Bird Flu Monitor: December 2006 Archives

Bird Flu Monitor > December 31, 2006

Quigley’s Drug Falls Short in Eye Virus (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] INS News - Rosenbloom, Quigley Pharma’s chief operations officer, said in a statement. The company said its investigational treatment has shown significant antiviral activity in previous studies against various flu virus strains, including H3N2 and H5N1, the

Second bird flu death in two days (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] A 15-YEAR-old girl died today from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second such death in as many days in Egypt.

Posted at 12:08 AM

December 31, 2006

Quigley’s Drug Falls Short in Eye Virus (Avian flu)

Posted at 12:09 AM

Second bird flu death in two days (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] A 15-YEAR-old girl died today from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second such death in as many days in Egypt.

Posted at 12:08 AM

December 30, 2006

EGYPT: Women bear the brunt of bird flu (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] European and Pacific Stars and Stripes - According to an update posted on the USFK Web site, South Korean public health authorities have moved to contain an avian flu outbreak among ducks at a farm in Tangjungmyun, Asan, 9.3 miles south of Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek. The Asan outbreak

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Indonesia eyes 5.5 million overseas tourists in 2007 (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Jakarta Post, Indonesia - 6 hours ago… He said the Bali bombings in 2005 and the Yogyakarta earthquake last May, as well as the fear of avian flu, were some of the causes that contributed to the …

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December 29, 2006

Keeping healthy around critters (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Seattle Times - Crows, ravens and raptors are greatly affected by the West Nile virus. People are far less susceptible.

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Egypt detects third new human H5N1 bird flu case (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Flu shot doesn’t need perfect virus match, study says (Reuters) Reuters - The annual influenza vaccine can protect against illness even if it isn’t perfectly attuned to the flu strain going around, researchers said in a finding that may have implications for protecting people against bird flu. France tests dead birds, does not suspect bird flu (Reuters) Reuters - Officials are carrying out tests to see what caused the deaths of some 4,000 chickens on a farm in northeastern France, but initial indications did not point to bird flu, the agriculture ministry said on Monday...

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December 28, 2006

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Ignore It...

[Simply Left Behind] Africa has joined Asia as a "ground zero" spot for avian flu outbreaks, specifically Nigeria and now Egypt, which along with these two reported deaths has a third confirmed case. Vietnam has once more announced a wholesale slaughter of domestic birds, while South Korea announced a fourth confirmed case in December alone.

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December 27, 2006

Accenture Personal Home Improvement Assistant -- disaster uses?

[W. David Stephenson blogs on homeland security et al.] Which, straining the bounds of credulity, leads me to speculating how a new Web 2.0 application for do-it-yourselfers under development at Accenture might apply to homeland security, and, perhaps most important, a pandemic, in which we'd both be confined to home, serving as family caregivers, while still being able to capitalize on the communications infrastructure.

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Bird Flu Deaths in Egypt and likely H2H Transmission

[SuperStrain Blog-Source] The woman from Zifta, in the northern province of Gharbia, had been in contact with infected poultry, Egypt's Ministry of Health said in a statement on its Web site today. Fowl kept by the family and neighbors have been culled, and people in contact with the birds are being tested, the ministry said in a separate statement on Dec.

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December 26, 2006

Three human cases of bird flu in Egypt

[Effect Measure] The virus is clearly around and with lower temperatures on the way, most everyone is expecting more poultry outbreaks and more human cases. In the lat month Korea has killed 1.2 million poultry and thousands of pigs, Nigeria has widespread disease in birds and Vietnam is also struggling to contain outbreaks in the Mekong Delta.

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Europe backs Glaxo’s pandemic flu vaccine (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Bird flu ruled out after French poultry deaths (AFP) AFP - The French agriculture ministry has said that bird flu is not responsible for the deaths of several thousand chickens on a farm in the east of the country. France tests dead birds, does not suspect bird flu PARIS (Reuters) - Officials are carrying out tests to see what caused the deaths of some 4,000 chickens on a farm in northeastern France, but initial indications did not point to bird flu, the agriculture ministry said on Monday...

