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June 20

News Reports for June 20

by: AlohaOR

Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 23:48:49 PM EDT

New Stories for Today   (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)
  • U.S. - Wyoming officials plan mass flu response
  • Egypt - Anti-kissing campaign
  • Indonesia wants to use its BF vaccine directly
  • Tamiflu sent back to repeat clinical trials
  • Indonesia - Tens of thousands of poultry die of AI
  • Czech Republic - First bird flu outbreak in poultry (3 articles)
  • Ghana -  Aflao bans movement of birds
  • China -  Undiagnosed porcine disease
  • Vietnam to test homegrown bird flu vaccine
  • Marshall Islands - U.S. donates new lab equipment to Majuro Hospital
  • How Dr Chan intends to defend the planet from pandemics

Summary of News for June 19, 2007
Reports from the Options for the Control of Influenza VI Conference in Toronto
•   Don't count on drop in hospital admissions in pandemic: SARS study (Link)
•   Bird flu virus sharing dispute raises questions of IP rights to viruses (Link)
•   Should we stretch limited stockpiles of pandemic flu vaccines? (Link)
•   Tests of flu vaccine too variable for reliability (Link)
•   Bird flu virus on the move, conference told (Link)
•   No evidence for mild avian flu (in humans) (Link)
•   UK Analysis: Bird flu fears reignited (Link)
Bangladesh
•   Dhaka culls more fowls as bird flu spreads (Link)
Ghana
•   Bird flu (in poultry) hits Aflao (Link)
Indonesia
•   Are we missing the forest in the bird flu fight? (editorial) (Link)
New Zealand
•   Ready for pandemic (Link)
Russia
•   Wild ducks carrying bird flu virus registered in Siberia (Link)
United States
•   Maryland: Decontamination unit used during avian flu outbreak featured (Link)
•   The two faces of tuberculosis (Link requires subscription to read article)
•   Indiana: Notre Dame to upgrade campuswide emergency notification systems (Link)
•   HHS press release: Public health advisory board established to advise HHS Secretary on chemical, biological or radiological agents (Link)
•   New HHS contracts to prepare for a flu pandemic (Link)
•   Connecticut: Pandemic flu drill will reduce municipal staff by half August 14 (Link)
•   Influence of bivalves on the persistence of avian influenza virus in water (Abstract, see p. 18)
General
•   Roche, Chugai to conduct new trials for Tamiflu (Link)
•   Citizens flu pandemic preparedness manual (Flu Wiki Link)

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News Reports for June 20, 2012

by: NewsDiary

Sat Jun 16, 2012 at 12:54:32 PM EDT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links, and do not post articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Thanks!

China
• CIDRAP: Hong Kong seeing unusually long flu season (Link)
• Update on cluster of Influenza A cases at Castle Peak Hospital (Link)

New Zealand
• Outbreak of flu lays students low (Link)

Thailand
• 41 infected with H1N1 in Psychiatric Hospital (Link)
• Swine flu spreads in Nakhon Ratchasima (Link)

United States
• Pneumococcal, Flu Vaccines Top ACIP Meeting (Link)

Research
• Flu researchers don't know when they can restart work (Link)
• Experimental adaptation of an influenza H5 HA confers respiratory droplet transmission to a reassortant H5 HA/H1N1 virus in ferrets (Link)


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News Reports for June 20, 2011

by: NewsDiary

Sun Jun 19, 2011 at 17:23:39 PM EDT

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Australia
•  Worry over low flu shot rates (Link)
•  New cure for winter flu epidemic (Link)

India
•  Expired swine flu spray sends 18 kids to hospital (Link)

South Africa
•  South Africa Department of Health Prepares to Tackle Swine Flu Outbreak (Link)

Vietnam
•  H5N1 in birds in Quang Nam (translated) (Link)

Research
•  Satellite Images to Combat Avian Flu  (Link)


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News Reports for June 20, 2010

by: NewsDiary

Sat Jun 19, 2010 at 23:20:19 PM EDT

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Canada
•  Canadian Experts Share H1N1 Pandemic's Lessons (Link)

India
•  Two swine flu cases detected (Link)
•  Steps afoot to check swine flu in city (Link)
•  Three more flu deaths in State (Link)
•  3 infected with swine flu (Link


