News tagged with bird flu outbreaks
Bird flu researchers agree to 60-day halt (Update 2)
International scientists on Friday agreed to a temporary two-month halt to controversial research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans, citing global health concerns.
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead
Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Bird flu batters South African ostrich farms
Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Bird flu outbreak hits Dutch chicken farm
Dutch authorities were slaughtering thousands of chickens at a poultry farm in central Netherlands after an outbreak of a bird flu variety there, an agriculture ministry spokesman said.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 24, 2011 |
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SLU findings: Don't pitch stockpiled avian flu vaccine
A stockpiled vaccine designed to fight a strain of avian flu that circulated in 2004 can be combined with a vaccine that matches the current strain of bird flu to protect against a potential pandemic, researchers from Saint ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Japan culls 10,000 chickens to contain bird flu
Japan began slaughtering some 10,000 chickens Saturday at a poultry farm in western Miyazaki prefecture in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu, the local government said.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 22, 2011 |
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Hong Kong says no sign bird flu spreading among humans
Hong Kong health authorities said Saturday there was no sign of bird flu spreading among humans after the densely-populated city recorded its first case of the virus in seven years. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 20, 2010 |
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Hong Kong officials meet after bird flu confirmed
(AP) -- Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of human bird flu in seven years.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Study investigates how people behave in pandemics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UCL-led study has identified key demographic and psychological factors that may predict protective behaviours during pandemics.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Swine flu detected in Chilean turkeys: vets
An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Glaxo offers WHO 50 million pandemic vaccines
(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said it has offered to donate 50 million doses of a pandemic vaccine to the World Health Organization in the event of a global flu outbreak, according to a company spokesman.
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 19, 2009 |
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Pigeon tests positive for H5N1 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong authorities said Saturday that a dead pigeon found in the city had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 02, 2009 |
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Humans are responsible for swine flu
Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren't to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases -- humans are.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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Pandemic closer but not inevitable: Lancet
A pandemic of swine flu has edged nearer but the threat can be avoided if governments and individuals join in limiting the contagion, The Lancet said in an editorial on Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Scientist warns over pandemic flu vaccine 6-month time lag
New research published today (Monday April 27) from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust warns of a six-month time lag before effective vaccines can be manufactured in the event of a ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 27, 2009 |
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