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Sat Feb 23, 2008 at 23:54:55 PM EST
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New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)- U.S. flu season worsens as new vaccines ordered
- VA: Virginia Beach prepares for the possibility of a pandemic flu outbreak
- USA: upcoming IOM workshop
- China: New human case (2 articles)
- Bangladesh: Bird flu spreads alarmingly as more fowls culled
Summary of News for February 23, 2008
General
• Infectious diseases may drive the world to war (Link)
Bahrain
• Bahrain has banned the import of live chickens from Pakistan (Link)
Pakistan
• Pakistan: KARACHI: Bird flu fears hit Malir farm (Link)
United States
• USA (Hawaii) Concern about lack of testing of flu victims here. (No Link)
• NIOSH Issues Alert on Protecting Poultry Workers (Link)
• West Va. Health officials release pandemic video (Link and Link)
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Sat Feb 24, 2007 at 00:26:32 AM EST
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Summary of News for February 23 2007
Afghanistan
• Afghan Health Ministry Confirms Deadly Bird Flu Virus (Link)
Egypt
• 16 new suspect cases in Egypt today (Link)
European Union
• EU experts back pandemic flu shot from Novartis (Link)
• Mild European winter contained bird flu spread, expert says (Link)
Indonesia
• Indonesia - Policeman reportedly dies of bird flu (Link)
Kazakhstan
• Preparing for bird flu threat (Link)
Nigeria
• Editorial provides insight into political climate re: AI in Nigeria (Link)
Pakistan
• Bird flu: zoo officials await attendants' test results (Link)
• Flu at the zoo as peacocks infect Islamabad (Link)
• 8 zoo attendants test negative for bird flu (Link)
Thailand
• Cheaper anti-bird flu drugs on the way (Link)
Turkey
• Two children hospitalized in Turkey on Bird Flu suspicion (Link)
• More on the 2 Turkish children (Link)
United States
• USDA Contracts SeqWright to Sequence Influenza Genomes (Link)
• Educators warned of pandemic (Link)
• N.American officials to discuss security (Link)
• FDA experts to vote on first bird flu vaccine (Link)
• '20/20' -John Stossel, tonight on 'fear' including bf (Link
Uzbekistan
• No bird flu cases in Uzbekistan - deputy health minister (Link
General
• European CDC report on preparedness (Link)
• Nice blog post on cytokine storm (Link)
• Disease expert pushes pandemic plans (Link)
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Sat Feb 23, 2013 at 19:59:31 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!
Cambodia
• CIDRAP: H5N1 strikes poultry in three more Cambodian villages (Link)
India
• 19 swine flu cases reported in Himachal (Link)
• Gujarat: Swine flu claims three more lives (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia records third new coronavirus fatality (Link)
Research
• CIDRAP: Scientists identify new flu antiviral candidate (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: UK 2013 Beta Coronavirus Cluster Sequence (Link)
• H (Link)
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Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 22:56:51 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!
China
• CDC denies China SARS outbreak report (Link)
• SARS Rumors Spread on China's Internet (video news report) (Link)
Egypt
• Egypt reports two cases of bird flu this week (Link)
Indonesia
• Child Dies of Bird Flu in Bali (Link)
• Development of Bird Flu Cases (translated) (Link)
• Examination of Avian Influenza Contingency Negative Patients (translated) (Link)
Japan
• Flu vaccine may not be effective (Link)
Vietnam
• Human trials for bird flu vaccine successful (Link)
Research
• Researchers identify new H5N1 subclade in India
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• Bird Flu: More common, less deadly than we thought? (Link)
General
• WHO picks two new strains for next season's flu vaccine (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Feb 19, 2011 at 18:47:11 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!
Bangladesh
• 22 H5N1 outbreaks in domestic poultry (Link)
Indonesia
• Dr. Moewardi Hospital on Standby for Bird Flu Cases (translated) (Link)
• Garut Not Successfully Establish Community Awareness (Link)
Japan
• 20 H5N1 outbreaks in wild & domestic birds (translated) (Link and link)
United Kingdom
• The number of patients in England with confirmed or suspected influenza in critical care beds by age of patient (Link)
United States
• LA: H1N1 flu claims east Texas child's life (Link)
• PA: Flu cases on rise in region (Link)
• ND: North Dakota flu cases on the upswing (Link)
• SC: Doctor: Reported flu cases jumping to 50 per day (Link)
• VA: Cases of flulike illnesses up across Virginia (Link)
• H (Link)
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Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:08:40 PM EST
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Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!
Africa
• Ghana: More info on Outbreak of Meningitis (Link)
• Alarming early meningitis outbreak hits Africa (Link)
Bhutan
• H5N1 outbreak in birds (Link)
• Bird Flu Outbreak in Rinchending, Phuentsholing (Link)
Egypt
• H5N1 infection 103 (translated) (Link)
• 8 human H5N1 cases in February (2 fatal) (Link)
India
• Three more die of swine flu, toll rises to 31 in Nashik (Link)
Indonesia
• Indonesian Minister Urges Parliament to Reject WHO Grant (Link)
United States
• US: H1N1 Pandemic was emotional as well as physical (Link)
• US: Panel recommends annual flu vaccinations for all (Link)
Vietnam
• CIDRAP: Vietnam reports first H5N1 case of the year (Link)
General
• WHO: Pandemic has not yet peaked (Link)
• WHO Experts: Swine flu still hasn't peaked, southern hemisphere bracing for another wave (Link)
• CIDRAP: WHO sticks with current pandemic phase (Link) Official WHO Statement (Link)
Research
• Virus experiment reminds that flu surprises await (Link)
• Publication of Vical's H5N1 Results Paves the Way for H1N1 Clinical Trial (Link)
• Study Suggests Potential Reassortment Between Avian and Human Influenza Viruses (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: H1N1 Low Reactor Recombinants Raise Pandemic Concerns (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sun Feb 22, 2009 at 00:43:31 AM EST
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Indonesia
• Bali: Bird flu hits Denpasar (Link)
Nepal
• Nepal: Bird flu returns (Link)
Switzerland
• Swiss Re's New Sigma Study Explores Scenario Planning for Insurers (Link)
Vietnam
• Vietnam needs to renew bird flu vigilance -UN bodies (Link)
• Avian influenza - situation in Viet Nam - update 3 (Link)
Research
• Novartis finds faster way to test bird flu vaccine (Link)
• Getting Closer to a Flu Supervaccine (Link)
Commentaries
• A unique influenza A (H5N1) virus causing a focal poultry outbreak in 2007 in Manipur, India (Link)
• Effect Measure: Treating flu in mice with monoclonal antibodies? (Link)
General News
• Bird flu vaccine production still lags: study (Link)
• Baxter's Vaccine Research Sent Bird Flu Across European Labs (Link)
• WHO warns of lengthy wait for bird flu vaccine (Link)
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