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Publish lethal flu virus work, says WHO

(New Scientist) BATTLES continue over whether or not to publish research in which H5N1 bird flu transmitted readily among mammals. Last week, a group of flu virologists, public health experts from countries where H5N1 circulates, bioethicists and the World Health Organization advised that the work should be published – even though the top US biosecurity  Read More »

Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update

(WHO) The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The case is a 19 year-old female from Banten Province. She developed symptoms on 8 February 2012, was hospitalised on 12 February 2012 and died on 13 February 2012. Epidemiological investigation is ongoing by  Read More »

Urgent measures to curb bird flu in Vietnam: Ministry

(SGGP) In addition, Quang Nam Province is facing high risk of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, presently occurring in Que Son and Dien Ban Districts. Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Feb.18 met members of the …

Vietnam may begin producing H5N1 vaccines for humans next year

(Jakarta Post) Vietnam may begin producing bird flu vaccines for humans next year, according to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology’s director Nguyen Tran Hien. The institute, which started researching development of the vaccine in 2005, …

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in Vietnam, Nepal; Hong Kong swine flu hybrids; FDA in China …

(CIDRAP) Vietnam and Nepal have each had several outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu in poultry and wild birds, according to recent reports filed with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In Vietnam, officials confirmed four outbreaks in …

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