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A Central Researcher in the H5N1 Flu Debate Breaks His Silence

(AAAS) In the heated debate about two labs that engineered a variant of the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus that for the first time easily transmits between mammals, one critical voice has been missing: Yoshihiro Kawaoka. But today, Kawaoka speaks his mind in a Nature commentary and in a detailed response to questions from ScienceInsider.  Read More »

Bird flu mutation studies must go on, says scientist

(Reuters) A scientist researching a potentially highly lethal airborne version of the H5N1 bird flu virus said on Wednesday he must be allowed to pursue his studies if deadly pandemics are to be prevented.

New Animal Virus Takes Northern Europe by Surprise

(Wired) Scientists in northern Europe are scrambling to learn more about a new virus that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, and goats. For now, they don’t have a clue about the virus’s origins or why it’s suddenly causing an outbreak; in order to speed up the process, they want to share the  Read More »

Powder Mailings Sent to Israeli Embassies

(Global Security Newswire) Israeli embassies and consulates at six U.S. and European locations have received mailings marked  “anthrax” that carried a nontoxic white powder, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday. The envelopes arrived at Israeli embassies in London,The Hague, Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, AFP quoted Israeli news reports as saying. Consulates in New York, Houston and  Read More »

China suffers second bird flu death in a month

(Telegraph.co.uk) Concerns about avian influenza have risen across southeast Asia after China in late December reported its first fatality from the H5N1 virus in 18 months. The latest victim, 39, fell ill on January 6 and was subsequently admitted to hospital in Guiyang …

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