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Indonesia: 2 more suspected deaths from bird flu
Indonesian Ministry of Health officials today said a teenager and a 22-year-old woman in the country were both suspected of being infected with bird flu. Preliminary tes…
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Tracing the H5N1 virus by tracking birds through satellites
To understand the routes of migrating birds in Africa and the role of these wild birds in the spread of the H5N1 virus that causes bird flu, a group of French researcher…
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Asian rehearsal against bird flu
From 2 April to 3 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners in Asia will conduct an anti-bird exercise to test Asia's ability to cope with the evolutio…
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China, Indonesia: More people die from bird flu
On March 29, China and Indonesia announced new deaths from H5N1 bird flu. The affirmation rattles alarms in the community about national surveillance standards when deat…
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For the second time of the year, the flu returned to the South
After 21 days of no new outbreak in the country, the veterinary sector announced that the flu outbreak was controlled on March 28. But by March 30, the Department of Ani…
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Southeast Asia actively protects against H5N1
Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam all want to produce avian influenza vaccines as soon as they find an appropriate technology partner to avoid dependence on Western pharma…
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Kuwait: 4 people infected with bird flu
According to a Kuwaiti health official, initial tests on four Bangladeshi employees who participated in killing and destroying chickens in Kuwait gave positive results t…
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Detection of Tamiflu resistant virus
Japanese researchers on April 4 said they have found a virus resistant to the Tamiflu drug from type B flu and the virus is capable of spreading from person to person. T…
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Bird flu still makes Indonesia 'headache'
Indonesian officials yesterday (April 6) reported that a girl from the country had just died of H5N1 infection. So far, 73 Indonesians have died from bird flu.
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Five countries banned entry of British poultry
South Korea and Hong Kong are the latest countries and territories to ban imports of poultry from the United Kingdom after an outbreak of H5N1 at a turkey farm in Suffol…
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Indonesia: 2 more patients infected with bird flu
Indonesian Minister of Health Siti Fadillah Supari yesterday announced that two more Indonesians were identified with bird flu. Both are still alive. With these two new…
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FAO calls for emergency bird flu aid
On February 7, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the lack of capital and political will in some countries is making it difficult to…
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Detection of avian influenza virus in Turkey
A newly discovered outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Batman village, southeastern Turkey, confirmed the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture on February 8.
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Korea discovered bird flu again
South Korea yesterday said it is beginning to kill thousands of chickens after a new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered near Seoul. According to health officials,…
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H5N1 virus in England breeds 99.96% virus in Hungary
According to British health officials, the H5N1 bird flu virus discovered in the country resembles the 99.96% bird flu virus found in Hungary, which means the virus has…