US scientists Wednesday raised fears that a different strain of the bird flu virus could mutate to become more easily transmissible among humans and trigger a pandemic. "Since their introduction into land-based...
By Uwe Paschen.As we approach the Great Olympic games of 2008 in China many question have come to once mind, such as ethics, Human rights and Freedom of expression, terrorism and security as well though!What did not...
""A few H7 strains of the flu virus have started to evolve some of the traits they would need to infect people easily, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has discovered.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday ordered his cabinet to take any action necessary to fight the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, which has killed four people so far this year.
In directive 279/CT, released yesterday, Dung asked all affected provinces to swiftly...
"An alarming situation has arisen in India where the bird flu epidemic has taken hold and spread further.
At present it has been confirmed in the Indian state of West Bengal with most of the districts in that state...
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India's worst outbreak of bird flu spread as health authorities battled on Friday to stop it reaching the densely populated city of Kolkata amid heavy rain that hampered culling efforts.
Authorities reported the disease had affected two more districts, bringing the number...
"Officials in India's most densely populared state fear that an outbreak of bird flu could be devastating.
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in Malda, infecting poulty in seven of the 19...
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KOLKATA - (Maktoob) – Veterinary workers began killing thousands of chickens in India s east as fears mounted that bird flu could have spread to a third district in the state of West Bengal.Officials said it could...
"The ministry said on its Web site (www.agri.gov.cn) late on Monday that 36,130 ducks had been culled following the outbreak in Guangzhou`s Panyu District.
"At present, the epidemic has been bought under effective...
""We don`t know yet when the grant will be available as the MoU is only to show the Japanese government`s commitment to realizing the scheme," Primo said.
The signing of the agreement was a follow-up to a visit of...
""The death toll of the bird flu disease (in this country) is relatively small, namely 85 out of the total 106 human cases, if we compare it to TBC disease which has claimed thousands of lives," Minister Bakrie said...
"A health ministry official earlier confirmed that the man was infected with the deadly H5N1 virus, after two tests came back positive.
H5N1 is endemic in birds across nearly all of archipelagic Indonesia.
The...
"The number of bird flu cases in Indonesia has risen to 106 with the positive identification of another sufferer in Hangtuah village, Kampar district, Riau province, the Health Ministry said.
Meanwhile, the number of...