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Bird flu: WHO urges people to calm down
After the official strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Turkey and Romania, the World Health Organization WHO has urged people to calm down because the curren…
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The US provided US $ 6 million to Vietnam to prevent bird flu
US Secretary of Health Michael Leavitt yesterday announced that the US will provide US $ 6 million to prevent bird flu. This is part of the $ 25 million that the US Gove…
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Europe alarmed about bird flu
European countries are accelerating measures to fight the spread of avian influenza, soon after the H5N1 virus is found in Turkey and Romania. The EU Council has now ban…
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Prime Minister directed: Emergency action against bird flu
Today, the Government will hold a conference to discuss emergency action plans when bird flu and human pandemic influenza occur. This is a deployment step in the proacti…
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Need to quickly kill bird flu in Southeast Asia
European countries are now too frightened by the progress of bird flu but forget that the 'need to kill' of this disease is still in Southeast Asia. Yesterday, Mr. Peter…
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500 bird flu positive ducks
While many households took poultry away for vaccination, the veterinary industry lacked vaccines; Chicken and duck meat without veterinary signs are still available at m…
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Mekong Delta: tired of waiting for bird flu vaccine
On October 20, according to Mr. Nguyen Phuc Tai - Head of the Veterinary Department in Bac Lieu province - the farmers in the province are tired of waiting for the vacci…
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Simultaneously implementing solutions to prevent bird flu
The Director of Animal Health Department affirmed that the most important thing to prevent bird flu is to synchronously implement solutions, in which planning and constr…
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Indonesia: at least 54 people are suspected of being infected with bird flu
After bird flu has killed 6 people in Indonesia, 54 people are now being treated in the country after symptoms of bird flu.
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General cleaning across the country to prevent bird flu
To control the epidemic, Minister Phat asked localities to actively organize vaccination for poultry and waterfowl. Due to the slow import of vaccines compared to the pl…
Computer science
Chips support diagnosis of bird flu 4 times faster
The University of Colorado (USA) has built a new treatment device, capable of testing and classifying different types of flu, including illness caused by the H5N1 virus,…
Computer science
Outbreak of bird flu in the UK
The British Veterinary Agency on November 13 confirmed deadly bird flu broke out in the eastern part of the country. This is considered the latest loss to the island nat…
New technology
The US announced a rapid test for bird flu
A new chip capable of quickly testing 11 different strains of influenza viruses, including bird flu - in a short period of just one-fourth the usual - has just been anno…