Bird Flu Monitor: February 2007 Archives

Bird Flu Monitor > February 21, 2007

Atchoo! Gesundheit! Bird Flu!

[Kodiak Konfidential - News Opinion Wild Speculation] Everybody in my dark, crowded and wet-dog-smelling office has sneezed today. We've given up on saying "Gesundheit." Now, it's "Bird Flu!"

Laos reports fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry near capital (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] MSN UK News - Laos has reported a fresh outbreak of virulent bird flu in poultry on two farms near the country’s capital Vientiane, a world animal health group said Monday.The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Vientiane’s Sisatannak district was detected on Feb.

Posted at 11:11 AM

February 21, 2007

Atchoo! Gesundheit! Bird Flu!

[Kodiak Konfidential - News Opinion Wild Speculation] Everybody in my dark, crowded and wet-dog-smelling office has sneezed today. We've given up on saying "Gesundheit." Now, it's "Bird Flu!"

Posted at 11:13 AM

Laos reports fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry near capital (Bird flu)

Posted at 11:11 AM

February 16, 2007

90% of bird flu cases hit people under age 40

[Earth Frenzy Radio] Nearly 90 per cent of the people who have been diagnosed so far with H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus were under age 40, a new analysis from the World Health Organization shows. That as-yet-unexplained phenomenon could be a clue that widespread immunity to infection by the virus may exist in people aged 35 and older.

Posted at 10:05 AM

FAO advises keeping cats away from birds with avian flu (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] The UN food agency has advised keeping cats away from birds infected by the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu as a precautionary measure, even though “no scientific evidence” exists of transmission from cats to humans.

Posted at 10:00 AM

Flu - Angle for Farmers Weekly

[ Organic Researcher] The latest UK case of the H5N1 strain of avian flu (also known as bird flu) was confirmed on a Bernard Matthews farm near Holton in Suffolk (see map) on Saturday 3 February.Watch the story unfold through the latest FWi avian flu headlines. Plus there’s advice on this page on what it means for farmers and the general public.And you can also find more in-depth information and advice about avian flu in the UK and across Europe in FWi’s Avian Flu special global report or our top biosecurity tips to help keep the virus out of flocks.Latest headlinesHungarian imports blamed for avian flu outbreakGovernment scientists say contaminated poultry meat from Hungary is the most likely source of the outbreak of H5N1 avian flu in Suffolk.

Posted at 09:38 AM

February 10, 2007

China refutes PNAS report of new H5N1 strain

[Flu Patrol] Its gene sequence is highly more than 99 per cent similar to the H5N1 subtype virus isolated in Hunan and other provinces during the bird flu outbreak in early 2004.” From ChinaDaily, read what Chen Hualan, director of the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory had to say here.

Posted at 12:12 AM

VOTD: New M.I.A.! New Dance!

[Jason] In what has to be one of the most anticipated upcoming music projects inages, and for the same numerous reasons that made her debut CD, Arular,all the noise, Maya Arulpragasam (aka M.I.A.), has gone back to thesouth of India (presumably somewhere in Tamil Nadu, where she also shotthe Sunflowers video) to shoot her video for the upcoming single, Bird Flu ("BECAUSE THIS BEAT GON KILL EVERYONE!!") according to her myspace blog

Posted at 12:09 AM

February 09, 2007

Poor countries demand fair share of bird flu drugs (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] CHICAGO (Reuters) - Stocks in the largest U.S. chicken companies were lower on Monday after the deadly bird flu hit a turkey farm in England, but U.S. experts said there was no danger to the $38.5 billion U.S. chicken industry.

Posted at 12:09 AM

Bird Flu Hits Great Britian, Is America Next?

[ Voteswagon] While American politicians bicker about irrelevant non-binding resolutions and various other wastes of time a real danger to American lives is inching closer to the United States and if we continue to not pay attention to the approaching menace we may be devastated by it in a much worse fashion than the events of 9/11. H5N1 is now being found in Great Britain and not in a bird or two, we are talking mass numbers.

Posted at 12:08 AM

February 08, 2007

Indonesian cats spread bird flu

[Huliq: Breaking News] Indonesian cats spread bird flu The U.S. Embassy warned its citizens to avoid contact with stray cats in Indonesia, saying there had been confirmed...

