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No sign of missed H5N1 cases in Bangladesh study

(CIDRAP News) No signs of H5N1 avian influenza infections were found in more than 400 Bangladeshis who were probably exposed to the virus while working on poultry farms and in markets, according to a study reported in preliminary form …

March 14, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Public Health, and Research
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H5N1 bird flu infection may be more common, less deadly, than thought

(Los Angeles Times) The World Health Organization says the H5N1 bird flu kills nearly 60% of people who become infected, but a study released Thursday suggests the true fatality rate may actually be much lower. Virologists at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City examined data on blood samples collected from more Read More »

February 24, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South Asia, International, Public Health, and Research
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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 »

February 23, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, North America, South America, South Asia, Agents & Toxins, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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New WMD Response Center Planned in India

(Global Security Newswire) The Indian government has approved the establishment of a new education center in Panipat in Haryana state that will be used to prepare military personnel and civilians to respond to potential weapons of mass destruction attacks, the Press Trust of India reported on Thursday.

February 21, 2012
| Filed under South Asia, Biological Weapons, and Public Health
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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 …