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News Reports for June 20, 2009

by: NewsDiary

Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 23:40:50 PM EDT

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Algeria
•  First case of swine flu identified in Algeria (Link)

Antigua and Barbuda
•  Nine year old contracts first case of H1N1 in Antigua (Link)

Australia
•  Authorities baffled how man from isolated community contracted swine flu (Link)
•  Outbreak fears after swine flu death (Link)

Brazil
•  Brazil reports 17 new cases of A/H1N1 flu  (Link)

Canada
•  The pandemic is here (Link)
•  Saskatchewan H1N1 numbers again lead the prairie provinces (Link)
•  Quebec: Hospital asks kids, teens not to visit (Link)

China
•  Macao's A/H1N1 flu cases climb to 3  (Link)
•  China closes primary school after six pupils suffer A/H1N1 flu  (Link)
•  Twenty new cases of human swine influenza in Hong Kong (Link)

Egypt
•  25 detained of Bird Flu suspicion (Link)

Fiji
•  It's here (Link)

Finland
•  A/h1n1 Flu Cases Exceed 20 (Link)

France
•  1 case of swine flu confirmed at Paris school (Link)

Greece
•  42 confirmed (swine flu) virus A cases (Link)

India
•  H1N1: is Guj ready? (Link)
•  Three new swine flu cases in Delhi push India's tally to 53 (Link)
•  Engineer tests positive for swine flu in Maharashtra (Link)
•  Six more fall to Flu, 56 cases in total (Link)

Indonesia
•  Historians unearth RI's pandemic records (Link)

Israel
•  Kiryat Ono: 5 children from same class have swine flu; school remains open (Link)

Jordan
•  Swine cases rise to 12 (Link)

Lebanon
•  Number of swine flu infections in Lebanon hits 20 (Link)

Malaysia
•  A/H1N1 flu cases rise to 42 in Malaysia  (Link)

New Zealand
•  Woman with swine flu still critical in Wellington (Link)

Thailand
•  WHO flu alerts 'lead to panic', experts say (Link)
•  Thailand reports 73 new cases of swine flu, total now 662 (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Scotland: Swine flu test facilities set up (Link)
•  Major swine flu alert hits schools as two girls fall victim to virus pandemic (Link)
•  Update on confirmed swine flu cases 20 June 2009 (Link)

United States
•  H1N1 flu death toll in US, Canada reaches 100 (Link)
•  NY: Think You Have Swine Flu? You May Never Know... (Link)
•  CA: Cytokine storm cause in San Diego County's swine-flu fatality? (Link)
•  NY: 7 new H1N1 cases in Jefferson County (Link)
•  PA: No let-up in flu cases, even though season's over (Link)
•  New York: Two Buffalo school students critically ill with swine flu (Link)
•  New York - More New Swine Flu Cases in Buffalo Schools and Niagara County (Link)
•  New York City says H1N1 flu virus on the decline  (Link)
•  NC: Commissioner: Health Department should provide more flu data (Link)
•  MN: Swine flu hits two summer camps in Minnesota (Link)
•  CA: More swine flu cases in Solano County (Link)

Vietnam
•  Vietnam's A/H1N1 flu cases rise to 37  (Link)

Research
•  New interferon response could offer early control of bird flu virus (Link)

General News
•  New Vaccination Strategy May Protect Against Both Lethal 1918 And H5N1 Influenza Viruses (Link)
•  Current Maps (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link) (Link)

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News Reports for June 20

by: AlohaOR

Fri Jun 20, 2008 at 00:55:18 AM EDT

Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
New Stories for Today:
  • UK: Poultry farmers' avian flu warning
  • North Korea: DPRK denies bird flu outbreak
  • China: Hong Kong, Shenzhen hold avian flu exercise after outbreak in nearby farm
  • Indonesia: H5N1: Lost in transition (Emmy Fitri commentary)
  • Indonesia: Bird flu mistaken as dengue, typhoid
  • Indonesia: Identification cards for livestock
  • China: HK offers compensation to end live chicken trading
  • FAO: Global fight against bird flu still weak, can worsen global food crisis: experts
  • Indonesian H5N1 sequence hoarding raises concerns (commentary)
  • WHO commission by omission on H5N1 H2H in Indonesia (commentary)
  • Major change in WHO Phase Chart
  • US (Nebraska):  Drill focuses on special populations during flu pandemic
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