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H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa ...

[Old People's News.com] The lethal H5N1 version of the virus is mutating rapidly and rampaging through bird flocks throughout those parts of the world, infecting and often killing people who come in contact with them.

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February 15, 2008

Media: Asia faces `Grave Situation' Over Bird Flu

 [Avian Flu Diary]     HONG KONG, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Asia is facing the grave situation of fighting against the spread of bird flu outbreak, with the reports of more human contraction of the disease in recent days.

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Posted at 09:01 AM

January 16, 2007

Asia Pacific Nations Going Green

 [Clipmarks - haraya's clips] clipped by: haraya Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com(CBS/AP) Asian and Pacific leaders signed an agreement Monday to help reduce their dependence on...

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Posted at 12:09 AM

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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Posted at 12:08 AM

September 08, 2006

Low-risk H5N1 bird flu found in Pennsylvania...

[Home (aboutflu.net)] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second round of tests on swans in Michigan confirmed the birds have a low-pathogenic strain of H5N1 and not the deadly avian influenza virus that has killed more than 141 people in Asia, Europe and Africa, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday.

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Posted at 12:08 AM

August 21, 2006

Regional Asia health meet seeks bird flu strategy

[Enflu] The two-day ministerial meeting in the capital Dhaka will discuss strategies against malaria, avian flu and pandemic-influenza and other health-related issues, officials said.

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Posted at 12:08 AM

August 15, 2006

"The Swan Murmurs Sweet Strains With a Flattering Tongue, Itself the Singer of Its Own Dirge"

[the fiveforty | the fiveforty] From this article in Reuters: "We can definitely say this is not the H5N1 highly pathogenic virus that's been found in Asia and other parts of the world," said the U.S. Agriculture Department's Ron DeHaven, head of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. "It's not the introduction of that virus into North America." Phew!

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Posted at 12:08 AM

June 13, 2006

Asia investors seem to lack flu concern: analyst

[Enflu] "I was surprised when I was in Asia a few weeks ago that people there don't talk about bird flu," said Richard Bernstein, the brokerage's chief investment strategist, speaking at the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit in New York.

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Posted at 12:07 AM

May 15, 2006

Fears Of Bird Flu In Asia Wane

 [Pandemic Flu from Europe] "The virulent bird flu that raised fears of a human pandemic has been largely snuffed out in Southeast Asia where it claimed its first victims. 'In Thailand and Vietnam, we've had the most fabulous success stories,' said Dr.

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Posted at 12:07 AM

April 29, 2006

Masks Not Top Flu Fighter

[Pandemic Virus Facts and Information] Health experts fear the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu that has killed more than 100 people and millions of birds in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East will mutate into one more easily spread among humans.

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Posted at 12:07 AM

November 01, 2005

H5N1 in Canada?

[RatcliffeBlog””Mitch's Open Notebook] If you wanted proof of how fast a pandemic can get out of control, look at the potential spread of the avian variety of H5N1 from Southeast Asia and Siberia, the two areas it was identified just three months ago, to today, when it is in Europe and, potentially, Canada.

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Posted at 11:33 AM

August 31, 2005

UN agency sees bird flu virus spreading to Europe, Africa, Middle East

[Pets.com.sg] UN agency sees bird flu virus spreading to Europe, Africa, Middle East ROME (AP) - The bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Asia is likely to spread to Europe, the Middle East, south Asia and Africa, a U.N. food agency said Wednesday.

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Posted at 07:02 PM

August 07, 2005

This is huge

 [Dr. Andy] Government scientists say they have successfully tested in people a vaccine that they believe can protect against the strain of avianinfluenza that is spreading in birds through Asia and Russia. . . . although the vaccine that had undergone preliminary tests could be used on an emergency basis

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Posted at 11:34 AM

July 09, 2005

Deadly Flu Strain Shows Up in Migratory Birds

 [Democratic Peace] "Deadly Flu Strain Shows Up in Migratory Birds - Scientists' Discovery Gives Rise to Fears the Virus Could Spread Beyond East Asia (7/7/05) By David Brown

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Posted at 12:17 PM