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Sat Nov 17, 2012 at 21:41:03 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!
Australia
• New South Wales: Bird flu chickens destroyed (Link)
United States
• GA: ProMED - Influenza (105): USA (GA) (Link)
• KS: Flu-like illness closes suburban KC district (Link)
• OH: Flu cases starting to increase; still time to get a flu shot (Link)
• WI: Flu season off to quick start in Wisconsin (Link)
Research
• MSN: The Ebola virus may be learning to fly (this is not a good thing) (Link) Science News: Ebola may go airborne (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Nov 12, 2011 at 14:00:00 PM EST
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China
• FAO official warns of elevated risk of avian flu in China (Link)
Research
• Study finds gene changes that would boost avian flu transmissibility (Link)
• Past flu exposures weakened pandemic severity (Link)
• Tropical Flu Theory Disproved By New Study (Link)
General
• WHO warns of new pandemic (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Hong Kong Swine trH3N2 Distinct From US Human Isolates (Link)
• H (Link)
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Sat Nov 13, 2010 at 20:42:34 PM EST
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Canada
• Nova Scotia doctors urged to return H1N1 vaccine (Link)
China
• CIDRAP: Hong Kong reports H5N1 infection (Link)
• Prevention and control of infectious diseases in winter in Heilongjiang Province, will be deployed in key areas such as strengthening the school surveillance (translated) (Link)
• Markets inspected as Hong Kong sees first bird flu case in 7 years (Link)
• Bird Flu Returns to Hong Kong (translated) (Link)
Indonesia
• H5N1 in Indonesian Live Bird Markets (Link)
Philippines
• New HK bird-flu case puts NAIA terminal back on alert (Link)
Taiwan
• Taiwanese traveling abroad on new alert against H5N1 (Link)
Research
• CIDRAP: Pandemic H1N1 could become more virulent, reassort with seasonal flu (Link) Full article: Does Pandemic A/H1N1 Virus Have the Potential To Become More Pathogenic? (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: trH3N2 Matches For All Five Patients Signal Pandemic (Link)
• H (Link)
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Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 23:08:57 PM EST
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Canada
• B.C. sees spike in severe reactions to flu shot (Link)
Hungary
• Hungarian authorities declare swine flu epidemic (Link)
Indonesia
• Indonesia: To produce local vaccine (translated) (Link)
Iran
• H1N1 flu death toll at 100 (Link)
Russia
• Russia registers 5,613 A/H1N1 flu cases (Link)
Switzerland
• Switzerland registers first swine flu death (Link)
Ukraine
• Swine flu - the number of victims in Ukraine grows up every hour (Link)
• Is "Swine flu" the same as "Spanish flu"? (Link)
• The number of diseased people is now close to 1.5 million (Link)
• Second wave of A/H1N1 flu in Ukraine could come in late 2009-early 2010 (Link)
• Fragile Care Worsened Swine Flu in Ukraine (Link)
• Ukraine Ministry of Health website-translated (Link or link)
United States
• Visually Mapping Avian Flu May Help H1N1 (Link)
• U.S.: Santas lobby for H1N1 vaccine (Link)
• U.S.: Air Force Adds Kids to Pentagon's Mandatory H1N1 Vaccine Program (Link)
• US - House committees probe pandemic vaccine decisions (Link)
• NV: NV: State Reallocating Las Vegas Vaccine Supply Away From Health Dist. (Link)
• NY: 4th death in Rochester area confirmed and 3 other deaths in NY state (Link)
• OR: Lane County H1N1 deaths disproportionately high (Link)
• OR: McMinnville Oregon woman dies from H1N1 (Link)
• OR: pet cat death confirmed from H1N1 in Oregon (Link)
• OR: Three new deaths, 22 new hospitalizations (Link)
• PA: (26y/o) Philadelphia man dies after long flu ordeal (Link)
• TX: Officials confirm Tarrant's 8th swine flu death (Link)
• WI: Department of Health Services confirms 11 more swine flu deaths in Wisconsin (Link)
• WI: Wisconsin confirms 11 more deaths, 31 total now, 33% increase in one week (Link)
General
• CDC: 2009 H1N1 Flu Information for People with Disabilities and Their Caregivers or Personal Assistants (Link)
• If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse (Link)
Commentary
• Recombinomics: Niman says D225G change in H1N1 is in Ukraine, other nations (Link)
• H (Link)
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 00:13:59 AM EST
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Open this diary to read today's news and to see a summary of yesterday's news.
New Stories for Today:
- US (CA): Shasta Country health department will use grants for disaster planning
- Singapore: Warning - New flu epidemic
- Malaysia: Help farmers build simple, secure chicken coops
- Egypt: Contingency planning for an avian flu pandemic
- Indonesia (So. Sulawesi): 17 suspected cases reported to be negative for H5N1
- Indonesia: Denial of H5N1 confirmatory lab results in Indonesia (Recombinomics commentary)
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Sun Nov 18, 2007 at 00:32:11 AM EST
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Summary of News for November 17, 2007
China
• Ordinary chicken body is expected to "grow" anti-avian flu gene (Link)
Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia Links Two New Farms To Deadly Bird Flu Outbreak (Link)
• "The execution of more than 40,000 bird infected one farm" (Link)
Taiwan
• Chen laments Taiwan "hole in global pandemic shield" (Link)
Thailand
• Health officials on monitoring bird flu outbreak (Link)
Uganda
• Update on deaths in Uganda (Link)
UK
• Budget cuts considered for Defra (Link)
• Staff at bird flu farm yet to be vaccinated (Link)
• Poultry flu safety cull (Link)
United States
• Public Health Preparedness Pan. Influenza Ca Spanish (Link)
• NPR - Preserving Historic Turkey Breeds in Kansas (Link)
• Duluth, MN - Plan for emergencies (Link)
• Colorado: Lower Ark Valley receives flu vaccine for state exercise (Link)
• Mass vaccination effort simulated in Ventura County CA (Link)
Vietnam
• Update on death of (32 yo) man in Vietnam (Link)
General
• Baxter Vaccine Works for Indonesian BF in Study (Link)
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Sat Nov 18, 2006 at 12:59:35 PM EST
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(The Community News Summary will always be promoted - promoted by DemFromCT)
just trying this out...any hints and tips to make it more 'readable' here are very appreciated!
Summary of News for 17 November 2006
(From WHO as at 13 Nov - latest update) Total human cases worldwide 258, deaths 153 (2006 – 111 with 76 deaths)
Indonesia
- Indonesian leader calls for contingency plans to deal with possible bird flu pandemic (link)
Egypt
- GOVERNMENT SIGNALS SHIFT IN AVIAN FLU COMBAT POLICIES AS DISEASE RETURNS (link)
- New Bird Flu Cases Discovered in Egypt (link)
Australia- Nursing home illness ‘not bird flu’ (link)
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