News Reports for January 7

by: gardner

Mon Jan 07, 2008 at 00:09:54 AM EST

• Effect Measure: Egyptian Bird Flu Conundrum
• Egyptian woman flees hospital after H5N1 diagnosis
• Philippines bans poultry from South Korea
• China Ensures Public Health Safety During Olympics
• Bird flu outbreak under control in NW China

News Reports for January 7, 2013

by: NewsDiary

Sat Jan 05, 2013 at 19:56:44 PM EST

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Canada
• British Columbia: Nasty Flu Strain Could Make Flu Season The Worst In Recent Years (Link)
• Google's one sick search engine: Following the flu online (Link)

China
• Swine flu kills 2 in Beijing, not yet in city as seasonal illness on rise (Link)

Indonesia
• KPK Detains Ex-Health Ministry Director in Bird Flu Vaccine Case (Link)

Italy
• Woman near Naples hospitalized for swine flu (Link)

Jordan
• Swine flu kills Jordanian - health minister (Link)

Palenstine
• Swine flu death toll rises to 14 in West Bank (Link)

Ukraine
• Ukraine diagnosed this year, the first case of Influenza A HIN1 flu cases (translated) (Link)
• First case of swine flu recorded in Kyiv this year (Link)

United States
• This Years Flu Strain is Stronger and Deadlier: CDC Warns Public (Link)

General
• Flu increasing in Europe, more 2009 H1N1 (Link)
• Fighting the flu: the limits of modern medicine (Link)

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News Reports for January 7, 2012

by: NewsDiary

Sat Dec 31, 2011 at 18:40:59 PM EST

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China
•  Hong Kong: More birds test positive for H5N1 (Link)
•  Shenzhen authorities' statement questioned  (Link)

Republic of Ireland
•  Dublin: Teachers on flu alert as schools reopen (Link)

South Korea
•  Bird flu not cause of spike in dead ducks at poultry farm: gov't (Link)

Taiwan
•  Taiwan reports first H5N2 bird flu of 2012 at Changhua poultry farm (Link)

United States
•  CA: New swine, drug-resistant flu strains tracked (Link)

General
•  CIDRAP: Flu activity starting to rise in Europe, parts of US (Link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: Marin County California Issues H3N2v Alert (Link)

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News Reports for January 7, 2011

by: NewsDiary

Sat Jan 01, 2011 at 16:07:47 PM EST

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Canada
•  Ontario: The flu experts who cried wolf (Link)

Greece
•  3 Confirmed Swine Flu (H1N) Cases in Greece (Link)

Malaysia
•  Dr Chan: Don't panic over H5N1 (Link)

Solomon Islands
•  Eight deaths as a result of flu (Link)

South Korea
•  S Korea confirms additional bird flu outbreak (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Flu patients in various wards (Link)
•  Merseyside hospitals cancel operations after surge of flu cases (Link)
•  UK's surge in flu could stretch across Europe (Link)
•  Two die in flu outbreak (Link)
•  Patient dies of suspected swine flu in Eastbourne (Link)
•  Flu epidemic - the lives it has claimed (Link)
•  Four swine flu-related deaths in Rotherham  (Link)
•  Swine Flu Kills 13 People in NI (Link)

United States
•  IA: State medical director says flu deaths likely in Iowa (Link)

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News Reports for January 7, 2010

by: NewsDiary

Fri Jan 01, 2010 at 23:35:18 PM EST

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China
•  Hong Kong - GBS after H1N1 vaccination  (Link)
•  Concern over H1N1 cover-up (Link)

Dubai
•  Airlines ill equipped to handle pandemic (Link)

Indonesia
•  Bali: Bird Flu Suspect Patient Returns to Sanglah Hospital (Link)

United States
•  IL: H1N1 Takes toll on Woman (Link)
•  ND: 15-year-old West Fargo boy with H1N1 leaving MeritCare Children's Hospital (Link)
•  NV: Woman, 29, first H1N1 death in new year (Link)
•  TX: Vaccine push follows three new swine flu deaths in Dallas-Fort Worth (Link)
•  TX: H5 in birds; Japan bans imports of poultry  (Link and link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: Ukraine Fatalities Jump to 827 - 100K New Cases in One Day (Link)

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News Reports for January 7

by: gardner

Wed Jan 07, 2009 at 12:25:45 PM EST

• UK - Preparing for pandemic influenza - Guidance for GP practices
• World Organisation for Animal Health urges bird flu vigilance
• USA - news magazine - How to Keep Your Family Safe From Bird Flu
• WHO - AI page updated with info on China and Vietnam
• UK - New media core to pandemic flu plans
• UK - GPs flu pandemic workload warning
• India culls poultry in Darjeeling after bird flu
• China steps up poultry checks
• Bird flu cull accelerates in India
• CIDRAP - No dangerous changes seen in Hong Kong H9N2 virus
• USA - Science magazine - Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant To Antiviral Drugs
• Bird Flu Reported in Beijing
• Two articles about Manipur

News Reports For January 7

by: MaMa

Sat Jan 06, 2007 at 23:33:04 PM EST

• Indonesia: 14 year old male patient positive with H5N1, health poor
• Indonesia confirms 75th human bird flu case
• UK - Superflu: 1 in 4 brits will be struck
• USA: Human swine flu in Iowa
• Bird flu drug carries lethal threat
• Vietnam conducts anti-bird flu rehearsal

Vietnam
    •  4 new outbreaks in Bac Lieu province (Link)
Thailand
    •  Smuggled Bird Flu Vaccine Seized (Link)
China
    •  Hong Kong confirms dead bird carried avian flu virus(Link)
    •  China develops new human bird flu vaccine virus(Link)
Canada
    •  Influenza strain characterization, Canada, cumulative, 2006-2007 influenza season (Link)
    •  Winnipeg - 7 Children on vents with RSV (Link)
USA
    •  Seasonal Flu Data- CDC- week 52 (chart), (review)
Europe
    •  Increased influenza activity in some northern parts of Europe between Christmas and New Year (Link)
    •  Scotland has a slight up turn in seasonal flu cases (Link)
General
    •  Hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by influenza virus: virological diagnosis](Link)
    •  Q&A: " What's the antibiotic of choice in a patient with pneumonia secondary to influenza?" (Link)