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Latest bird flu news. Bird flu's spread around the globe. Oct 16, 06) Bird flu has spread rapidly since late 2003 from Asia to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Following are some facts about the H5N1 avian flu virus and its spread around the globe. Since the virus re-emerged in Asia in 2003, outbreaks have been confirmed around 50 countries and territories, according to data from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Symptoms of bird flu in humans have ranged from typical influenza-like symp...

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Bird Flu Guard

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Latest bird flu news. WHO reaches bird flu vaccine deal. AP) - The U.N. health agency Tuesday reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday seeking to ensure all countries share their H5N1 virus samples with the World Health Organization and that poor countries get a portion of future pandemic flu vaccines. The discussion on virus sample sharing was among the predominant subjects at WHO's annual meeting against the backdrop of an ongoing battle with Indonesia over H5N1 virus samples. Several experimental pre-p...

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Bird Flu Guard

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Latest bird flu news. Baxter says trial on new flu shot promising. Baxter International Inc., working to modernize the production of influenza vaccines, this morning said its seasonal flu product is showing "strong antibody responses and good tolerability" in an early stage clinical trial in humans. The cell-based approach is a sharp contrast to the tedious, 1940s method still used today that involves hand-processing millions of chicken eggs in labs. For each dosers shine a light through the shell of...

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Bird Flu Guard

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Latest bird flu news. US Approves Bird Flu Vaccine. US regulators Tuesday approved the first vaccine against bird flu, which is aimed at protecting people from a pandemic. The government plans to buy enough doses of the Sanofi Aventis product to immunize 20 million people in the event of a global outbreak triggered by H5N1, the avian virus now causing a pandemic in birds. The vaccine will not be available commercially but will be added to the government's stockpile of emergency supplies. What is Bird Flu?

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Bird Flu Guard

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Latest bird flu news. Egyptian boy, 2, tests positive for bird flu. CAIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - A 2-year-old Egyptian boy has tested positive for bird flu, bringing the number of people who have contracted the disease in the most populous Arab country to 26, the Health Ministry said on Monday. He's in good condition now because Tamiflu was given within 24 hours after the onset of symptoms," John Jabbour, a World Health Organisation official in Cairo, told Reuters. The UN. Food and Agriculture Organis...

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Bird Flu Guard: September 2006

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Latest bird flu news. Friday, September 29, 2006. Research into 1918 virus can help bird flu fight. Sep 28, 2006) New insights into tackling the threat posed by bird flu have been made in a study into the 1918 flu pandemic, published today. The outbreak of the 1918 virus - which was described as Spanish flu and is known to scientists as H1N1 - resulted in the deaths of up to 25 million people around the world. We think the host's inflammatory response is being highly activated by the virus, and that resp...

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Latest bird flu news. GlaxoSmithKline ready to work with Japanese drugmakers on bird flu vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline PLC is ready to work with Japanese pharmaceutical companies if the Japanese government agrees to stockpile the company's pre-pandemic vaccine for bird flu, the head of the company's vaccine business said Wednesday. If a bird flu pandemic hits, Japanese companies could manufacture vaccines using GlaxoSmithKline technology, while its adjuvant system could be applied to existing vaccines. Japan'...

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Bird Flu Guard: January 2007

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Latest bird flu news. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. Taiwan eyes mass production of bird flu vaccines in 2008. TAIPEI - A Taiwanese research team said Monday it had produced a bird flu vaccine that had passed initial animal tests. The vaccine against the H5N1 strain has passed tests on mice,’ said Pele Chuang, the head of a 25-member team at the National Health Research Institute. The H5N1 bird flu strain is potentially deadly to humans. They are due to be completed before the end of June next year. In 2003,...