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Bird Flu Monitor > June 27, 2008

Fears of pandemic remain despite progress combating avian ...

[INFLUENZA] By Shipra Prakash 24 June 2008 [MEDIAGLOBAL]: Even as Dr. David Nabarro, the United Nations System Influenza Coordinator, was speaking to a group of …

June 25, 2008

World Not Prepared for Avian Flu Pandemic

[ThePoultrySite - Industry News] The report continues that without a vaccine against the deadly H5N1 strain, it will be impossible to protect billions of people who would be at risk should a pandemic start soon. This was the stark warning given by officials from the US, UK and World Health Organization (WHO) at the International Congress on Infectious Diseases in Kuala Lumpur.

Posted at 09:01 AM

April 28, 2008

Emmy Fitri On Indonesia's Pandemic Exercise

[Untitled] When the avian influenza, originally a poultry disease, first emerged in Hong Kong in 1997, many scientists feared the H5N1 virus causing the flu could potentially become a pandemic transmitted between humans.

Posted at 09:01 AM

April 14, 2008

Respirology special issue: “Examining the Avian Flu: From Pandemic ...

[Laboratory Training Info from NLTN Library] - Supamit Chunsuttiwat, “Response to avian influenza and preparedness for pandemic influenza: Thailand’s experience”

Posted at 09:03 AM

April 09, 2008

Pandemic on the Brink? H5N1 Transmission Confirmed

[Pax Plena] Experts indicate, however, that the threat of a pandemic remains unlikely. The virus has yet to mutate into an easily transmissible strain.

Posted at 09:02 AM

April 04, 2008

Sinovac Receives SFDA Approval For Pandemic Influenza H5N1 Vaccine ...

[Medical,Health News and Articles] Sinovac Biotech’s pandemic influenza H5N1 whole viron inactivated vaccine has been granted a production license by the China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Panflu is the first and>pandemic influenza vaccine in 2004.

Posted at 09:04 AM

March 28, 2008

Switzerland: Duck Tests Positive For H5N1

[Avian Flu Diary] Experts fear the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, leading to a pandemic that could kill millions worldwide. (Reporting by Sam Cage;

Posted at 09:04 AM

March 17, 2008

Away For A Couple Of Days

[Avian Flu Diary] I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, flying to Washington D.C., to attend a pandemic planning exercise being held by the HHS on Monday.

Posted at 09:01 AM

February 15, 2008

Dancing Bears and Pandemic Planning

[Avian Flu Diary] Admittedly I'm disappointed with the level of pandemic preparedness here in the United States and around the world. We are making progress, but there is much left to do.

Posted at 09:01 AM

February 11, 2008

Referral: Pandemic Challenges For Hospitals

[Avian Flu Diary] DemFromCt, who blogs on The Daily Kos, has an excellent overview of the challenges hospitals will face during any pandemic crisis.

Posted at 09:03 AM

February 08, 2008

H5N1 Confirmed Crows Cause Pandemic Concerns

[Recombinomics Whats New] The dead crows highlight difficulties in controlling the spread of H5N1, since they can fly across sealed borders and spread H5N1 into adjacent regions. They also signal H5N1 in the region, as seen in the Chittagong metropolitan area.

Posted at 09:02 AM

February 02, 2007

Small changes stop flu virus spread, study finds

[Philly Pharm Bio Blog] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two little changes in the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic stopped it from spreading from one animal to another, a finding that may help determine what will cause the next pandemic, scientists reported on Thursday. Researchers who have been studying a reconstructed version of the 1918 virus found it very easy to stop it from spreading from one infected ferret to another -- although the altered viruses still quickly killed the animals.

Posted at 12:08 AM

January 29, 2007

Scientists Assess Risk Of Potential Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines

[MedicoNews.com] H5N1 avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird flu, has not yet resulted in a pandemic influenza because the virus lacks the ability to spread efficiently and sustainably among humans. However, public health officials are greatly concerned that a human flu strain could be triggered by the H5N1 virus, which is found in bird flocks around the world and has repeatedly crossed the species barrier and infected people.

Posted at 12:13 AM

January 08, 2007

Policies in the US on closing schools in a flu pandemic

[Effect Measure] Although the United States is a nation dedicated to federalism, an uncoordinated approach for community response measures such as school closure decisions could jeopardize our efforts in containing a deadly pandemic. If schools were to remain open until a certain percentage of students and faculty became ill, as they do during typical influenza seasons, then control measures to contain the outbreaks would likely be far more difficult to achieve because a chain of transmission would be established.