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December 25, 2006

Fresh outbreaks in Korea and Vietnam call for major intervention

[Flu Patrol] With a fourth outbreak of H5N1-caused bird flu reported in South Chungchong Province, South Korea on December 21, the Korean government called for the culling of more than 23,000 poultry on top of already 1.13 million poultry slaughtered. The agriculture ministry also destroyed 50,000 eggs and quarantined more than 1.65 million chichens and ducks within a 10 kilometer radius of the outbreak.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Bird Flu Infects Three Family Members In Egypt

[ MedicoNews.com] A family cluster infection of bird flu has been identified in Garbiya, about 55 miles north of Cairo, Egypt, say officials from the World Health Organization (WHO). Two infected people had been slaughtering ducks prior to becoming infected, say WHO officials.

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December 24, 2006

Vietnam Combats To Control Bird Flu

[Huliq: Breaking News] The ministries of Trade, Public Security, Transport, National Defense, Resources and Environment, Science and Technology and other competent ministries and sectors shall direct professional agencies to collaborate with interdisciplinary forces in fulfilling their assignments to prevent bird flu.

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More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans. South Korea says third bird flu case confirmed (Reuters) Reuters - A third case of bird flu has been discovered in southwestern South Korea just as officials have completed culling hundreds of thousands of poultry from two earlier outbreaks.

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December 23, 2006

Fourth Bird Flu Outbreak Is Reported in South Korean Farm

[Emma and Shaun’s as yet, useless blog] Agriculture Ministry officials plan to begin destroying more than 20,000 poultry within a three-kilometer radius of the duck farm. They also will restrict the movement of poultry within a 10-kilometer radius to keep the disease from spreading.

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France tests dead birds, does not suspect bird flu (Reuters) (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] France tests dead birds, does not suspect bird flu (Reuters) Reuters - Officials are carrying out tests to see what caused the deaths of some 4,000 chickens on a farm in northeastern France, but initial indications did not point to bird flu, the agriculture ministry said on Monday...

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December 22, 2006

Vietnam confirms bird flu outbreak (AP) (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Vietnam confirms bird flu outbreak (AP) AP - Thousands of poultry died of bird flu in the past two weeks in southern Vietnam, the government said Wednesday, in the country’s first reported outbreak in a year. Russian zoo closes after two geese found dead ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - One of Russia’s main zoos has closed down after the deaths of two geese sparked a bird flu scare, but the top sanitary official said on Tuesday that tests had not confirmed the outbreak of the disease...

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December 21, 2006

Bird flu in Vietnam: again or still?

[Effect Measure] It was the existence of a poultry outbreak in the vicinity that often was the factor triggering additional testing. If poultry vaccination eliminates the signal without eliminating the virus, we might have the picture we've seen over the last year in Vietnam: no visible outbreak unless there are unvaccinated birds.

Posted at 12:10 AM

Vietnam Confirms Avian Flu Outbreak Is Lethal Strain

[ MedicoNews.com] October 2004 was a key point in our knowledge of H5N1, because that’s when researchers discovered that the virus was increasing its ability to infect mammals. Since then, the opinion of experts has changed from being no longer a case of prevention, but of how long we can delay a pandemic.

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December 20, 2006

Chinese bird flu expert wins nomination to head UN health body - International Herald Tribune

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] China DailyChinese bird flu expert wins nomination to head UN health body International Herald Tribune, France - 22 minutes ago AP. GENEVA: Bird flu...

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AP: Chinese bird flu expert to lead world health group

[.Common Sense] Well, since SARS did not engulf the rest of the world, I guess her administration could be called successful on that, but China's fight with SARS was long and deadly compared with other nations'.

Posted at 12:07 AM

December 19, 2006

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Posted at 12:10 AM

Historical lessons from 1918 reviewed by IOM

[Effect Measure] We continue our summary of the Institute of Medicine "Letter Report" on non-drug non-vaccine measures to slow or contain the spread of an influenza pandemic of a severity similar or worse than that of 1918 (see previous post on models here). The IOM report examined several analyses of historical data from 1918 to see if it was possible to obtain information on the effectiveness interventions on the pattern of outbreaks in various cities in the US.

