Flu Wiki Forum - June 26

News Reports for June 26, 2012

NewsDiary — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:28:26 GMT

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

Canada
• Toronto: Flu shot should be mandatory [for health care workers]: health board (Link)

China
• Dead bird tested H5N1-positive in Hong Kong (Link)

Research
• The Evolution of Bird Flu, and the Race to Keep Up (Link)
• Study Reveals Flu-fighting Role for Well-known Immune Component (Link)

General
• H1N1 Swine Flu May Have Killed 15 Times More Than First Said (Link)
• Swine flu outbreak in 2009 was 15 times deadlier than reported, says study (Link)
• Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study (Link)

• H (Link)

News for June 25, 2012 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated June 7, 2012
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for June 26, 2011

NewsDiary — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:54:31 GMT

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

Argentina
• Mendoza: Analyze whether two people died from the H1N1 virus (translated) (Link)
• Argentina Health Authorities monitor new outbreak of H1N1 virus (translated) (Link)

Brazil
• ProMED: Influenza A (H1N1): Brazil (02) (RS) (translated) (Link)

India
• BJMC reports first case of H1N1-hit child getting seizures (Link)

Research
• Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy Protects Newborns, Study Suggests (Link)

• H (Link)

News for June 25, 2011 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated June 16, 2011
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for June 26, 2010

NewsDiary — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:22:10 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!

India
• Swine flu: special wards set up (Link)
• Swine flu: four test positive (Link)
• Two children test positive for swine flu (Link)
• H1N1 vaccine, ready-to-sniff form, Swine flu (Link)
• Four swine flu deaths, 23 infections in Andhra (Link)
• 2nd wave H1N1 stumps docs (Link)

Mexico
• The secretary of Health warns on presence of a lethal virus in Asia (Link)

South Africa
• South Africa warns of flu during world cup (Link)

Ukraine
• Ministry of Health: the fall may be the epidemic of influenza A/H1N1 (Link)
• ProMED: Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Russia (Link)

Research
• Bird flu: In the plumage the secret of virus spread success (Link)

• H (Link)

News for June 25, 2010 is here.

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
CDC A(H1N1) Site
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated June 8, 2010
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
UK RCGP Weekly Data on Communicable and Respiratory Diseases
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for June 26, 2009

NewsDiary — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:42:58 GMT

Reminder: Please do not post whole articles, just snippets and links. Thanks!!

Argentina
• Influenza A: 26 deaths, 1,587 cases (Link)

Australia
• Swine flu cases pass 100 mark in Top End (Link)
• Australia suffers fourth A/H1N1 flu death (Link)
• WA woman fifth to die of swine flu (Link)

Bangladesh
• Swine Flu may turn Pandemic in Bangladesh (Link)

Canada
• ON: Levy urges businesses to prepare for flu's return (Link)
• NU: Iqaluit's first H1N1 patient tells her story (Link)
• Quebec reports 12th swine flu death (Link)

France
• Grippe A/H1N1 : Bulletin épidémiologique du 26 juin, 11h00 (Link)

Indonesia
• 3 suspect H1N1 (translated) (Link)

Japan
• Swine flu cases now 1,000 (Link)

Lithuania
• Lithuania confirms first case of H1N1 flu (Link)

Mexico
• Swine flu cases spike in 2 Mexican states (Link)

New Zealand
• Swine flu tally passes 450 confirmed cases (Link)

Thailand
• First flu death (Link)

Trinidad
• Schools close early (Link)
• Trinidad & Tobago tops Caribbean swine flu cases (Link)

United Kingdom
• Lingering Pandemic Virus Brings Summer Flu to England, Wales (Link)
• Update on swine flu cases 26 June 2009 (535 New 4250 Total Confirmed) (Link)
• Swine flu cases soar in England (Link)

United States
• Large-scale vaccine production (Link)
• Georgia: Swine flu confirmed in Thomas County (Link)
• GA: Glynn County confirms case of novel H1N1 influenza virus (Link)
• PA: One hospitalized with recent swine flu diagnosis (Link)
• California - Solano County man with swine flu dies (Link)
• Official US H1N1 Flu Info Widget Now Links to Plan & Prepare (Link)
• Swine Flu's Multi-Shot Vaccine May Overwhelm States (Link)
• Oregon releases 3rd death notice (Link)
• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) - CDC U.S. Statistical Update, June 26, 2009 (Link)
• Swine flu shot campaign could involve 600M doses (Link)
• HHS extends liability shield to antivirals used for H1N1 (Link)
• 1 Million Swine Flu Cases in U.S. (registered account required) (Link)
• U.S. H1N1 flu cases jump by 6,200 in a week (Link)