Posted at 12:08 AM

January 03, 2007

The coming influenza pandemic?

[Flu Patrol] has been at this for two years now - For what it is worth, when I started I believed a pandemic could hit any minute. It wasn’t that close then, but its closer now than it was two years ago.

Posted at 12:09 AM

December 21, 2006

Vietnam Confirms Avian Flu Outbreak Is Lethal Strain

[ MedicoNews.com] October 2004 was a key point in our knowledge of H5N1, because that’s when researchers discovered that the virus was increasing its ability to infect mammals. Since then, the opinion of experts has changed from being no longer a case of prevention, but of how long we can delay a pandemic.

Posted at 12:09 AM

December 15, 2006

A pandemic could be bad, part 2, US version (in case you hadn't heard) [Effect Measure]

[ScienceBlogs] Since we dont know the average death rate in the pandemic if and when it comes we cant adjust to the needed and necessary items. Most of that stuff that comes from Central Supply (name of the in hospital facility) who in turn orders it from the Baxters/Wellcome etc of the world who have about a month supply on hand at all time.

Posted at 12:10 AM

December 13, 2006

Next flu pandemic: What to do until the vaccine arrives?

[Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004] However, unless effective action against pandemic flu is taken now, we are in "dire straits," according to a paper published in the November 10 issue of Science. The articled titled, "Next Flu Pandemic: What to Do Until the Vaccine Arrives?," calls for research during the regular season flu season to better understand the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand washing, face masks, and the like.

Posted at 12:10 AM

U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance

[Republican National Convention Blog NYC 2004] U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Tops $434 Million The United States announced today an increase of $100 million in international assistance to address the threat of avian and pandemic influenza since January 2006.The announcement came at an international conference in Bamako co-sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Mali, the European Commission and the African Union. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza John E.

Posted at 12:08 AM

December 04, 2006

There is a third way out of this dilemma (Bird flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Times Online - A vaccine against the existing H5N1 strain would not provide complete protection against a pandemic virus, but there is increasingly good evidence that it would prime the population. It would provide a little protection and a single booster of

Posted at 12:09 AM

December 01, 2006

Flu pandemic might cause security headaches (Avian flu)

[Home (aboutflu.net)] Flu pandemic might cause security headaches Personnel safety worries hospitals...

Posted at 12:12 AM

November 23, 2006

The pandemic flu report

[Flu Patrol] The second report was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which of course has a more optimistic tone, since, as John Bowen points out, is a report “from a government department that is summarizing its own activities.”

Posted at 12:08 AM

Bird Flu Monitor > June 27, 2008

Fears of pandemic remain despite progress combating avian ...

June 25, 2008

World Not Prepared for Avian Flu Pandemic

April 28, 2008

Emmy Fitri On Indonesia's Pandemic Exercise

April 14, 2008

Respirology special issue: “Examining the Avian Flu: From Pandemic ...

April 09, 2008

Pandemic on the Brink? H5N1 Transmission Confirmed

April 04, 2008

Sinovac Receives SFDA Approval For Pandemic Influenza H5N1 Vaccine ...

March 28, 2008

Switzerland: Duck Tests Positive For H5N1

March 17, 2008

Away For A Couple Of Days

February 15, 2008

Dancing Bears and Pandemic Planning

February 11, 2008

Referral: Pandemic Challenges For Hospitals

February 08, 2008

H5N1 Confirmed Crows Cause Pandemic Concerns

February 02, 2007

Small changes stop flu virus spread, study finds

January 29, 2007

Scientists Assess Risk Of Potential Flu Pandemic Spread Via Global Airlines

January 08, 2007

Policies in the US on closing schools in a flu pandemic

January 03, 2007

The coming influenza pandemic?

December 21, 2006

Vietnam Confirms Avian Flu Outbreak Is Lethal Strain

December 15, 2006

A pandemic could be bad, part 2, US version (in case you hadn't heard) [Effect Measure]

December 13, 2006

Next flu pandemic: What to do until the vaccine arrives?

U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance

December 04, 2006

There is a third way out of this dilemma (Bird flu)

December 01, 2006

Flu pandemic might cause security headaches (Avian flu)

November 23, 2006

The pandemic flu report

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