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December 18, 2006

Saliva swabs for bird flu virus more effective than faecal samples (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Raw Story - Singapore- Scientists looking for indications of the bird flu virus have been taking swabs from the wrong end of the duck, a flu expert said in a published report Tuesday. US and British scientists have found that respiratory samples taken from

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Historical lessons from 1918 reviewed by IOM [Effect Measure]

[ScienceBlogs] We continue our summary of the Institute of Medicine "Letter Report" on non-drug non-vaccine measures to slow or contain the spread of an influenza pandemic of a severity similar or worse than that of 1918 (see previous post on models here). The IOM report examined several analyses of historical data from 1918 to see if it was possible to obtain information on the effectiveness interventions on the pattern of outbreaks in various cities in the US.

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December 17, 2006

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu

[Bird Flu Protection] A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country’s human death toll from the virus to 57, a health ministry official said on Tuesday. The woman from West Java had been undergoing treatment in a Jakarta hospital since early in the month.

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Moldy grain, not bird flu, caused Idaho duck deaths

[Bird Flu Protection] Moldy grain, not bird flu, caused a large mallard duck die-off in Idaho, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman said Friday.

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December 16, 2006

Influenza’s long tail

[Science News - Latest Science Articles from David Bradley Science Writer] A long protein tail found in all influenza A virus raises the possibility of novel drugs that can grab on to it and stop the virus in its tracks. The...

Posted at 12:09 AM

Health Notes Here is a list of ten medical treatme...

[The Tao of Politics] Health Notes Here is a list of ten medical treatments that are currently being tested, and that could revolutionize the fight against certain...

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December 15, 2006

A pandemic could be bad, part 2, US version (in case you hadn't heard) [Effect Measure]

[ScienceBlogs] Since we dont know the average death rate in the pandemic if and when it comes we cant adjust to the needed and necessary items. Most of that stuff that comes from Central Supply (name of the in hospital facility) who in turn orders it from the Baxters/Wellcome etc of the world who have about a month supply on hand at all time.

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Permanent link to Flu mechanics

[ Sciencebase Science Blog] Flu mechanics Posted in Bird Flu, spectroscopy at 3:08 pm by David Bradley With the holiday season almost upon us, that means only one thing, flu is...

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December 14, 2006

Avian flu vaccine developed for poultry (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Avian flu vaccine developed for poultry U.S. scientists say they’ve developed the first egg-injected vaccine to protect chickens against the avian...

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Bird flu: Treating early, treating late, but treating

[Effect Measure] The oldest method of communication between scientists used to be correspondence. Leibniz was famous for his extensive letter writing to other scientists during the scientific revolution of the 18th century.

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December 13, 2006

Next flu pandemic: What to do until the vaccine arrives?

[Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004] However, unless effective action against pandemic flu is taken now, we are in "dire straits," according to a paper published in the November 10 issue of Science. The articled titled, "Next Flu Pandemic: What to Do Until the Vaccine Arrives?," calls for research during the regular season flu season to better understand the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand washing, face masks, and the like.

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U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance

[Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004] U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Tops $434 Million The United States announced today an increase of $100 million in international assistance to address the threat of avian and pandemic influenza since January 2006.The announcement came at an international conference in Bamako co-sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Mali, the European Commission and the African Union. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza John E.

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December 12, 2006

Whatever Happened To Bird Flu ?

[Below The Beltway] Earlier this year, bird flu panic was in full swing: The French feared for their foie gras, the Swiss locked their chickens indoors, and Americans enlisted prison inmates in Alaska to help spot infected wild birds.

Posted at 12:10 AM

Bird flu: headline news

[Effect Measure] A serviceable and knowledgeable article by AP's Maria Cheng, lately of the WHO public information office, has just appeared on the wires. Readers of this site won't find much new, but what is interesting are the headlines.

