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Avian flu world’s No. 1 threat, CDC head says
• Flu • Feb 22 05
Avian flu poses the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have all the tools they need…
The menace of bird flu
• Flu • Feb 22 05
Earth may be on the brink of a worldwide epidemic from a bird flu virus that may mutate to become as deadly and infectious…
Fear arises that virus will mutate
• Flu • Feb 22 05
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday that bird flu in Asia is highly likely to mutate into a…
Health Officials: Flu Virus Peaking In Michigan
• Flu • Feb 18 05
The flu season may be peaking in Michigan.
State health officials on Friday reported “widespread” flu activity, the highest level of outbreak, joining 15…
Vietnam says bird flu subsiding, no new human cases
• Flu • Feb 16 05
Vietnam’s latest bird flu epidemic, which has killed 13 people in a little more than a month, is showing sign of subsiding and no…
Vietnam claims headway in avian flu battle
• Flu • Feb 16 05
Vietnamese and international officials concerned that the Lunar New Year would encourage the spread of avian influenza had some good news: the travel-heavy holiday…
Flu shots may not save lives - U.S. study
• Flu • Feb 14 05
The flu vaccinations that doctors hoped would save the lives of fragile elderly people have apparently failed to lower death rates, U.S. researchers said…
Cambodia confirms bird flu in poultry near capital
• Flu • Feb 07 05
Bird flu has been found in chickens near the Cambodian capital, officials said on Sunday, raising fears about the spread of the deadly virus…
Flu, school absences on rise in Arkansas
• Flu • Feb 04 05
Arkansas parents are keeping more of their youngsters home from school as the cases of influenza and other seasonal ailments increase in number around…
Flu Keeps Appleton Students Home
• Flu • Feb 04 05
The flu bug is taking quite a bite out of the student population in Appleton. It was so bad, Xavier High School cancelled all…
Asian bird flu endemic and may worsen - OIE/FAO
• Flu • Feb 02 05
The deadly bird flu virus remains endemic in parts of Asia, where it will not be eradicated soon and poultry movements following the tsunami…
Bird flu kills Vietnam girl, Cambodia case possible
• Flu • Jan 31 05
Bird flu has killed a 10-year-old girl in southern Vietnam, doctors said on Monday, and they hoped the death of a Cambodian women…
Bird flu infects five more people in Vietnam
• Flu • Jan 28 05
Bird flu has infected five more people in Vietnam, two of whom are under treatment in Ho Chi Minh City where riot police are…
Bill would restrict cold pills to fight ‘meth’
• Flu • Jan 27 05
Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on…
Fearing bird flu, HK stocks up on drug Tamiflu
• Flu • Jan 26 05
Health authorities in Hong Kong want to double their stocks of Tamiflu, a drug known to be effective in fighting deadly bird flu, which…
Bird flu likely jumped between humans last year
• Flu • Jan 24 05
A fatally ill Thai girl probably spread deadly bird flu to her relatives last year in what would mark the first documented case of…
Evolution of bird flu virus may favor pandemic
• Flu • Jan 20 05
The bird flu virus endemic in Asia appears to be evolving in ways that increasingly favor the start of a deadly human influenza outbreak,…
Bird flu spread a worry, but no WHO travel warning
• Flu • Jan 18 05
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday voiced concern about the spread of bird flu in Vietnam, but said it was not considering warning…
Bird flu kills 35-year-old woman in Vietnam
• Flu • Jan 14 05
A 35-year-old woman has become Vietnam’s fifth fatality in two weeks from the bird flu virus, which is spreading again through the country’s poultry…
Bird flu kills 18-year-old in Vietnam
• Flu • Jan 13 05
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that an 18-year-old woman was killed by bird flu, and state-run media reported infection of another 35-year-old as health officials…
Vietnam testing two more suspected bird flu cases
• Flu • Jan 11 05
Vietnam is testing samples from two more suspected bird flu cases, one of whom has died, as the country grapples to control a strain…
Health Officials Ask Chronically Ill Adults To Get Flu Shots
• Flu • Jan 08 05
Only one in six adults suffering from a chronic illness has received the flu vaccine this year.
That’s according to a survey conducted by…
Vietnam finds new case of human bird flu
• Flu • Dec 30 04
A 16-year-old Vietnamese girl has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus and her condition is stable, a doctor said on Thursday.
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State issues new flu shot priority list
• Flu • Dec 28 04
Infectious disease specialist Michael T. Jelinek has not seen a single case of the flu this year.
“It’s really too soon to say,” he…
China steps up vigilance against bird flu
• Flu • Dec 27 04
Chinese officials have drastically stepped up their vigilance against bird flu in regions along the border with Vietnam, where a series of outbreaks have…