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Hope to quickly prepare bird flu vaccine
Scientists in the US and Japan have developed a genetic technique that helps pharmaceutical companies quickly produce a vaccine against the dangerous strain of avian inf…
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US announced plans to fight bird flu
Yesterday (November 1), US President George W. Bush announced a $ 7.1 billion national plan to prepare to deal with bird flu could be worldwide.
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Some insights about bird flu and Tamiflu (oseltamivir)
Why is it called bird flu? As a bird flu virus; These viruses are naturally found in birds. Wild birds worldwide carry the virus in the gastrointestinal tract but often…
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Race to produce bird flu vaccine
A new vaccine against Hungary's avian flu will be allowed to be put into use from the end of March next year, according to Hungarian Health Minister Jeno Racz in a news…
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Can vaccination with Vigigrip prevent bird flu?
Vaxigrip is a flu vaccine of 2005/2006. This is an injection suspension pre-loaded in a 0.5 ml syringe or in a 0.5 ml ampoule. This vaccine is called VAXIGRIP, newly pro…
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March 2012: Launching H5N1 vaccine for poultry
The Central Veterinary Drug Company (NAVETCO) will bring the H5N1 avian influenza vaccine to the market right in March 2012. This proceeds to completely replace imported…
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Thailand: one more person infected with bird flu
A hospital in Indonesia also received 2 father and son with symptoms similar to bird flu. However, laboratory tests from both the father (63 years old) and the child (22…
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Governments take urgent action against bird flu
The fight against global bird flu has been more urgent since October 22, 2005, after many governments strengthened self-protection measures in money, reserve drugs and i…
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Thailand: 7-year-old baby does not spread bird flu from her father
On October 22, Thai health officials confirmed that 7-year-old Ronnarit Benpad did not spread disease from his father - a Thai man confirmed to be dead from bird flu.
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Bird flu spreads to Sweden
So far, this toxic bird flu virus has been detected in several European countries such as Greece, Romania, Turkey, Russia and Croatia. It is thought that they spread to…
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Add a bird flu outbreak in Russia
Another Russian region, Tambov, 400 kilometers southeast of the capital, Moscow, has been confirmed to be affected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu, Reuters news agency re…
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Elect the commander of the front against bird flu
The issue of expanding the production of avian influenza vaccines and vaccines has occupied most of the time of the Minister of Health Ministers' Meeting in Ottawa, Cana…
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Romania face the bird flu!
On October 7, 2005, Romanian authorities isolated a village in the Danube delta of about 30 people after discovering the first three ducks in the area that died from bir…
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Greece announced measures against bird flu
Immediately after Romania and Turkey reported cases of bird flu, the Greek government said yesterday it has introduced various measures to prevent bird flu.
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Conference of Balkan bird flu
Greek health minister Nikitas Kaklamanis said next month the country will hold a conference of countries in the Balkan region and the Black Sea to discuss bird flu.