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Prospects from vaccine against bird flu
Sanofi Pasteur, a French pharmaceutical company, has announced an encouraging start to the test results of the first bird flu vaccine. The company said it had responded…
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Only 88 communes still have bird flu
Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said, the number of communes with bird flu today continues to decrease. Currently, there are…
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7 more provinces control bird flu
Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said, as of December 17, the whole country did not have any new outbreaks. So far, there are…
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The H5N1 virus has resisted Tamiflu
At first, a 13-year-old bird flu patient seemed lucky when she had only mild inflammation on one side of her lungs and was treated immediately with Tamiflu. However, aft…
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Ozone water - a powerful weapon against H5N1
For the first time in Vietnam, the results of a group of scientists have demonstrated that Anolyte solution (ozone water) will be a powerful weapon against bird flu. Thi…
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High-speed production of H5N1 vaccine
With a $ 1.6 million grant from the Government, virologist Suresh Mittal, Director of the Genetic Therapy Laboratory (Purdue University) is conducting the work. The vacc…
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Indonesia has more people suspected of being infected with bird flu
The situation of human bird flu infection in Indonesia is in a complicated trend, after the country has just had another suspected case of death. Scientists warn: people…
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Tet: The risk of relapse of the flu
In the past 50 days, Vietnam has not recorded cases of influenza A / H5N1 in humans. But the coming of the Lunar New Year, there is still the potential of pandemic flu .…
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The third Turkish baby died from bird flu
The disaster struck a Turkish mother when her three young children died from bird flu in less than a week. The 6-year-old is now hospitalized. The reason is that the chi…
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Play cards to learn how to defend yourself against bird flu
The danger of a pandemic, the way of infection of viruses, telephones and addresses of medical facilities ... all of them are printed in condensation. This is a new meas…
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Anise is a raw material for Tamiflu
Anise fruit is becoming the savior of countries with avian influenza because it is the main ingredient for making Tamiflu antiviral drug. In Vietnam, it was planted in t…
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Experience against Vietnamese bird flu can help Turkey
Experts say Vietnam's significant progress in controlling bird flu could be a valuable experience for new epidemics like Turkey. Recent tests showed that 15 more people…
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China tested bird flu vaccine in humans
On November 22, Chinese scientists said the bird flu vaccine they prepared was approved by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration and will be tested in humans.
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Add more new translation points
Thanh Hoa is the most: seven new translation points in seven communes of six districts and towns; Quang Ninh has six points in six communes in two districts; Thai Nguyen…
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The emergence of mutant bird flu virus in Cambodia
A strain of mutated bird flu has just been found on specimens in Cambodia, but it is not known if the strain is more toxic than the H5N1 virus that killed four people he…