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Details of lab-made bird flu won't be revealed (Update)
The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people - and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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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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Go-ahead for bird flu study publication after security check (Update)
Bird flu experts meeting in Geneva on Friday ruled that controversial research on a mutant form of the virus potentially capable of being spread among humans should be made public.
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Novel compound found effective against avian influenza virus
A novel compound is highly effective against the pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, including some drug-resistant strains, according to new research led by a University of Wisconsin-Madison virologist.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2010 |
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US journal editor backs change to bird flu policy
The editor of the US journal Science said Friday he supports the decision of bird flu experts in Geneva to make public controversial research about a mutant form of the H5N1 virus. ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Health authorities rush to tackle killer flu in US, Mexico
World health authorities on Friday rushed to tackle flu outbreaks in the United States and Mexico that have killed at least 60 people and have pandemic potential.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Compound found to safely counter deadly bird flu
The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Deadly bird flu virus found in wild goose in Germany
German authorities have discovered the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus this year, the European Commission announced Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Swine flu goes person-to-pig; could it jump back?
(AP) -- Now that the swine flu virus has passed from a farmworker to pigs, could it jump back to people? The question is important, because crossing species again could make it more deadly.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2009 |
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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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HIV's march around Europe mapped
Those travelling abroad should take seriously advice to pack their condoms and keep their needles to themselves: research published today in the open access journal Retrovirology shows that tourists, travel ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 20, 2009 |
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Bird flu found in Tibet: state media
Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday, quoting the ministry of agriculture.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2009 |
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US official says bird flu limits not 'censorship'
Leading US health official Anthony Fauci on Wednesday rejected claims that the United States is censoring science by seeking to limit potentially dangerous bird flu information in major journals.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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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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At least 10 years to eradicate bird flu: UN health agency
It will take at least 10 years to eradicate the H5N1 bird flu virus, which has killed scores of humans, from poultry in the six countries where it is endemic, a UN agency said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 21, 2011 |
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