]> http://www.healthedia.com/latest Bird Flu Etc. Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926973?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via The Telegraph: Bird flu scare in Siliguri. The whole story:Poultry samples have been sent for tests after 50 birds were killed in a village on the outskirts of Siliguri in the past week. The administration has formed teams to search for more de... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:07:12 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926973?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926974?rsstype=latest&cid=82 If you go to the WAHID Interface - OIE World Animal Health Information Database, you will find links to a number of reports on recent B2B H5N1 outbreaks.Vol. 22, #02 has reports on HPAI bird flu in India and LPAI in Germany and Korea.Vol. 22, #01 ha... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:37:25 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926974?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926884?rsstype=latest&cid=82 The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic killed between 20 and 50 million people worldwide. Many of the dead were young and healthy, an unusual pattern for influenza related deaths. As well, victims often succumbed quickly to this Influenza A (H1N1) infection... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:00:04 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/926884?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926975?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via The Independent, a report by Robert Fisk with implications for H5N1: The rotten state of Egypt is too powerless and corrupt to act. Excerpt:The true disgrace of Egypt, however, is not in its response to the slaughter in Gaza. It is the corruptio... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:44:22 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926975?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926976?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via The Statesman: Post-flu vigil in Malda villages. Excerpt:The animal resources development (ARD) department will start collecting blood samples from 12 January as a part of post Bird Flu surveillance within 3 to 10 km radius from the epicentre of ... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:28:58 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926976?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926977?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via C-Health, Helen Branswell puts things in perspective: Researchers still don't know what to make of avian influenza strain H5N1. Excerpt:Five years after the avian influenza strain H5N1 started killing poultry and people in Southeast Asia, resear... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:11:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926977?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926978?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via The Hindu: Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Bird flu unlikely in State. The whole story:Director of Animal Husbandry L. Mohan has said here that there was no likelihood whatsoever of bird flu striking in the State. Releasing the Poultry Dia... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:33:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926978?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926979?rsstype=latest&cid=82 AlohaOR at Flu Wiki Forum has compiled an enormous 2008: Year in Review . An astonishing amount of work, and sure to be a useful resource.Meanwhile, Mike Coston at Avian Flu Diary has a more concise review, pointing toward the future.... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:01:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926979?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926980?rsstype=latest&cid=82 A Google-translated excerpt from the Solo Pos: At least 10 people Hamlet Susukan, Pare, District Selogiri carry infectious diseases like bird flu. As a result, since the end of December 2008 to 9 January future, all citizens diobservasi intensively ... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:50:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926980?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926982?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via Vanguard: Bauchi creates bird flu Desk. Excerpt:The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has established a well equipped standard State Desk Office with internet facilities for rapid response to Avian Influenza in the state. This was disclosed by th... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:58:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926982?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926983?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via Xinhuanet: S. China province tightens poultry market inspection after bird flu case. Excerpt:Agricultural authorities in south China's Guangdong Province tightened inspection over trading markets for domestic poultry after an 82-day-old baby gir... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:17:02 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926983?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926984?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via New Kerala.com: Special team of doctors in Manipur to prevent spread of bird flu. Excerpt:Authorities in Manipur have deployed a special team of doctors to prevent the spread of avian flu from neighboring states. With the outbreak of bird flu i... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:27:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926984?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/926955?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Every couple of months a major flu paper appears purporting to reveal why the 1918 H1N1 virus was so horrifically virulent in comparison to the other pandemic viruses of the last century, H2N2 (1957 pandemic) and H3N2 (1968 pandemic). It's not just t... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:47:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/926955?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926986?rsstype=latest&cid=82 It's already New Year's Eve in Asia, and JoongAng Daily reviews a turbulent 2008 in Korea, including H5N1:The first confirmed outbreak of bird flu this year was at a poultry farm in Gimje, North Jeolla, on April 1. Public concern over the spread of ... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:04:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926986?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926987?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via the Ottawa Citizen: Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to North America: Report. Excerpt:Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday. They found genetic ... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:40:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926987?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926988?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via the Morung Express in the Indian state of Nagaland: No Bird flu yet but stay on guard. Excerpt:Even as the Dimapur Municipal Council went on the assault by seizing and destroying poultry products around Dimapur, the department of Veterinary &... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:30:43 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926988?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926989?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via the Hong Kong government website: Probe launched into baby's H9N2 infection. Excerpt:The Centre for Health Protection is investigating a case of influenza-A virus (H9N2) involving a two-month old girl who lives in Shenzhen. The Hong Kong-born ba... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:23:30 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926989?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926990?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via the Ministry of Agriculture of the Royal Government of Bhutan: Plant and animal quarantine stations at Geluphu and Samtse. Excerpt:In his inaugural speech Lyonpo said that quarantine stations are equally important as the army buffer zones in te... Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:12:29 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926990?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926991?rsstype=latest&cid=82 Via the Wisconsin State Journal: Three genes can turn normal flu into a killer. Excerpt: Three key genes can turn a regular flu virus into a super killer like the strain that devastated the world 90 years ago and one that could come again, Universi... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:20:19 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/926991?rsstype=latest&cid=82 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/926958?rsstype=latest&cid=82 As far as the world is concerned, if any day can be said to be bird flu's birthday, it's today. The disease of birds doctors call influenza A subtype H5N1 may have had a long gestation period, but we're not sure how long. A form of the virus deadly t... Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:24:54 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/effect-measure/926958?rsstype=latest&cid=82