Posted at 12:09 AM

December 11, 2006

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Scientists criticize bird flu search (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] USA - Dec 6, 2006… the north are most likely to bring deadly bird flu to the main US, researchers said Monday, suggesting the government might miss the H5N1 virus because …

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December 10, 2006

ENN Weekly: December 4th - 8th (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] ENN rounds up the most important and compelling environmental news stories of the week. In the news December 4th - 8th: Wakeful bears, bird flu questions, the cell phone-cancer link, a greener Victoria’s Secret catalog, and much more.

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Bird flu fight needs more cash: World Bank (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] DAKAR (Reuters) - Compensating poultry farmers fast and fairly is central to a global fight against bird flu that is projected to cost an extra $1.2-1.5 billion over the next 2-3 years, international experts said on Monday.

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December 09, 2006

Health Notes Chinese club moss may help against Al...

[The Tao of Politics] Health Notes Chinese club moss may help against Alzheimer’s disease. The extract from this plant is called Huperzine A .

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Bird flu has deadly friends: health experts (Reuters) (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Reuters - Bird flu may be the tip of the iceberg. Experts meeting in Mali say the deadly H5N1 virus is just one of a plethora of diseases threatening animals and people around the world as global warming, intensive farming, increased travel and trade help dangerous microbes breed and spread.

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December 08, 2006

Don't take two aspirin (but call me in the morning)

[Effect Measure] University of Rochester scientists have found that the cells in the immune system responsible for antibody production, the B-cells, also express high levels of the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2). Overproduction of Cox-2 can cause pain and fever, which frequently accompany reaction to infection.

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WHO predicts Bird Fly vaccine for humans in a year (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] dtt-net, Belgium - Dec 6, 2006A vaccine for humans against deadly bird flu strain H5N1 is expected in a year and perhaps even before -in case the virus turn into pandemic- according to …

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December 07, 2006

Donor countries gather in Mali to pledge funds for ongoing bird flu (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Canada East - (CP) - Wealthy countries will have to commit to significant, ongoing funding to control the economic and health threats posed by the H5N1 avian flu virus, the UN’s point person for avian and pandemic influenza warns. Representatives of donor nations

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Study: Most Companies Unprepared for Disasters (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] According to the World Heath Organization, the number of cases of avian flu has nearly tripled since 2005, and with the flu season’s peak edging closer, many organizations are playing the “what if” game this time of year.

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December 06, 2006

Permanent Link to A Graceful Goodbye To America’s Loser

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Bird flu in this cold season: unlikely (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam - 16 hours ago… The H5N1 virus has evolved over the last three years but there have not been signs that they can combine with each other making themselves communicable from …

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December 05, 2006

Some thoughts on the age distribution of H5N1 cases

[Effect Measure] It is the young and young adult most likely to have close contact with infected birds, and since this contact is a feature in their clinical history that calls attention to the possibility of H5N1 infection, they are diagnosed more readily than the elderly who don't give this history. That leaves open the possibility that other kinds of exposure might be involved, something we see no reason to rule out with the present evidence.

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S.Korea bird flu won’t hurt India meal sales: trade (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] S.Korea bird flu won’t hurt India meal sales: trade NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India’s soymeal exports to major feedstock importer South Korea will not be hit by an outbreak of deadly bird flu in the East Asian country, the head of an Indian trade body said on Friday. Canada tells Roche to include Tamiflu warning OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has asked Swiss drug maker Roche AG to warn consumers of possible health risks linked to its influenza drug Tamiflu, the health department said on Wednesday.

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December 04, 2006

There is a third way out of this dilemma (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Times Online - A vaccine against the existing H5N1 strain would not provide complete protection against a pandemic virus, but there is increasingly good evidence that it would prime the population. It would provide a little protection and a single booster of

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Legislature mulling bird flu money (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] The state Senate will swiftly review a bill that would help the state stock up on supplies for potential bird flu pandemic. Ann Dufresne, a spokeswoman for Senate President Robert Travaglini, said the bill would be taken up during an informal legislative session.

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December 03, 2006

$1 billion more needed for bird flu: World Bank (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 35-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country’s human death toll from the virus to 57, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.

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