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From August 20, vaccination for bird flu across the country
Yesterday afternoon (August 17), Mr. Hoang Van Nam - Deputy Director of Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that the central…
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Tamiflu makes H5N1 virus change?
The Thai Ministry of Health has just said that the bird flu virus has changed more complicated than before, making it harder for people to detect. Initial tests of two r…
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Not to re-start bird flu
On August 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent request to the Chairman of the People's Committee of provinces and cities to ask for the highest effort to ca…
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Thailand propagates bird flu at home
Thai Ministry of Health is conducting a campaign to propagate avian influenza prevention and control to every household across the country, from Vietnam to Vietnam.
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Vietnam - Laos cooperates to prevent bird flu
On August 24, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lao Ministry of Health on cooperation in preventing bird flu and…
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China successfully tested human bird flu vaccine
Chinese researchers reported on August 28 that initial tests of the country's human-made bird flu vaccine have been quite safe and effective. This is considered a happy…
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Prevention of bird flu spreads to humans
Avian influenza (influenza A / H5N1) caused by influenza A / H5N1 virus, is a highly contagious disease, easy to recur, no specific treatment drugs can cause death and d…
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Injection of 3.3 million doses of bird flu vaccine in the second round of 2006
According to the Department of Animal Health, currently provinces of Hau Giang, Dong Thap and An Giang have deployed bird flu vaccination for the second time in 2006 wit…
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Indonesia was criticized in the fight against bird flu
Indonesian health officials said yesterday a 14-year-old girl who died in June was confirmed with bird flu, and this is the 47th death because of H5N1.
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Find out why H5N1 causes high mortality in humans
The mechanism of bird flu virus death is similar to that of the 1918 pandemic flu, that is
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The nasal spray vaccine for bird flu
The US has tested three new live H5N1 virus vaccines but has weakened it. This new vaccine is used by nasal spray. Therefore, they are convenient to use. This is the res…
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The WHO suspects that H5N1 has spread from person to person
On May 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the H5N1 virus could have spread from person-to-person to an Indonesian family and killed six people. But so far, exp…
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WHO: H5N1 infection may be due to close contact and for too long
According to Maria Cheng, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Indonesia, seven members of a family in northern Sumatra island died in May because bird…
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WHO placed drug company Tamiflu on alert
The most recent Indonesian victim died of bird flu, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday to put drug manufacturer Tamiflu, Roche, on alert: hoardin…
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H5N1 virus increases toxicity
The H5N1 avian influenza virus may have changed and easily spread in warm weather no less than winter, according to Hong Kong York Chow health chief.