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Scientists call for curbs on own research on deadly bird flu virus

(The Guardian) Professor Osterholm said he considered the new virus a worse threat than the return of smallpox. “I wouldn’t like to see smallpox get out of the lab, but if it did it wouldn’t overly concern me,” Osterholm said. “We could contain it. The same thing is true with Sars. But influenza would scare Read More »

February 6, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research
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MSU researcher finds link to H5N1 bird flu

(Delta Farm Press) Wan said the goal of his research is to find the sources of human H5N1 infections and provide the foundations for policy-making for protecting public health. While the United States has regulations in place to protect consumers, this is not the case in all countries. Wan began studying avian influenza while conducting Read More »

February 3, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Agents & Toxins, Agriculture, Public Health, and Research
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FLU NEWS SCAN: H5N1 death in Vietnam, H5N1 research advisory

(CIDRAP) Vietnam today reported its second death from H5N1 avian flu this year, after confirming no cases of the disease for almost 2 years, according to a report from Tuoi Tre News. Ministry of Health officials confirmed that a 26-year-old woman from Soc Trang …

February 2, 2012
| Filed under Asia/Pacific, North America, Public Health, and Research
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NSABB: Studies show how H5N1 can jump natural barrier

(CIDRAP News) The core of a US biosecurity advisory board’s concern about two controversial, as-yet-unpublished studies on H5N1 viruses is that the studies have shown how to remove the apparent natural barrier that keeps the viruses from …<

February 1, 2012
| Filed under Europe, North America, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
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Flu Work Akin to Nuclear-Bomb Experiments, Board Says

(Global Security Newswire) Experts who made an unprecedented recommendation that bird-flu researchers hold back some details of their work justified the controversial decision on Tuesday, saying that the experiments were akin to the 1940s work on nuclear weapons or the first attempts at genetic engineering in the 1970s.