Vietnam
• Livestock epidemics under control in Vietnam (Link)
• Expert warns of dangerous mutations as H1N1 tally rises to 56 (Link)
• Vietnam's A/H1N1 flu cases climb to 63 (Link)

Commentary
• CIDRAP: Pandemic reveals strengths of new flu database (Link)
• Letter: Protect us from pandemics (Link)
• CIDRAP: HHS extends liability shield to antivirals used for H1N1 (Link)

General News
• Travellers sneeze, Asia Pacific airlines catch cold (Link)
• Many Older Citizens Seem Immune to Swine Flu (Link)
• Journalist Files Charges against WHO and UN for Bioterrorism and Intent to Commit Mass Murder (Link)
• Swine flu deaths outnumber Bird flu deaths (Link)

News for June 25, 2009 is here.

CDC Weekly Seasonal Influenza Data
Week 24, ending June 20, 2009

**Novel A(H1N1) Deaths in the U.S.**
(cumulative)
State	News Reports (June 26)	CDC Report (June 25)	Est. deaths per 1 million population
Arizona	8	8	1.23
California	17	16	0.46
Connecticut	5	5	1.43
Florida	2	2	0.11
Illinois	12	12	0.93
Maryland	1	1	0.18
Massachusetts	1	1	0.15
Michigan	7	2	0.70
Minnesota	1	1	0.19
Missouri	1	1	0.17
Nevada	1	0	0.38
New Jersey	6	6	0.69
New York	39	35	2.00
North Carolina	1	1	0.11
Oklahoma	1	1	0.27
Oregon	3	3	0.79
Pennsylvania	3	3	0.24
Rhode Island	1	1	0.95
Texas	15	10	0.62
Utah	10	10	3.65
Virginia	1	1	0.13
Washington	3	3	0.46
Wisconsin	4	4	0.71
TOTAL	143	127	0.47

Sources: Data compiled by spartan, CDC reports and U.S. Census 2008 population estimates

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:
CDC A(H1N1) Site
WHO A(H1N1) Site
WHO H5N1 human case totals, last updated June 2, 2009
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Google Flu Trends (U.S.)
CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
Map of seasonal influenza in the U.S.
CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report and this week
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
Flu Wiki Main Page

News Reports for June 26

gardner — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:17:39 GMT

Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
New Stories for Today:

Mexico prohibits poultry imports from Arkansas
Pakistan: Swabi Poultry Assoc. says H5N9 mistaken for H5N1
USAID Continues to Help Sri Lanka Prevent BF
Medicago Announces Additional Positive Results For H5N1 Avian Influenza Vaccine in ferrets
Korean blog on North Korea
North Korea - Epidemic of Bird-Flu and HMFD
Russia: Reappearance at Tuva Lake
Iraq: Al-Kubaisi: Anbar province free from bird flu
US - NC - preparing the judicial system of North Carolina for continuity of operations during a pandemic influenza outbreak
USA - PA - ECRI Institute And IAHSS Offer Guidance On Preparing For Pandemic Flu - July 17 Web Conference
USA - Resiliency and Public-Private Partnerships to Enhance Homeland Security
USA: Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic
Hong Kong: A game of chicken: The government's caution arouses suspicions about what it knows

Summary of News for June 25, 2008
General
•   Nabarro: Fears of pandemic remain despite progress combating avian influenza (Link)
•   Medicago's H5N1 VLP Vaccine Demonstrates Cross-Reactivity Against Multiple Strains of Avian Flu in Key Ferret Animal Model (Link)
•   Commentary: Ethics of Implementing School Closures (Link)
China
•   Microbix Chinese vaccine plant boosts global capacity by 20% (Link)
Iraq
•   Mysterious Cattle Deaths in Iraq (Link and Link)
North Korea
•   Bird flu prevention team spreading awareness (Link)
•   Bird Flu prevention emergency meeting discusses fatalities et al. (Link)
•   'Joteunbeot' Hambuk region killed 60 people claiming sujokgubyeong (Link)
•   More out of NK (Link)
United Kingdom
•   UK: Test tube killers. Where are dangerous pathogens kept? (Link and Link)
•   UK was 'ill-prepared' for last year's devasting floods (Link)
United States
•   WV: Medication Distributed at the Bank Drive-Thru? (Link)
•   US: Step-by-step approach to emergency preparedness (Link)
•   USA - Vical Inc. (VICL) Advances RapidResponse(TM) System Under $6M Grant (Link and Link)
•   USA: Preparing for a Pharmaceutical Response to Pandemic Flu [symposium to be held at Seton Hall Law School, NJ, October 23-24, 2008] (Link)

