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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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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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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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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…
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Detection of bird flu in many countries
After more than a week of seemingly quiet silence, bird flu began to worry again after Laos reported the first suspected case of human avian flu, while Turkey also repor…
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Avian influenza virus has changed
The source of the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) on March 13 affirmed that the results of gene sequencing of influenza virus…
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Communication campaign to prevent bird flu
On January 24, the Ministry of Health and the United Nations launched a media campaign to control the spread of bird flu. According to the Ministry of Health, since Nove…
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Japan discovered a new outbreak of bird flu
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture today (29-1) confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu and the third outbreak in the country this month was discovered at a ranch in Taka…
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WHO: Tamiflu drug is expired
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poor Asian countries are facing a dilemma about whether to store Tamiflu when their countries' drug depots are about to…
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Avian influenza is complicated
Information from the Department of Animal Health on January 4, said that bird flu occurs in 34 communes and wards of 15 districts of 3 provinces: Ca Mau, Bac Lieu and Ha…
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Issue new guidelines for diagnosis and prevention of infection with influenza A (H5N1) in humans
The Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines on diagnosis, management and prevention of influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans. This document replaces the guidelines…
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An Indonesian teenager infected with bird flu
Yesterday, the Indonesian Ministry of Health said a 14-year-old teenager was tested positive for bird flu and the country's first human case in the past two months.
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China detected new cases of bird flu
China's Ministry of Health yesterday (10-1) announced a 37-year-old farmer in Anhui province was confirmed to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. This is the first…
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H5N1 virus has a genetic variation
The public is worried about a global pandemic, as the World Health Organization's previous warning. But does this happen?
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The bird flu has spread to 7 provinces
The Animal Health Department's report said on January 14 there were positive results of H5N1 influenza virus infection on ducks in Tra Con B village, My Huong commune, M…