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UN Expert Says World Unprepared for Avian Flu Pandemic
(Final) Day 4 of flu virus sharing summit: meeting ends in qualified success
Hong Kong finds egret with bird flu in city park
More on hand-held AI detector/Singapore
Mystery headline out of Saudi via Chinese news
Egypt vaccinating 70% of their birds
SAUDI ARABIA - Fifth poultry farm in Al-Kharj affected
BBC to remake Survivors
Summary of News for November 23, 2007 China • New Vaccine News out of China (Link)
• Beijing University Professor: bird flu a breakthrough in the study (Link)
Myanmar • Myanmar reports fresh bird flu outbreak: report (Link)
Saudi Arabia • Saudi Arabia culls 3.5m birds over deadly flu (Link)
• SAUDI ARABIA - Carrier-pigeons dying in Riyadh (Link)
• SAUDI ARABIA - Falcons reportedly positive for H5N1 (Link)
South Korea • SOUTH KOREA - H7 outbreak on duck farm (Link)
United Arab Emirates • Flu scare [in Saudi Arabia] brings bird selling business to halt (Link)
United Kingdom • UK - yesterday's parliamentary debate on pandemic proposals (Link)
• new UK National framework for pandemic flu (Link)
• UK Consultation on pandemic influenza (Link)
• Bird flu experts fork out thousands on luxury hotel (Link)
• UK: thousands more slaughtered in sixth farm (Link)
United States • FDA Proposes to Update Tamiflu, Relenza Drug Labels (Link)
• Commercials airing that direct viewers to pandemicflu.gov (Link)
• FDA Wants Warnings for Flu Drugs with Kids (Link)
General • WHO fails to reach deal on sharing bird flu virus (Link)
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Canada • Alberta: Alberta flu immunizing clinics to wrap up Saturday (Link)
United Kingdom • Scotland: Health chiefs issue warning on flu jab uptake as Lothian wards feel pressure (Link)
Research • United Kingdom: Do men and women experience flu differently? (Link)
General • Four new cases of SARS-like virus found in Saudi, Qatar (Link)
• Second coronavirus death reported (Link)
• WHO: Novel coronavirus infection - update (Link)
Commentary • Recombinomics: Egypt H5N1 Matches In Fatal 2011 Cases Raise Concerns (Link)
• Recombinomics: WHO Suggests Broader Betacornavirus Testing (Link)
• Recombinomics: Betacornavirus Sequences in Saudi Arabia and Qatar Match (Link)
• Branswell: With little information shared, experts express concern about new coronavirus (Link)
• Recombinomics: Renal Failure In Riyadh Betacornavirus Fatal Cluster (Link)
• Recombinomics: Disease Onset Gap Signals Betacornavirus H2H Transmission (Link)
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United States • IA: Iowa Children With Novel Swine Flu Virus Spur Search for Possible Spread (Link)
• IA: New flu virus in three Iowa kids raises concern about wider spread (Link)
Commentary • Recombinomics: 75% of US Sequenced Influenza A+ Under 10 Cases Are trH3N2 (Link)
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Canada • 15,000 Canadians were admitted to hospital with H1N1 last winter (Link)
• Bird flu found at Manitoba turkey farm (Link)
• Turkeys in RM of Rockwood test positive for form of bird flu, officials believe strain is non-deadly (Link)
China • China stresses importance of flu vaccine as winter approaches (Link)
• Avian Influenza, Human (60): China (Hong Kong)(Link)
• ProMED: Avian Influenza, Human (60): China (Link)
Indonesia • Indonesia Chosen for Flu Research (Link)
Philippines • No cause for alarm over bird flu -- mayor (Link)
Ukraine • The flu epidemic will come to Ukraine in two weeks (translated) (Link)
United States • First flu cases of season reported in Erie County (Link)
• Flu season arrives in northern Arizona (Link)
Zimbabwe • Nearly 200 cases of swine flu reported (Link)
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Canada • Vaccine allergic reaction prompts pulling of one lot (Link)
• Saskatchewan has 2 more deaths, 11 total, 30 in ICU (Link)
• Peterborough, Ontario man, 32, fights for his life (Link)
• 4 more deaths in BC, 34 total deaths so far (Link)
• Health Canada says flu vaccine reactions an anomaly (Link)
• 2 new deaths confirmed last week in Nova Scotia (Link)
• Alberta's H1N1 flu rate nearly double national average (Link)
China • Hong Kong reports another death case of influenza A/H1N1 (Link)
Egypt • Confirmation of 10th death, 140 in hospitals with H1N1 (Link)
• Egypt reports 11th death case of A/H1N1 flu (Link)
India • Chandigarh confirms 2 more deaths, total now 6 (Link)
• 3 recent deaths bring total deaths in India to 558 (Link)
Morocco • Confirmation of 114 new cases of H1N1 (Link)
The Netherlands • Dutch queue for H1N1 jabs in blanket plan (Link)
United Kingdom • More children 'than expected have had swine flu' (Link)
United States • US: ECMOs can save lives of some of the most severely ill (Link)
• CA: San Diego confirms 8 more deaths, total in SD now 45 (Link)
• IA: Iowa State produces and supplies only H1N1 vaxx for swine (Link)
• KS: Kansas confirms 2 more deaths, 21 total (Link)
• MI: Michigan confirms 54 deaths since April1 (Link)
• MN: Minnesota adds 6 new confirmed deaths from H1N1, 35 total (Link and link)
• NH: 25 yr old Dartmouth student died of H1N1 (Link)
• NJ: Morris County man is state's 29th swine flu death (Link)
• OR: 1 new death, 15 hospitalizations (Link)
• RI: Rhode Island man 8th death since Sept. 1 from H1N1 (Link)
• SD: "Healthy" 12 year old dies from H1N1 (Link and link)
• TX: Mechanical rocking bed helped save a young mom's life (Link)
• TX: San Patricio County confirms 2nd death from H1N1 (Link)
• WV: Physician confirmed to have caught H1N1 TWICE (Link)
General News • Avian flu: WHO warns of resurgence (Link)
• Science paper renews possibility of lab link (Link)
H5N1 Influenza — Continuing Evolution and Spread
Robert G. Webster, Ph.D., and Elena A. Govorkova, M.D., Ph.D.
There is no question that there will be another influenza pandemic someday. We simply don't know when it will occur or whether it will be caused by the H5N1 avian influenza virus. But given the number of cases of H5N1 influenza that have occurred in humans to date (251 as of late September 2006) and the rate of death of more than 50%, it would be prudent to develop robust plans for dealing with such a pandemic.
