Bird Flu Monitor: November 2006 Archives

Bird Flu Monitor > November 30, 2006

$500 M needed for African bird flu funds

[Flu Patrol] With more countries in Africa now battling the bird flu, the World Bank reveals that more than $500 million is needed to fight bird flu in Africa.

Inspectors stake out smuggled animals (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Wildlife inspector Bryan Landry can spot threats everywhere at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. A backpack carried off a flight from Nigeria contains plastic bags of meat from the bush that could harbor the lethal Ebola virus.

Posted at 12:11 AM

November 30, 2006

$500 M needed for African bird flu funds

[Flu Patrol] With more countries in Africa now battling the bird flu, the World Bank reveals that more than $500 million is needed to fight bird flu in Africa.

Posted at 12:13 AM

Inspectors stake out smuggled animals (Bird flu)

Posted at 12:11 AM

November 29, 2006

South Korea to slaughter 236,000 poultry after outbreak of bird flu (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] South Korean quarantine officials on Sunday began slaughtering more than 200,000 poultry after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a chicken farm, the agriculture ministry said.

Posted at 12:10 AM

Google Earth shows the spread of Bird Flu

[Download Google Earth] The programme that is supposed to be used by rocket scientist is now available for the common folks. Like the search engine of Google, Google earth has secured for itself a place in the life of the web as well as PC users that no other product will be able to drag it down from its number one position.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 28, 2006

Patients suffer mental health problems while taking Tamiflu

[La Leva di Archimede (ENG)] The move comes after the pharmaceutical company wrote to US doctors last week, warning that "people with the flu, particularly children, may be at an increased risk of self-injury and confusion shortly after taking Tamiflu and should be closely monitored for signs of unusual behaviour".

Posted at 12:09 AM

SOUTH KOREAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAK SPREADS FAST MASSI...

[THE BIRD FLU BLOG] SOUTH KOREAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAK SPREADS FAST MASSIVE CULL OF PIGS, DOGS AND CATS CONSIDERED TO CONTAIN SPREAD OF VIRUS The current outbreak of the bird flu virus amongst poultry in South Korea provides a good example of just how fast panic over the virus can spread, how fast it can kill, how quickly a government can move to deal with the outbreak, after initially denying it, and how rapidly bizarre containment measures can become a disturbing reality. On Friday, November 24, the first stories began to appear detailing what an outbreak of what was deemed to be a "low-grade" version of the avian influenza virus.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 27, 2006

Finance sector survives bird flu exercise (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] JOWHAR, Somalia (Reuters) - Dozens of dead birds in a flood ravaged village in Somalia have raised fears of an avian flu outbreak in a country with limited health facilities, officials said on Wednesday.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Bulgaria to kill 440 birds due Newcastle disease (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Japan stops poultry imports from SKorea (AFP) AFP - Japan has said it has suspended poultry imports from neighbouring South Korea after a suspected bird flu outbreak there. Japan bans S.Korean poultry imports over bird flu TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has suspended poultry imports from South Korea from Thursday after a suspected case of bird flu was found at a poultry farm in the southwest of the country, a Japanese Agriculture Ministry official said on Friday.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 26, 2006

Where are we on H5N1?

[Flu Patrol] Effect Measure editors point the answer to a paper they tagged “The best summary of H5N1 to date”. It’s a commentary by Robert Webster and Elena Govorkova that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM Vol 355;Nov23:2174-2177).

Posted at 12:11 AM

Japan bans S Korean poultry imports due to bird flu concerns (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] TOKYO Japan has suspended poultry imports from South Korea and asked Seoul for details about a suspected case of deadly bird flu virus on a chicken farm in Iksan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said Friday.

Posted at 12:09 AM

November 25, 2006

US orders more bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Source: Reuters (Corrects location of Glaxo’s plant in 10th paragraph to Canada from Pennsylvania) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday it had …

Posted at 12:09 AM

Big laboratory for diagnosing bird flu opens outside Novosibirsk (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] BERDSK, November 20 (Itar-Tass) - One of the biggest in the world laboratories for diagnosing bird flu has opened at the Vektor state scientific centre of virology and biotechnologies outside Novosibirsk, Russias chief sanitary doctor reported on Monday.

