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  mollten: to be an Orange-Winged Amazon, was found to carry the H5 strain and the other was inconclusive. All the remaining birds were humanely destroyed. Tissue samples from the two parrots were tested and the H5N1 deadly strain was confirmed on Sunday. Tags: Bird (via Cosmos)

Geek Crack Dot Com: A Science staff writer, Jocelyn Kaiser, said, "Both the authors and Science's editors acknowledge concerns that terrorists could, in theory, use the information to reconstruct the 1918 flu virus." And yet the journal required that the full genome sequence be made available on the GenBank database as a condition for publishing the paper. (via Cosmos)

  Save the USA: Paul, himself a medical doctor, agreed that the bird flu threat was empty fearmongering….”My first reaction going from my political and medical background is that it’s way overly hyped and to think that they have gone this far with it, without a single case in the whole country and they’re willing to change the law and turn it into a military state?” (via Cosmos)

[RatcliffeBlog””Mitch's Open Notebook] Billions for bird flu? Spend it now.: When a small-government advocate says that this is over-reach, respond that it is certainly preferable to increased militarism, which has been the Bush answer to the potential challenges of pandemic. I'd happily see us increase the income tax rate by a half percent to finance a global solution, because it would be the right thing to do and would earn the United States the admiration of the world, something we'd benefit from, as well.

 [graculus] Bollocks from the Government: His comments followed laboratory test results on Saturday which showed the same deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu as that found in Turkey and Asia had infected ducks in Romania, confirming the virus had reached mainland Europe.

[Tahilla.typepad.com] Bird Flu Watch: The European Commission voiced concern about shortages of anti-viral drugs needed in case of a feared flu pandemic, pressing EU governments to stockpile more of them as alarm over bird flu mounts..The European Union's executive arm, giving an update on the situation after a lethal bird flu strain was confirmed on the continent Saturday, also said it could take further measures to protect Europe against the disease if necessary.."We are not seeking to be alarmist," said Philip Tod, spokesman for EU health commissioner Markos Kyprianou.."We are fulfilling our duty to help member states prepare and to coordinate their preparations.".Specifically, he said a number of EU states do not have enough stocks of anti-viral drugs for human flu to cover 25 percent of the population -- as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the event of a pandemic..Kyprianou "is concerned by the fact that not all member states have sufficient stocks.

[Kolkatabirds.com] Birds of Kolkata: Avian Influenza or Bird Flu and India: . Until recently, HPAI viruses had been isolated rarely from wild birds. Epidemiological studies suggest that, in some cases, wild birds are likely to have played a role in the transmission of H5N1 viruses to domestic poultry. Samples collected from clinically normal birds in the wild have not yet yielded any H5N1viruses. Infection with H5N1 HPAI does not necessarily cause clinical disease. Science and Nature journals report that the H5N1 viral strain is now being transmitted between migratory wild birds makes avian flu even more of a global threat than before.

 [Drmartinwilliams.com] Info and links re bird flu, especially the nasty H5N1 variant in Asia: - However, at a meeting on bird flu organised by FAO at the beginning of February, "Experts present at the talks agreed that such targeted vaccination would help prevent animals falling ill and reduce the amount of virus present in the environment, the so-called “viral load”. Minimising viral load will reduce the potential of avian influenza spreading to humans, if accompanied by strict control measures such as surveillance, elimination of infected birds, animal movement control and observation of basic hygiene in animal production.

 [Sciencenewsblog.com] Science News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu: Infectious disease experts are very concerned that the bird flu could mutate into a more virulent form that could spread easily from human to human. So far the majority of the cases have involved humans catching the virus directly from poultry and there have only been a couple isolated unconfirmed cases where a human caught the virus from close contact with a sick human.

[Birdflumonitor.com] Bird Flu Monitor:  [Traders Trade -- For People Who Buy, Sell and Trade Online] Tamiflu demand has soared because of fears there could be a Bird Flu pandemic even though there is no guarantee Tamiflu will be effective against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. A spokeswoman for eBay said the auction on its British site had been stopped because the sale of prescription drugs was not allowed under the company's rules.

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