sparks a debate pitting science against security (Link)
• Bird flu 'more widespread than thought but less deadly' (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Diverse Ferret H5N1 Transmission Pathways (Link)
• Recombinomics: Similarities In CDC and Fouchier H5N1 Transmission Papers (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 18:46:57 PM EST
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Cambodia
• Doctors fear bird flu outbreak (Link)
• Cambodian mother, son die of bird flu (Link)
India
• Death shows swine flu still around in Pune (Link)
• Poultry farmers on high alert (Link)
Indonesia
• Avian flu outbreaks [in poultry] in East Java, Riau (Link)
• 14 Bird Flu Suspects in 5 Villages (Link)
United States
• LA: Flu ''shows no signs of letting up'' in Louisiana (Link)
• PA paramedic dies of H1N1 flu (Link)
Vietnam
• New H5N1 outbreaks in birds in 4 provinces (Link)
• Bird flu hits Vinh Phuc province (Link)
• H (Link)
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:08:22 PM EST
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Africa
• Gambia is Prepared for Swine Flu' Says Health Official (Link)
• Ghana: Outbreak of new strain of cerebrospinal meningitis: 17 killed (Link)
• Uganda: Meningitis outbreak hits West Nile (Link)
Indonesia
• Two Bird Flu Suspects in Central Java (Link)
• Pork ban lifted (Link)
United States
• US: FDA Panel Recommends Single Flu Vaccine (Link)
• WA: Baby, born to swine flu victim, dies in father's arms (Link)
Vietnam
• Three-year-old baby infected with A/H1N1 --- H5N1 in Ca Mau (Link)
• Khanh Hoa girl is first bird flu patient of the year (Link)
General
• Poll: Americans favor getting antibiotics after anthrax attack (Link)
• Deadly Hybrid Flu Possible (Link)
• Study yields highly pathogenic avian, human flu virus mix (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: WHO H1N1 Vaccine Target Selection Failure (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sun Feb 22, 2009 at 00:40:48 AM EST
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Canada
• Give scientists your views on pandemic response (Link)
Indonesia
• Scouts Join Bird Flu Campaign (Link)
Nepal
• Mid-west Nepal on high alert of bird flu virus (Link)
Philippines
• DA assures enough poultry supply amid alert vs bird flu (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Bronchitis, not bird flu, Bisha authorities say (Link)
United States
• New Brief Addresses State Workforce Strategies During Pandemic (Link)
• USA budget for natural disasters (Link)
Vietnam
• Bird flu hits 10 Vietnam provinces (Link)
Commentaries
• H5N1 Cluster in Tangerang Neighborhood Grows (Link)
• Universal Vaccine Media Myths (Link)
• WHO Hoarding of H5N1 Sequences Raise Pandemic Concerns (Link)
• Protecting the coal supply chain: Planning for the next flu pandemic (Link)
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Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 00:21:49 AM EST
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New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)- USA (Hawaii): Concern about lack of testing of flu victims here.
- Bahrain has banned the import of live chickens from Pakistan
- USA: NIOSH Issues Alert on Protecting Poultry Workers
- Pakistan: KARACHI: Bird flu fears hit Malir farm
- Infectious diseases may drive the world to war
- USA: West Va. Health officials release pandemic video
Summary of News for February 22, 2008
General
• From Effect Measure this article on mosquitoes, blowflies and kidneys... (Link)
• 2 Mutations Were Critical to Spread of 1918 Flu (Link)
• Flash movie showing spread of bird flu (Link)
• EU Regulators Support Pre-Pandemic Vaccine (Link)
China
• WHO confirmation of case in China (Link)
Indonesia
• Indonesia Sends Bird Flu Samples to WHO (Link)
• Indonesia resumes bird flu samples to WHO (Link)
• CDC expecting H5N1 samples from Indonesia (Link)
Thailand
• Thailand detects minor mutation in bird flu virus (Link)
Vietnam
• Some Vietnamese suspected to be infected with bird flu (Link)
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