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Drug resistant avian influenza more common in Southeast Asia than North America
• Flu • Oct 02 05
Resistance to the antiviral drug amantadine is spreading more rapidly among Avian Influenza viruses of H5N1 subtype in Southeast Asia than in North America,…
Fifth Indonesian dies of bird flu
• Flu • Sep 25 05
A 27-year-old Indonesian woman died in a Jakarta hospital on Monday after suffering from bird flu, and a five-year-old girl who died last week…
EU agency tells farmers to prepare for bird flu
• Flu • Sep 20 05
Poultry farmers in the European Union should get ready to act against bird flu, stepping up surveillance and preparing for mass vaccinations or…
Canada to host big October conference on avian flu
• Flu • Sep 16 05
Canada will host a major international conference on Avian flu in October to discuss how ready the world is to combat a likely pandemic,…
Flu shots urged for Katrina evacuees, elderly
• Flu • Sep 14 05
Hurricane evacuees living in crowded shelters and people at high risk of influenza complications should get priority for flu vaccines over the…
WHO’s Chan aims to prepare world for bird flu outbreak
• Flu • Sep 12 05
Margaret Chan, responsible for helping defend the world against an influenza pandemic that could kill millions, says an outbreak of bird flu among humans…
Bird flu pandemic a question of when, not if
• Flu • Sep 07 05
The world is going to face a pandemic of the bird flu strain lethal to humans, and Thailand is the only nation in South…
Bird flu ebbs in Kazakhstan and Russia
• Flu • Sep 02 05
The outbreak of the bird flu strain dangerous to humans is dying out in sprawling ex-Soviet neighbours Kazakhstan and Russia thanks to quarantine and…
Finland says mild strain of bird flu in dead gulls
• Flu • Aug 31 05
Finnish officials said on Wednesday a low-pathogenic strain of bird flu virus was found in three seagulls discovered dead, but that the birds…
France reinforces defenses against bird flu
• Flu • Aug 30 05
France said on Tuesday it would toughen defenses against the potential arrival of bird flu in the country, reinforcing checks at airports and building…
British doctors gear up for bird flu pandemic
• Flu • Aug 19 05
Doctors’ surgeries across Britain will receive instructions next month to prepare for a feared pandemic of bird flu amid concerns the deadly disease could…
Bird flu could spread to European Russia - ministry
• Flu • Aug 03 05
A strain of the bird flu virus dangerous to humans found in Siberia may spread to the heavily populated European part of Russia, where…
Netherlands sees no threat from Russian bird flu
• Flu • Aug 01 05
The Dutch farm ministry played down fears on Monday that a strain of bird flu found in Russia could spread to the Netherlands, saying…
Indonesia to send blood samples for bird flu test
• Flu • Jul 24 05
Blood samples from two Indonesians hospitalised in Jakarta will be tested for the bird flu virus even though initial results showed both…
Russia finds first suspected case of bird flu
• Flu • Jul 21 05
Russia has identified its first case of bird flu, strains of which can spread to people and can be fatal, the Emergencies Ministry said…
Indonesia confirms first bird flu deaths
• Flu • Jul 20 05
Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday its first deaths from bird flu, saying tests on a father and his two young daughters who died recently showed…
Vietnam to vaccinate chickens, ducks against bird flu
• Flu • Jul 19 05
Vietnam will use over 400 million batches of vaccine to inoculate its chickens and ducks against the deadly bird flu that has killed 40…
Roche’s Tamiflu suppresses Vietnam avian flu
• Flu • Jul 18 05
Roche’s influenza drug Tamiflu suppresses the often deadly Avian flu strain seen in Vietnam, which experts fear will soon cause a human pandemic, U.S.…
Vietnam bird flu toll hits 40, more infected
• Flu • Jul 14 05
Bird flu has killed another Vietnamese and infected three more, taking the country’s toll to 40 - half of them killed since…
Japan finds fresh case of bird flu
• Flu • Jul 11 05
A fresh case of bird flu has been confirmed on a chicken farm neighbouring earlier outbreaks discovered in eastern Japan late last month, a…
First case of bird flu hits Philippines
• Flu • Jul 08 05
The Philippines has suffered its first case of bird flu after ducks were found to be infected in a town north of Manila, prompting…
China must fight ignorance in battle on bird flu
• Flu • Jul 06 05
UN experts are counting on China’s cooperation to help wipe out Avian flu but ignorance among its peasants and communication problems could derail those…
WHO calms fears of bird flu virus mutation
• Flu • Jun 30 05
Tests have yielded no evidence so far that the bird flu virus is mutating and becoming easier to transmit between humans, the World Health…
Vietnam finds two bird flu patients, kills birds
• Flu • Jun 20 05
Two more Vietnamese have contracted bird flu in the country’s north, a state-run newspaper reported on Monday, as more than 6,000 chickens were slaughtered…
Indonesia finds first human case of bird flu
• Flu • Jun 16 05
The first human case of bird flu was identified in Indonesia after a poultry worker tested positive this month, a World Health Organisation (WHO)…