Usual disclaimer that I may not have captured everything. Feel free to add news where omissions have occurred. Please note that I copy the links directly from the prior day's news thread so if they don't work you may need to re-visit the thread:

News Reports for June 25

WHO-confirmed total human cases as of June 19, 2008: 385 cases with 243 deaths
2008 WHO-confirmed cases: 34 cases with 26 deaths
Link to most recent WHO report

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the newshound volunteers who translate international stories - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:

CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
European CDC Influenza News
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Wiki Main Page

News Reports for June 26

Nimbus — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:58:46 GMT

New Stories for Today (Open this Diary to read more on these postings)

Vietnam reports suspected bird flu patient
UN agencies organize meeting on control of bird flu
Scientists discover 'flu-like' bat virus
Thailand donates medical equipment to Cambodia for bird flu control
Hawaii Prepared for Bird Flu
Vietnam has enough Tamiflu for type A/H5N1 flu
No additional bird flu cases in German wild birds
Experts warn of alarmism because of bird flu in Nuremberg
Bird flu found in second German state
Outbreak in Germany - Disease Report from DEFRA
Free Online - 3 Day CDC/HHS/CSTE training course in Avian Flu Rapid Response
HHS blog closes tonight 6 pm
Nature's new prepublication site: Nature Precedings
Canada - Nova Scotia releases Pandemic Plan
Two more Vietnam provinces shrug off bird flu, 12 to go
Vietnam - Bird flu hits Thai Binh; four provinces pronounced clean
pneumonia vaccine key for pandemic flu plans
Time/CNN - Indonesia: Living Cheek by Beak

Summary of News for June 25, 2007
Czechoslovakia
•   Clean-up of Czech turkey farm over bird flu completed (Link)
Egypt
•   Siblings of confirmed case are suspected cases (Link)
Germany
•   French TV news on German sick birds (Link)
•   Germany Finds H5N1 Bird Flu in Three Additional Wild Birds (Link)
Nepal
•   Nepal: unknown disease killed 35 children in 2 months (Link) and (Link)
New Zealand
•   Big culls 'unlikely' if bird flu comes to NZ (Link)
Scotland
•   International summit on bird flu amid rising fears of pandemic (Link)
United States
•   HHS Pandemic Blog (ongoing) (Link)
•   Gaps in USDA bird flu plan could slow response-GAO (Link)
General
•   Updated WHO Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases (Link)
•   Mild bird flu: no news is bad news (Link)
•   New 'superbug' strain spreading in meat (Link)
•   Mental anguish lingers for SARS survivors (Link)

Usual disclaimer about may not have captured everything. Feel free to add your own where omissions have occurred. Please note that I copy the links directly from the prior day's news thread so if they don't work you may need to re-visit the thread:
News Reports for June 25

WHO-confirmed total cumulative human cases worldwide as of June 25, 2007: 315 cases with 191 deaths
2007 WHO-confirmed cases: 52 cases with 33 deaths
Link to most recent WHO report

Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 06/15/07
	2006	2007
Cases Discussed	Jun-Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Died, no test results	24	5	2	5	3	2	0	17
Died, tested positive	18	6	2	9	1	4	1	22
Other tested positive	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Symptoms, tests pending	146	117	97	36	54	31	11	335
Tested negative	99	93	15	24	31	8	1	171
Totals	292	222	117	74	89	45	13	547

Link to Current Indonesia Diary
Link to Current Indonesia Case Summary

Egypt Summary - Updated as of 06/25/07
	2006	2007
WHO-Confirmed Cases	Jan - Dec	Jan - June 25
Died, tested positive	10	5
Other tested positive	8	14
Totals	18	19

link to Current Egypt Diary
link to Current Egypt Case Summary

Thanks to all of the newshounds! Special thanks to the Indonesia & Egypt newshounds for their excellent work with the summary tables - thanks for keeping us all informed!

Other useful links:

CDC Weekly Influenza Summary
CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
CIDPC (Canada) Weekly FluWatch
Graphs of Clusters 2003 - 2006
Charts and Graphs on H5N1 from WHO
Wiki Main Page

Flu Wiki Forum - June 26

News Reports for June 26, 2012

News Reports for June 26, 2011

News Reports for June 26, 2010

News Reports for June 26, 2009

News Reports for June 26

News Reports for June 26

Indonesia Summary - Updated as of 06/15/07

Egypt Summary - Updated as of 06/25/07