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China: New H5N1 outbreak detected
China's Ministry of Agriculture said more than 11,000 poultry died of the virus in Shijiping village near Yiyang city. About 53,000 poultry were destroyed and health off…
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Avian flu broke out in many localities
The Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has just officially confirmed that the bird flu has re-emerged in a series of communes in…
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The H5N1 vaccine 'made in Vietnam' is about to be tested on humans
The state-level science and technology council agreed to test on the H5N1 vaccine produced by Vietnam. Currently, research is still in the laboratory scale but successes…
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More Bac Giang and Hai Phong appear avian influenza
The report of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) in the afternoon of May 25 said that there were more Bac Giang and Hai Phon…
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Avian influenza antibody found
An international team of scientists who have isolated bird flu antibodies could help fight bird flu in humans - the disease that has claimed more than 180 lives worldwid…
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New equipment quickly detects avian influenza
US scientists announced on May 29 that they have successfully built a new device that can quickly detect 92 different viruses, including the H5N1 avian influenza virus a…
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H5N1 virus has been transformed ... the current vaccine has no effect?
Scientists once claimed that the bird flu virus only appeared in the winter. However, this year, the flu appears again on hot summer days. About this unusual change, Dr.…
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Indonesia: The 79th death due to bird flu
On June 1, the Information Center for Avian Influenza in Indonesia announced: a 15-year-old female teenager died of bird flu. This is the 79th death in the country since…
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Add a patient with influenza A / H5N1
Just one more patient in the North infected with influenza A / H5N1. This is also the second patient with the disease after 17 months of H5N1 virus in humans is controll…
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Supervision of patients suspected of symptoms of influenza A / H5N1
On June 4, the Ministry of Health sent an urgent message to the Health Departments of Dong Thap, Can Tho, Ninh Binh, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Ha Nam, Quang Nam, Hung Yen and…
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The Egyptians throw chickens and ducks into the water to stop the flu
When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan saw that domestic chickens and ducks in the Egyptian Nile sub-region began to show signs of trembling, standing unsteadily, he stuffed them…
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ASEAN establishes a stock of bird flu medicines
ASEAN member states have agreed to choose Singapore as a storage center for oseltamivir as an attempt to prepare for the possibility of bird flu in the region.
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Myanmar announces a new case of bird flu
In a suburban town of Yangon, the H5N1 virus has been found in some dead chickens, according to a veterinary agency (LBVD) announcement. About 1,645 laying hens on a chi…
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Japan reviewed Tamiflu-related deaths
Japanese health officials will open a new investigation on the link between Tamiflu flu medication and unusual behavior in people who have used the drug after recent dea…
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Indonesia and WHO are tense around the avian flu vaccine
Tensions between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Indonesia on sharing bird flu virus samples have not shown signs of improvement. Indonesian Health Minister Siti…