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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 …

Outbreak of bird flu puts health officials on high alert

(Irish Independent) The United Nations warned on Thursday that a new mutant strain of the deadly H5N1 virus was circulating in south-east Asia where eight people have died of it already this year. However, the department here said preliminary tests this week had indicated …

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 »

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