Recent News

By Category: International

H5N1 research symposium to be webcast live to public

(American Society for Microbiology) The Royal Society in London will host an international symposium this week to address research issues surrounding H5N1 avian influenza research. Sponsored in part by the American Society for Microbiology, the two-day meeting, April 3-4, will feature key influenza researchers and will be webcast to the public in its entirety.

New research warns of Olympics flu pandemic risk

(The Independent) “There is little pre-existing natural immunity to H5N1 infection in the human population. Should the virus improve its transmissibility, the entire human population could be vulnerable to infection,” states the research – citing previous warnings from …

Dying cattle costly for Egyptian farmers

(The National) Al Shawaye Al Malaq, Egypt – Freshly covered graves mask the carcasses of cattle felled by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak spreading across Egypt, but farmers’ frustration in the Nile Delta over the financial devastation is out in the open.

US bioethics panel approves bird flu studies

(BBC News) A US panel has approved the publication of two controversial H5N1 bird flu studies, after they were revised. The studies, funded by the US government, created strains of the virus that spread easily among ferrets. The US National Security Advisory …

US biosecurity board revises stance on mutant-flu studies

(Nature.com) Today, after a two-day meeting, the board decided to revise its earlier decision. The NSABB unanimously recommended full publication of one of the two disputed papers, a manuscript submitted to Nature by Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his colleagues. “We at Nature are delighted,” said editor-in-chief Philip Campbell. “Subject to  Read More »

« First...102030...118119120121122...130140150...Last »

Also filed under "International":