Posted at 12:07 AM

November 24, 2006

SKorea suspects bird flu after thousands of chickens die (AFP) (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday it had contracted for $200 million more worth of vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu virus.

Posted at 12:10 AM

US orders more bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] US orders more bird flu vaccine Source: Reuters (Corrects location of Glaxo’s plant in 10th paragraph to Canada from Pennsylvania) By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Monday it had ”¦ Mall scheduling talent for event STAUNTON The Colonial Mall is currently scheduling talent for the annual Sounds of the Season 2006 program. Various groups will perform on two weekends Dec.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 23, 2006

Bird Flu Blog: - Novartis wins 41 million dollar contract to boost

[Bird Flu News Digest] Novartis said on Monday it has been awarded a contract worth 40.95 million dollars (31.96 million euros) to boost the United States’ bird flu vaccine stockpile.Save

Posted at 12:09 AM

The pandemic flu report

[Flu Patrol] The second report was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which of course has a more optimistic tone, since, as John Bowen points out, is a report “from a government department that is summarizing its own activities.”

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 22, 2006

Bird flu kills woman, raising Indonesia’s death toll to 57 (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] A woman died of bird flu on the western outskirts of Indonesia’s capital Tuesday, raising the country’s death toll from the virus to 57, a senior health ministry official said.

Posted at 12:09 AM

US awards US$200m in deals for emergency bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the purchase of additional vaccine that could be used in the event of a potential influenza pandemic. The department has awarded contracts totaling $199.45 million to three vaccine makers to manufacture 5.3 million 90-microgram doses of influenza vaccine designed to protect against the H5N1 influenza virus strain.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 20, 2006

Another "big" H5N1 science paper

[Effect Measure] The constructed viruses had either a bird H5 or an H5 from a virus isolated from a human together with the N1 from one of the H5N1s and six internal genes from PR8/H1N1, a common laboratory strain. Thus they were not testing H5N1 viral mutants isolated from birds and humans against human and bird cells, but laboratory constructed H5N1s unlike any found in nature.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 18, 2006

Chinese scientists identify deadly gene in H5N1 (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 bird flu virus which they say is responsible for its virulence in poultry, opening the way for new vaccines.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Bird Flu Blog: - Flu Crisis Report - News about bird flu

[Bird Flu News Digest] A report of latest news about the spread of bird flu and the threat of a new flu pandemic Your independent source of news about bird flu and the threat of a flu pandemic

Posted at 12:07 AM

November 17, 2006

Tyson Foods: Earnings Disappoint; Looks To Turn Animal Fat Into Fuel (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Jonathan Liss submits: Excerpt from our Wall Street Breakfast, a one-page summary of this morning’s key market-moving and stock-moving stories: Meaty Problem for Tyson Foods [Business Week ] and Tyson Foods wants to turn animal fat into fuel [Reuters ] Summary: Richard L.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Tamiflu Can Cause “Abnormal Behavior”

[Traditional Naturopath :: Dr. Bill Bailey, Ph.D., MH, ND, CNHP, CTN discusses issues in the Natural Health field.] This “Bird Flu” drug now raises suspicions about behavioral effects in children. Bird flu drug Tamiflu may cause “abnormal behavior,” manufacturer...

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 16, 2006

Scientists identify key mutations in bird flu virus - Reuters.uk

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] Scientists identify key mutations in bird flu virus Reuters.uk, UK - 11 minutes ago HONG KONG, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered two spots...

Posted at 12:25 AM

Bird Flu Blog: - United States Department of Agriculture - Avian InfluenzaInformation

[Bird Flu News Digest] Information For Agribusiness Conservationists Consumers Cooperatives Educators and Students Department of the Interior Bird Flu : National Wildlife Health Center : Biosecurity For The Birds

Posted at 12:23 AM

November 15, 2006

RSPCA: New scientific report highlights risk of bird flu in wild ”¦ - Politics.co.uk

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] RSPCA: New scientific report highlights risk of bird flu in wild ... Politics.co.uk, UK - 34 minutes ago ... They conclude that the trade presents a...