Posted at 01:46 AM

Everything in moderation? A tale of two global problems

[In Perspective] These potential catastrophes have several things in common: they both are at a global scale with vast impact, both are scientific, and both are hyped, in one way or another (downplayed or over-played). More bird flu deaths and spreading have brought that issue back in the headlines and a recent report of notable significance by the IPCC have evermore raised awareness on climate change and its partly human causes.

Posted at 01:45 AM

February 07, 2007

Bird flu arrives, everyone to die

[Grumpy Old Matt] Bird flu arrives, everyone to die bird flu, blogging, break, death, time Matt My Blog, News & Politics No Comments Never mind. I’m taking a...

Posted at 12:10 AM

Hotlinks (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] It said a number of tests were being carried out, one of which was for possible contamination with the H5N1 avian flu virus. “It is a person who was involved after the outbreak so would have been issued with full protective gear and already be on a course of antivirals, an HPA spokesman said.

Posted at 12:08 AM

February 06, 2007

The Tao of Bird Flu

[The Tao of Health] If there was only one strain of bird flu, that would be bad enough, but there are many strains. They all have the potential to mutate, and they all have the potential to kill.

Posted at 12:11 AM

Europe Faces Latest Bird-Flu Scare

[Huliq: Breaking News] Europe Faces Latest Bird-Flu Scare For nearly a year, there had been a relative lull in cases of H5N1 in Europe. But last month, the deadly strain of...

Posted at 12:09 AM

February 05, 2007

Bird Flu: What do you think?

[ RealEpicurean.com] (HN51 Avian Influenza), this time at the mass producing turkey farm owned by “Bernard Matthews”.

Posted at 12:11 AM

Mass turkey cull to halt bird flu

[the Chris Street blog] Fred Landeg, the government's deputy chief vet, said that although the company vet was called out on Tuesday, turkeys only began to die in significant numbers two days later, suggesting avian flu might be cause.

Posted at 12:09 AM

February 04, 2007

on the wings of a snow white dove

[metaphorge- the Archbishop of Balogna!!!] Here's a really neat interactive map showing the spread of H5N1 bird flu since January 2005 for the Beeb. Particularly interesting is watching the progression of outbreaks with the "bird migration zones" overlay.

Posted at 12:13 AM

IPCC report calls humans guilty of the global warming crime, bird flu hits UK, US senator Obama finds massive online support an

[Rybinski.eu] IPCC report calls humans guilty of the global warming crime, bird flu hits UK, US senator Obama finds massive online support and more bird-flu» China»

Posted at 12:11 AM

February 03, 2007

Close Down Cities To Fight Flu Pandemics US Revea...

[YOUR NEW REALITY] The very real possibility of a 'Spanish Flu' like flu pandemic striking sometime in 2007 gets even less attention in newspaper editorials than it does from Letters To The Editor (usually the best gauge of what is really troubling the public at large).

Posted at 12:09 AM

February 02, 2007

WHO: Drug Companies Ignore Neglected Diseases

[Huliq: Breaking News] WHO: Drug Companies Ignore Neglected Diseases The head of the World Health Organization says more must be done to cure "neglected" diseases that...

Posted at 12:10 AM

Bird Flu Monitor > February 21, 2007

Atchoo! Gesundheit! Bird Flu!

Laos reports fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry near capital (Bird flu)

February 21, 2007

Atchoo! Gesundheit! Bird Flu!

Laos reports fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry near capital (Bird flu)

February 16, 2007

90% of bird flu cases hit people under age 40

FAO advises keeping cats away from birds with avian flu (Avian flu)

Flu - Angle for Farmers Weekly

February 10, 2007

China refutes PNAS report of new H5N1 strain

VOTD: New M.I.A.! New Dance!

February 09, 2007

Poor countries demand fair share of bird flu drugs (Avian flu)

Bird Flu Hits Great Britian, Is America Next?

February 08, 2007

Indonesian cats spread bird flu

Everything in moderation? A tale of two global problems

February 07, 2007

Bird flu arrives, everyone to die

Hotlinks (Bird flu)

February 06, 2007

The Tao of Bird Flu

Europe Faces Latest Bird-Flu Scare

February 05, 2007

Bird Flu: What do you think?

Mass turkey cull to halt bird flu

February 04, 2007

on the wings of a snow white dove

IPCC report calls humans guilty of the global warming crime, bird flu hits UK, US senator Obama finds massive online support an

February 03, 2007

Close Down Cities To Fight Flu Pandemics US Revea...

February 02, 2007

WHO: Drug Companies Ignore Neglected Diseases

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