17 Jul 2008 at 7:30am

Indonesian man dies of bird flu
The Associated Press - 17 Jul 2008
BELENDUNG, Indonesia (AP) ? An Indonesian cargo worker died of bird flu, relatives confirmed Thursday, raising the unofficial toll in the world's hardest …
Indonesia's unofficial death toll from bird flu climbs to 111 International Herald Tribune
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DNA-based bird flu vaccine promising - WorldPoultry.net

18 Jul 2008 at 4:09am

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DNA-based bird flu vaccine promising
WorldPoultry.net, Netherlands - 18 Jul 2008
A DNA-based vaccine against bird flu can safely stimulate the immune system to levels expected to protect against flu, reports Vical Inc. According to the …
Vical says its bird flu vaccine works Stuff.co.nz
Vical reports breakthrough with bird flu vaccine FierceBioResearcher
Biojector(R)2000 Data Presented in Vical's Pandemic Influenza DNA … MarketWatch
FOXBusiness - Business Wire (press release)
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Poultry farmers to learn about bird flu - Solomon Star

18 Jul 2008 at 7:53pm

Poultry farmers to learn about bird flu
Solomon Star, Solomon Islands - 10 hours ago
POULTRY farmers will soon learn about what Avian Influenza, also known as bird flu, is. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock will be providing …

Siraha prone to bird flu - Gorkhapatra

18 Jul 2008 at 7:34pm

Siraha prone to bird flu
Gorkhapatra, Nepal - 10 hours ago
LAHAN, July 18: The District Livestock Service Office, Siraha has announced ten VDCs of the district as bird-flu vulnerable areas. …

Vical Takes New Tack With Bird-Flu Vaccine - Wall Street Journal

17 Jul 2008 at 1:29am

Vical Takes New Tack With Bird-Flu Vaccine
Wall Street Journal - 16 Jul 2008
Since 2003, the H5N1 virus has caused 243 fatalities among 385 humans who have contracted bird flu. Public-health agencies around the world worry that if …

Mystery of 'vaccinated' chickens dying of bird flu - AsiaOne

18 Jul 2008 at 3:34am

Mystery of 'vaccinated' chickens dying of bird flu
AsiaOne, Singapore - 18 Jul 2008
CHICKENS that are vaccinated against bird flu are supposed to be immune to the disease. But hundreds of chickens at a poultry farm in southern Vietnam have …

Siquijor holds bird flu preparedness workshop - Philippine Information Agency

18 Jul 2008 at 12:56am

Siquijor holds bird flu preparedness workshop
Philippine Information Agency, Philippines - 17 Jul 2008
Province of Siquijor (18 July) — Avian Influenza (AI) or Bird Flu continues to be a looming threat to the country as it persists to emerge in neighboring …

Supercomputers fight against bird flu - ZDNet

16 Jul 2008 at 1:17pm

Supercomputers fight against bird flu
ZDNet - 16 Jul 2008
A worldwide outbreak of avian or ?bird flu? is still not excluded and health officials recognize that new drugs are needed since new strains of the virus …

Vietnam reports bird flu-hit chicken in southern province - Xinhua

16 Jul 2008 at 1:01am

Vietnam reports bird flu-hit chicken in southern province
Xinhua, China - 15 Jul 2008
HANOI, July 16 (Xinhua) — Specimens from dead chickens in Vietnam's southern Long An province have been tested positive to bird flu virus strain H5N1, …
Indonesia defends move to block virus sample sharing Reuters
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Turkey producers urged to protect against bird flu threat - Farmers Guardian

17 Jul 2008 at 6:57pm

Turkey producers urged to protect against bird flu threat
Farmers Guardian, UK - 17 Jul 2008
Thousands of turkeys were culled last year in two major avian flu outbreaks on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, prompting industry leaders to look closely at …

17 Jul 2008 at 7:27am

AP - An Indonesian cargo worker died of bird flu, relatives confirmed Thursday, raising the unofficial toll in the world’s hardest hit nation to 111 in three years.

Vical says its DNA vaccine for bird flu works
(Reuters)

17 Jul 2008 at 7:27am

Reuters - A DNA-based vaccine against avian
influenza can safely stimulate the immune system to levels
expected to protect against flu, San Diego-based Vical Inc
reported on Thursday.

Experts identify genes for bird flu replication
(Reuters)

9 Jul 2008 at 1:08pm

Reuters - Scientists have identified around 100
genes that the H5N1 bird flu virus needs in a host in order to
replicate, and this finding may help in the hunt for ways to
block its proliferation.

SKorea lifts bird flu restrictions
(AP)

30 Jun 2008 at 4:23am

AP - South Korea said Monday it has lifted all special restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of bird flu after a series of recent outbreaks.

Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic
(AP)

26 Jun 2008 at 4:58pm
AP - Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes.

Mexico bans Arkansas poultry for now on bird flu
(Reuters)

25 Jun 2008 at 3:47pm
Reuters - Mexico will ban all imports of
poultry and poultry products from Arkansas after a small flock
in that U.S. state had been exposed to a mild form of bird flu,
the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.

Pakistan reports new bird flu outbreak
(AFP)

23 Jun 2008 at 1:43am

AFP - Pakistani authorities reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country’s northwest, killing thousands of birds, officials said.

World not fully prepared for flu pandemic: expert
(Reuters)

21 Jun 2008 at 8:55am
Reuters - The world is far from being fully
prepared for a flu pandemic, a leading U.S. infectious diseases
expert said on Saturday, warning there were big gaps in
surveillance and basic knowledge.

Bird flu mistaken as dengue and typhoid in Indonesia
(Reuters)

20 Jun 2008 at 4:42am

Reuters - Some cases of human bird flu in
Indonesia have been variously misdiagnosed as dengue fever and
typhoid, resulting in the late administration of drugs, a
leading doctor in the country said on Friday.

Two die as Indonesia resumes bird flu reporting: WHO
(Reuters)

19 Jun 2008 at 1:31pm
Reuters - The Indonesian health ministry has
reported two deaths from bird flu in recent weeks, easing
concerns about whether Jakarta would share information about
the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.