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[America.gov-Middle East and North Africa] United States Contributes $320 Million to Global Avian Flu Fight: But an analysis of the situation worldwide between January and June ”” in the Fourth Global Progress Report on Responses to Avian Influenza and State of Pandemic Readiness, released in October by the U.N. influenza coordinator and the World Bank ”” says there were fewer outbreaks and fewer infected countries compared to the same period in 2006 and 2007, and no countries have reported first-time poultry infections so far in 2008.

[SUDBURY NEWS] US Air Force Study Proposed 2009 Influenza Pandemic in 1996: Engdahl then suggests “that sections of the international pharmaceutical industry cartel are acting in concert with the US Government to develop a genetically modified H5N1 virus substance that could unleash a man-made pandemic.” He cites Rima E. Laibow, MD, head of the Natural Solutions Foundation, a citizen watchdog group monitoring the pharmaceutical industry, who states:

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: ReliefWeb » Map » South Asia: Highly Pathogenic ...: iJET Intelligent Risk Systems, a leading provider of global intelligence and business resiliency services, has announced the publication of its annual report: 2008 Review and Forecast: Avian Influenza and Pandemic Planning. ATCC develops and isolates novel avian flu monoclonal antibodies: The antibody-based diagnostic test that is being developed by ATCC is designed to provide information about the virus subtype, a capability that is not currently found .

[GISCafe.com CorpNews] URISA's GIS in Public Health Conference: Pandemic/Avian Flu Emergency planners and healthcare providers at all levels should be involved in the preparation for and response to a possible outbreak of a deadly contagion. This session will inform participants of some of the spatial challenges and solutions relevant to pandemic influenza.

[H5N1 Avian bird flu forecast blog] March bird flu headlines 2009: Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: Mild H5N1 Cases in Egypt Raise Concerns: Fresh avian flu outbreaks hit Vietnam, Egypt - Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy Fresh avian flu .There seems to be only one way to read this: despite the fact that we just had a fatal human case of bird flu in China (and a number more since this press release in China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Egypt), the disease is .

[Socio-Economics History Blog] Is the World Heading Towards Pandemic Avian Flu ? « Socio ...: The H5N1 strain of the virus that is most dangerous to humans first emerged in Asia in 2003 and has since caused nearly 250 deaths, according to World Health Organisation figures.

[ENLIGHTENMENT:] HAVING ROOSTERS PROBABLY WOULD BE AN EXCITING ALTERNATIVE TO ...: Pandemic flu viruses have some avian flu virus genes and usually some human flu virus genes. Both the H2N2 and H3N2 pandemic strains contained genes from avian influenza viruses.

[Bird Flu Monitor] Bird Flu Monitor: Toddler contracts bird flu: Africa: News: News24: ..: The statement added, “Despite the very dangerous nature of the 1918 virus, efforts to reconstruct it started in the mid 1990s, .to develop a genetically modified H5N1 virus substance that could unleash a man-made pandemic, perhaps more deadly than the 1918 ”ËœSpanish Influenza’ pandemic claiming up to 30 million lives - (and gave the US a quick victory in WWI.) .

[Intellectual Property Watch] Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Indonesian Avian Flu ...: Developing countries are concerned that if they supply avian influenza virus samples for free to the international health community under the World Health Organization (WHO) system, the samples will be used to develop patented vaccines targeted to wealthy countries and too expensive for developing countries to purchase. The market for traditional influenza vaccines has been in industrialised countries, so it has been a “north-north process,” a WHO official told Intellectual Property Watch.

[H5N1 Avian bird flu forecast blog] February bird flu Alerts 2009: Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators.

[Intellectual Property Watch] Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » WHO Kicks Off Talks ...: Thailand laid out draft standard terms and conditions for “the transfer and use of influenza biological materials and fair and equitable benefits sharing between member states the WHO.” Its proposal would establish a global influenza vaccine fund with weighted contributions that would involve advanced purchase agreements to obtain vaccines. The terms would establish the sovereignty of governments and provide free access to information on viruses, and oblige countries to participate in the fund, which would be managed by a board.

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