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H5N1 recurred in Germany
The bird flu has recurred in Bavaria, southern Germany, when experts confirmed that dead ducks on a farm in the state were due to H5N1 infection.
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Confirm a case of H5N1 flu transmitted from human to human
Through systematic research and statistical analysis, US infectious disease experts have identified a case of H5N1 bird flu in Indonesia in 2006 due to human-to-human tr…
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Egypt: The new hot spot of bird flu
Egyptian Ministry of Health officials announced on April 11 that a 15-year-old girl died of H5N1 virus infection, bringing the total number of deaths due to the pandemic…
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Avian influenza vaccine is about to be circulated in the United States
On April 17, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the vaccine registration against the H5N1 virus produced by Sanofi Aventis pharmaceutical corporation. Th…
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Vietnam has the ability to recycle Tamiflu which has expired
Dr. Nguyen Van Hung, Deputy Director of the Institute of Chemistry (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) said the institute is conducting the separation of oseltam…
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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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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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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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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…