Posted at 12:10 AM

Bird Flu Blog: - China blasts claim of new bird flu strain

[Bird Flu News Digest] BEIJING China’s top veterinary official is dismissing a study that reports a new strain of bird flu in China. The study by scientists in the United States and Hong Kong…Save to My Web

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 14, 2006

Egypt Could See Rise in Bird Flu Cases This Winter - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] According to Egyptian health officials, with winter well on the way, the country may see an increase in cases of the deadly Bird flu virus in both birds and in .

Posted at 12:09 AM

The New Pandemic Threat: Bird Diarrhea

[The News is NowPublic.com | NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Jakarta - (Reuters) Scientists, physicians and health authorities attending a conference in Jakarta heard dire predictions of a new pandemic threat poised to emerge from the poultry farms of Southeast Asia. Unlike the much ballyhooed bird flu that has yet to mutate into a form easily transmissible from human to human, this new threat is said to already be an imminent threat to world health.

Posted at 12:08 AM

November 13, 2006

Bird Flu Monitor > November 30, 2006

$500 M needed for African bird flu funds

Inspectors stake out smuggled animals (Bird flu)

November 30, 2006

$500 M needed for African bird flu funds

Inspectors stake out smuggled animals (Bird flu)

November 29, 2006

South Korea to slaughter 236,000 poultry after outbreak of bird flu (Avian flu)

Google Earth shows the spread of Bird Flu

November 28, 2006

Patients suffer mental health problems while taking Tamiflu

SOUTH KOREAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAK SPREADS FAST MASSI...

November 27, 2006

Finance sector survives bird flu exercise (Avian flu)

Bulgaria to kill 440 birds due Newcastle disease (Avian flu)

November 26, 2006

Where are we on H5N1?

Japan bans S Korean poultry imports due to bird flu concerns (Avian flu)

November 25, 2006

US orders more bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

Big laboratory for diagnosing bird flu opens outside Novosibirsk (Bird flu)

November 24, 2006

SKorea suspects bird flu after thousands of chickens die (AFP) (Bird flu)

US orders more bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

November 23, 2006

Bird Flu Blog: - Novartis wins 41 million dollar contract to boost

The pandemic flu report

November 22, 2006

Bird flu kills woman, raising Indonesia’s death toll to 57 (Avian flu)

US awards US$200m in deals for emergency bird flu vaccine (Bird flu)

November 20, 2006

Another "big" H5N1 science paper

November 18, 2006

Chinese scientists identify deadly gene in H5N1 (Avian flu)

Bird Flu Blog: - Flu Crisis Report - News about bird flu

November 17, 2006

Tyson Foods: Earnings Disappoint; Looks To Turn Animal Fat Into Fuel (Bird flu)

Tamiflu Can Cause “Abnormal Behavior”

November 16, 2006

Scientists identify key mutations in bird flu virus - Reuters.uk

Bird Flu Blog: - United States Department of Agriculture - Avian InfluenzaInformation

November 15, 2006

RSPCA: New scientific report highlights risk of bird flu in wild ”¦ - Politics.co.uk

Bird Flu Blog: - China blasts claim of new bird flu strain

November 14, 2006

Egypt Could See Rise in Bird Flu Cases This Winter - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases

The New Pandemic Threat: Bird Diarrhea

November 13, 2006

Replikins

deadly gene in H5N1

November 12, 2006

Egypt reports fresh bird flu infection - India eNews.com

China’s first human bird flu patient healthy after one year recovery

November 11, 2006

MSU prof travels world to combat bird flu - MSU Today

WHO apologizes to China

November 10, 2006

Bird Flu Battler Chan to Head WHO - Town Hall

Bird flu battler Chan to head WHO - Brocktown News

November 09, 2006

Flu FAQ 2006-2007 - BCM News

Bird Flu Blog: - If bird flu virus becomes pandemic, high death

November 08, 2006

France rates bird flu risk as negligible

Bird Flu Blog: - Rising H5N1 ”˜Bird Flu’ High-Virulence Sequences Found By

November 07, 2006

Skin Patches Instead of Shots?

November 06, 2006

Soap Lake prepares for avian flu (Avian flu)

November 05, 2006

China is hiding H5N1 bird-flu virus information

November 04, 2006

China, WHO, transparency

November 03, 2006

If bird flu virus becomes pandemic, high death rates possible: WHO report

November 02, 2006

Official: 74 could die from bird flu (Avian flu)

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