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[Accountability Central] Spread of bird flu strains slowed at some borders: Since its emergence in 1996, H5N1 has only sporadically been passed from birds to humans. Although only about 350 human cases of this influenza have been recorded worldwide, its high mortality rate raises concerns that if the virus mutates in such a way that humans can pass it on, a deadly flu pandemic may result.

 [A1A South] GSK Bird Flu Vaccine Shows Broad Cross Protection: HONG KONG, March 2 (Reuters) - A vaccine designed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) to protect people against the H5N1 bird flu may be effective in warding off a few different sub-types of the virus, the company said on Sunday.

[Recombinomics Whats New] Hong Kong Issues H5N1 Alert: Public hospitals should report to the e-Flu system of HA all patients fulfilling the case definition of having pneumonia (all types) of unidentified etiology and travel history to affected areas/countries with confirmed human cases of avian influenza infection in the past six months, within seven days before symptoms onset.

[Avian Influenza] Hong Kong Disinfects Markets After Bird Flu Scare: Reuters reporters Hong Kong health workers disinfected two wholesale food markets on Wednesday following the discovery of a dead wild bird suspected to have died from bird flu. http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSHKG284823.

[Bird Flu Breaking News] Hong Kong Prepared for H5N1: Hong Kong Prepared for H5N1.

[unbossed.com] Bird Flu Guidelines: The report includes details of how to recognize and deal with illness in birds and humans. In addition, it provides capsule summaries of outbreaks and other information about preparations and responses that the public should be aware of.

 [China Economic Review - Daily Briefs] Bird flu suspected in Guangdong, Hong Kong alerted: A suspected human bird flu case has been uncovered in the southern province of Guangdong, the Hong Kong government announced Monday, Reuters reported. The Center for Health Protection said it had received word from the provincial health .

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 [Agriculture casualty insurance property blog.] News - How history has taught us to fight flu: But Professor Michael Worboys, director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, said: “These measures were not really that successful, troops were moving all over the world and the flu quickly spread.”

 [Global News Blog] China - Hong Kong January exports growth fastest in 2 yrs on ...: Boston Globe - BEIJING A migrant worker has died of the H5N1 virus in southern China, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, as the country confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu among poultry this year. The woman who died Monday in .

 [Pets available for adoption from PAWS on heartworm.] Hong Kong finds egret with bird flu in city Murren switzerland: Defrank AP WASHINGTON Rudy Giuliani, on the hot seat Sunday for the most exhaustive grilling of his Ascorbic campaign, doggedly insisted that death threats against then girlfriend Judith Nathan prompted the NYPD to launch her.

[Blog Doctor] Woman in China's Guangdong has suspected bird flu (Reuters): suspected to have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Hong Kong government said on Monday, a week after the country reported its third death from the disease since last year. Original post by Former Fat Guy dot Com.

[Pharmacy online blog] Study Results Detail Bird Flu Migration, Provide Means To Measure ...: Since its emergence in 1996, H5N1 has only sporadically been passed from birds to humans. Although only about 350 human cases of this influenza have been recorded worldwide, its high mortality rate raises concerns that if the virus mutates in of that kind a way that humans can pass it on, a deadly flu pandemic may result.

[Blog Doctor] China bird flu victim ate sick chickens: officials (Reuters): Reuters - A woman in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, which she probably contracted from sick poultry she kept in her backyard, Hong Kong government health officials said on Monday.

[Medical,Health News and Articles] Greg Laden’s Blog : The Coming Plague: A migrant worker has died of the H5N1 virus in southern China, the Hong Kong government said Tuesday, as the country confirmed its fourth outbreak of bird flu among poultry this year.

[Pharmacy online blog] Bird Flu Breaks Out In Tibet And Claims Another Life In China: Meanwhile in Viet Nam, the Ministry of Health confirmed last week, that a 40 year old man from Gia Loc district, Hai Duong province, died of H5N1 bird flu on 13th February after being taken into hospital 5 days earlier. He developed symptoms on the 2nd of February and it has been confirmed that he had come into contact with sick and dead domestic birds before falling ill.

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