Poultry industry facing catastrophe afresh 1.17 lakh fowls culled
Zakir Mustafiz Milu from Thakurgaon Bird Flu has broken out in a poultry farm of Kazi Farms Group situated at village Yakubpur under Thakurgaon sadar upazila of the district The govt has reportedly given order to cull all the fowls of the farm numbering 1.17 lakh plus 626 and also to destroy about 2.10 lakh eggs.
Nepal: Bird flu spreading fast in Parasi
Via The Himalayan Times : The Himalayan Times : Bird flu spreading fast in Parasi .
Weight Watchers says eat at McDonald's to lose weight
Sunday, March 14, 2010 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com Email this article to a friend Weight Watchers has now officially endorsed Chicken McNuggets as a "healthy meal" in New Zealand, where McDonald's restaurants will begin carrying the Weight Watchers logo on several menu items.
Bee stings as therapy? Apitherapy can treat arthritis and more
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US Healthcare System Wastes $800 Billion a Year
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Bangladesh culls 117,000 chickens after avian flu outbreak
DHAKA : At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh on Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country's largest poultry farms, a local official said.
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Bangladesh: Drive to cull 1 lakh fowls begins
Via The Daily Star : Drive to cull 1 lakh fowls begins . A lakh is 100,000, and a crore is 10 million.
Research ranch studies decline in quail populations
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Drive to cull 1 lakh fowls begins
District Livestock Department yesterday started a drive to cull over one lakh poultry birds and destroy two lakh of eggs at Yakubpur branch of Kazi Breeders Limited here to stop the the spread of bird flu virus.
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Vietnam: Hanoi woman tests positive for H5N1
Via Viet Nam New s : Ha Noi woman tests positive for bird flu . A 25-year-old woman from Soc Son District, Ha Noi was tested positive for avian influenza virus type H5N1 or bird flu on Thursday, according to the Preventive Medicine and Environment at the Ministry of Health.
Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm
It was avian influenza commonly known as bird flu that triggered death of chickens at a poultry house in Thakurgaon district headquarters in the last couple of days, said livestock officials yesterday.
Bangladesh: Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm
News and Resources about Influenza, Infectious Diseases and Public Health March 12, 2010 Bangladesh: Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm Via The Daily Star : Bird flu hits Thakurgaon poultry farm .
Indonesia: Jakarta slaughterhouses to launch next month
Via BeritaJakarta.com: April, all chicken vendors to be relocated . Excerpt: Jakarta capital city administration is determined to curb the spread of the H5N1 virus, or commonly known as bird flu.
Indonesia: Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province
Via Antara: Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province . Excerpt: Bird flu had remained a serious threat in Jambi province because 2,000 chickens had died over the past month, a local health official said.
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$300,000 CIHR Grant Awarded To Medicago, The Research Institute Of The MUHC And McGill University
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the action mechanisms of plant-made Virus-Like Particles (VLP) to Dr. Louis Vezina, Chief Scientific Officer of Medicago and to Dr. Brian Ward and Dr...
Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval To Begin Clinical Trials
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced that its affiliate VGX International Inc. (Korean Stock Exchange: 011000) has received approval in Korea to begin a Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers for Inovio's SynCon? preventive DNA vaccine (VGX-3400) targeting H5N1 avian influenza...
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Campylobacter Bacteria in Cattle Manure May Survive Composting Contrary to popular belief, some disease causing bacteria may actually survive the composting process...
Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists
An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping just one gene, and propose that a similar genetic interaction could happen in nature between the current pandemic H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 avian flu strains, highlighting the importance of continued surveillance...
Virus Hybridization Could Create Pandemic Bird Flu
Genetic interactions between avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal influenza viruses have the potential to create hybrid strains combining the virulence of bird flu with the pandemic ability of H1N1, according to a new study. In laboratory experiments in mice, a single gene segment from a human seasonal flu virus, H3N2, was able to convert the avian H5N1 virus into a highly pathogenic form...
Adamas Pharmaceuticals Announces In Vitro Data Demonstrating TCAD Therapy Is More Potent Than Double Combinations Or Monotherapy Against Resistant Flu
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Voluntary System Works For Swine Flu Vaccination
Social interaction between neighbours, work colleagues and other communities and social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or Bird Flu a surprisingly effective method of disease control...
Pandemic Preparedness Untested In Ontario Hospitals
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1918 And 2009 H1N1 Flu Probably Not Spread By Birds
The two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds. The results of the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of General Virology, also show it is unlikely that birds played a role in the spread of the H1N1 virus in these pandemics...
New Research Findings Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs
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Compound Found To Safely Counter Deadly Bird Flu
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Compound Found To Safely Counter Deadly Bird Flu
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'Rational Drug Design' Identifies Fragments Of FDA-Approved Drugs Relevant To Emerging Viruses
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Transplant Infectious Disease Experts Provide Pandemic Guidance
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Scientists Put Interactive Flu Tracking At Public's Fingertips
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Potential Downside Of Yearly Influenza Vaccination For Children
An article published Online First and in the December edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases discusses the benefits and disadvantages of vaccination for children against seasonal flu. It reports that infection with "seasonal" influenza A could in fact benefit children by giving them improved immunity against pandemic strains such as the current swine flu H1N1 strain...
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
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Rice, UT-Austin Team Wins Stimulus Funds To Study Influenza A
Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include this year's pandemic H1N1 variety, some seasonal varieties and the much-feared H5N1 bird flu...
Previous Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity To Current Swine Flu, Study Shows
University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years...
ImmuneRegen BioSciences(R) Initiates Homspera(R) Studies Against Global Influenza Threat
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Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife
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News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, October 6, 2009
Early Releases: 1. Earlier H1N1 Vaccination Prevents More Deaths, Saves Health Care Costs A vaccine for H1N1 influenza is anticipated to become available this fall. With the amount and timing of vaccine release still in question, policy makers struggle to set priorities regarding who should be vaccinated when...

About Bird Flu

This map shows the recent extent (as of April 21, 2006) to which the bird flu virus has spread to wild and domestic birds as well as humans. Map credit: www.pandemicflu.gov