News Reports for November 17

by: gardner

Sat Nov 17, 2007 at 00:29:30 AM EST

• Saudi Arabia Links Two New Farms To Deadly Bird Flu Outbreak
• UK: Budget cuts considered for Defra
• UK: Staff at bird flu farm yet to be vaccinated
• UK: Poultry flu safety cull
• Thailand: Health officials on monitoring bird flu outbreak
• Update on death of (32 yo) man in Vietnam
• Update on deaths in Uganda
• USA: Calif.- Today!- PF disc. in Spanish
• USA: NPR, Wknd. Ed. Sat.,, Turkeys + AI...
• Baxter Vaccine Works for Indonesian BF in Study (Update2)
• Taiwan, "hole in global pandemic shield"
• USA: Duluth, MN - Plan for emergencies
• Colorado: Lower Ark Valley receives flu vaccine for state exercise
• SAUDI ARABIA - "The execution of more than 40,000 bird infected one farm" (google-transl. from Arabic)
• Chinese Research/AI resistant chickens

News Reports for November 17, 2012

by: NewsDiary

Sat Nov 10, 2012 at 15:51:25 PM EST

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Canada
• The Flu Has Arrived in Guelph! (Link)

India
• Maharashtra: H1N1 claims 27-yr-old man (Link)

United States
• FDA Panel OKs Bird Flu Vaccine Stockpiling (Link)
• AZ: Pandemic Flu: Interprofessional Education Goes Statewide in Arizona (Link)
• GA: People searching for relief from early, harsh flu season (Link)

Research
• Study raises possibility of airborne Ebola spread via pigs (Link)

General
• Is the H3N8 Flu Found in Harbor Seals In New England a Concern for People? (Link)

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News Reports for November 17, 2011

by: NewsDiary

Sat Nov 12, 2011 at 13:59:38 PM EST

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Canada
•  Flu outbreak hits Calgary senior's home (Link)

China
•  Hong Kong: Threat played down after new swine flu virus find (Link)
•  Mainland: Bird flu virus found in poultry markets (Link)

Taiwan
•  Low-Path H5N2 in Chickens (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Swine flu unit to open (Link)

United States
•  Zoo will study connections between animal, human health (Link)

Research
•  Vietnam: Study says T-cell response may help identify subclinical H5N1 (Link)

General
•  Bird Flu Research Rattles Bioterrorism Field(Link)

Commentary
•  Recombinomics: Maine CDC Detects trH3N2 With Newly Approved PCR Test (Link)

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News Reports for November 17, 2010

by: NewsDiary

Sat Nov 13, 2010 at 20:42:20 PM EST

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China
•  Bird flu detected in Hong Kong in woman returning from China (Link)
•  Hong Kong Woman Catches Bird Flu, Possibly Visiting China Poultry Market (Link)
•  Woman infected with H5 in serious condition  (Link)
•  Bird flu found in Tuen Mun woman (Link)

India
•  Rate of swine flu infection drops to zero (Pune) (Link)

Russia
•  The country has an epidemic of influenza (Link)

South Korea
•  Actress gets H1N1 in Rome, dies (Link)

Taiwan
•  CDC calls on public to receive flu vaccinations (Link)

General
•  Influenza Vaccines May Vary In Amount Of Allergenic Components (Link)

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News Reports for November 17, 2009

by: NewsDiary

Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 23:08:41 PM EST

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Azerbaijan
•  Azerbaijan starts vaccination against swine flu early December (Link)

Canada
•  Eye opening Canada flu stats from crofs blog (Link)
•  Quebec investigates 2 nurses who took doses of H1N1 vaxx home for family (Link)
•  British Columbia confirms 5 deaths since Nov. 10, & 144 'severe' cases (Link)

China
•  Beijing offers residents free A/H1N1 flu vaccinations (Link)

Denmark
•  Climate conference vaccinations get priority  (Link)

Duchy of Normandy
•  Channel Islands-Schools hit by flu-like illnesses (Link)

Europe
•  Measures to fight H1N1 swine flu in Europe (Link)

Finland
•  Santa promises swine flu won't cancel Christmas (Link)

India
•  4 new deaths confirmed Tuesday (530 total) and 176 new cases (Link)

Indonesia
•  Production of H1N1 vaccine begins in 2010 (Link)
•  Indonesia Produces Seed for Bird/Pig Flu Vaccine (Link)

Jamaica
•  Jamaica confirms 6th death (Link)

Norway
•  Anti-virals available without prescription  (Link)

Palestine
•  West Bank: 5 H1N1 deaths (Link)

Poland
•  Polish inspector reports nation's first swine flu fatality (Link)
•  Two Swine Flu Related Deaths in Poland (Link)

Spain
•  96th death a 6 yr old son of hospital administratino worker in Torrevieja (Link)

Ukraine
•  flu death toll goes up - British labs test to ID flu as H1N1, Spanish flu, or something else (Link)
•  WHO says swine flu samples from Ukraine showed no significant mutation (Link) and (Link)
•  Ukraine paralysed by "superflu" (Link)
•  Ukraine now has 328 deaths and 56000+ new cases (Link)

United Kingdom
•  Swine flu exam fury (Link)
•  Hotline overdiagnosing flu but missing serious illness (Link)

United States
•  ND: N. Dakota reports 'unusual' flu season thus far (Link)
•  OR: 3 more influenza deaths announced today (Link)
•  PA: Pittsburgh infant died of suspect H1N1 (Link)
•  PA: Six more fatalities have been added to the PA DOH website as of 11/17/09 (Link)
•  RI: Rhode Island confirms 2 more deaths from H1N1 (Link)

General
•  Swine flu: 'previous infection could offer some immunity' (Link)
•  CDC Estimates 22 million sick from flu first 6 months of pandemic; Guidance for People At Risk(Link)
•  Not just swine flu - new cold virus may lurk, too (Link)

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News Reports for November 17, 2008

by: AlohaOR

Sun Nov 16, 2008 at 23:48:21 PM EST

• Old and new viruses spread by air travel, crowding
• Australia: Biota's flu treatment moves to Phase III
• Canada (ON): Northumberland sessions focus on flu pandemic
• US: Detecting viral disease in less than 60 seconds
• Australia: Protein 'tubules' free avian flu virus from immune recognition
• UAE: Sharp's air purifier draws attention at EnviroCities 2008
• UK: How to win the cold war and fight off flu
• Indonesia: Jakarta to combat bird flu by restricting poultry sales
• India corn futures fall on weak demand from poultry industry
• Pakistan: Crimean-Congo fever suspect admitted to BBH
• India (Orissa): Migratory birds bring in fear of avian influenza
• US (VT): UVM prepares for pandemic, but outlook remains grim