http://http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/ukbirdflunews.php/ News on bird flu/avian flu from around the UK http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4351People should be vaccinated now against bird flu rather than waiting for a global pandemic to erupt, an international panel of experts - including a leading British influenza specialist - say in a new report. 1 The influenza researchers say the World Health Organisation (WHO) and national governments should give "urgent consideration" to the idea of priming people in advance of bird flu with a preparatory vaccination. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4351Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4362An international study led by University of Leicester researchers has determined that vaccination will be the best way to protect people in the event of the next influenza pandemic - but that each person would need two doses. In an article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on October 9, researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester report on a study carried out at the Leicester Royal Infirmary. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4362Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4223 Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) announced publication in the June 12, 2008 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) of data demonstrating Baxter's candidate avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine, CELVAPAN, met Phase I/II trial endpoints for safety and immunogenicity (generating a functional immune response). http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4223Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4186AFP - An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4186Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:59:03 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4167AFP - Japan said Wednesday that it was suspending imports of poultry from Britain after a bird flu outbreak on a farm there. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4167Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:26:22 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4119AFP - The European Commission has granted the first licence to market a vaccine in preparation for a pandemic of H5N1 bird flu in Europe, British pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4119Mon, 19 May 2008 12:33:01 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4122Reuters - Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs -- not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu -- to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=4122Wed, 14 May 2008 20:06:10 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3945AFP - A sixth swan has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a nature reserve in south-west England, Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said Saturday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3945Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:18:01 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3965A sixth mute swan, which was collected on January 21st as part of wild bird surveillance in Dorset, England, has tested positive for H5N1, the virulent bird flu virus strain, reports Defra (Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs). Defra added that this sixth confirmation is not a surprise. Defra informs that the area is currently undergoing an "enhanced surveillance" of wild birds. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3965Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3947Reuters - Animals that have previously been vaccinated against seasonal flu appear to respond far quicker to experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccines, a study has found. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3947Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:36:01 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3952Reuters - The communist government of India's West Bengal state has asked thousands of its cadres to help veterinary staff cull birds to contain an outbreak of bird flu in poultry that officials fear could spiral out of control. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3952Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:25:46 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3956Reuters - An outbreak of bird flu in India's most densely populated state could spiral out of control, officials said on Tuesday, as the disease spread to a seventh district. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3956Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:45:02 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3957Reuters - An eight-year-old Indonesian boy died of bird flu on Friday, the health ministry said, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 97. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3957Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:33:30 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3960Reuters - A new outbreak of the strain of bird flu that is deadly to humans has struck Ukraine after being kept under control for two years, veterinarians said on Friday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3960Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:58:13 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3975The British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Nick Blayney underlined the critical role of surveillance amid news of Avian Influenza having been confirmed in a three swans in the Chesil Beach area in Dorset. "While we must never be complacent about the risk of human disease" he said, "Avian Influenza is a disease of birds and given the number of outbreaks throughout the world in recent years it is important that we remain vigilant. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3975Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3870Authorities are trying to find out how the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus strain infected and killed three mute swans in Dorset, England. Other birds at Abbotsbury Swannery are being tested. Abbotsbury Swannery, approximately 9 miles from Weymouth, is a bird sanctuary. According to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the dead birds were found while routine surveillance was taking place. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3870Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3858AFP - Three swans found dead on a nature reserve in south-west England have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said Thursday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3858Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:29:24 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3744Reuters - Wild birds cannot be ruled out as the source of an outbreak of deadly H5N1 bird flu in England, although no evidence they are infected has been found, Britain's acting Chief Veterinary Officer said on Thursday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3744Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:48:16 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3705Reuters - Health officials have failed to reach agreement on a new system to ensure developing countries benefit more from sharing bird flu virus samples used to develop vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Friday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3705Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:36:30 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3697Britain is doubling its stockpile of antiviral medicines in preparation for any future flu pandemic http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3697Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:18:19 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3707AFP - Authorities culled poultry on a sixth farm in eastern England after a new suspected bird flu outbreak, the environment ministry said Wednesday. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3707Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:06:31 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3669Reuters - Health officials this week reopen the thorny issue of bird flu virus sharing, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says is vital for tracking the deadly H5N1 virus and developing vaccines against a potential pandemic. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3669Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:16:30 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3670Reuters - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread to a second poultry farm in Britain in a fresh blow to a farm sector reeling from recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3670Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:08:12 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3671AFP - Britain confirmed a second outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu on Monday, after a farm in eastern England was found to be infected last week. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3671Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:15:30 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3632Another outbreak of bird flu is suspected at a second farm in Suffolk, UK. The birds at Grove farm in Botesdale were scheduled to be culled following the confirmed discovery of the deadly H5N1 virus at nearby Redgrave Park farm on Tuesday.But when officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) arrived at Grove farm to start the culling of 5,500 turkeys, they found some of the birds were already dead. [click link for full article] http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3632Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3630AP - British supermarkets reassured customers Wednesday that the latest bird flu outbreak would not lead to a Christmas turkey shortage, as the government ordered the slaughter of thousands more birds. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3630Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:41:54 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3601AFP - Veterinary authorities launched poultry culls on four more sites in eastern England Wednesday in a bid to stop the spread of the potentially lethal H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3601Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:39:49 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3602AP - An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in eastern England was confirmed Tuesday as H5N1 — the same virulent strain that has killed scores of people around the world. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3602Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:51:07 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3603Reuters - Britain's efforts to contain the spread of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu won approval from the European Commission on Tuesday, confirming restrictions on poultry movement and setting up a series of high-risk zones. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3603Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:01:51 GMThttp://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3588Farmers in Scotland ask the public to report any possible signs of avian influenza after and outbreak in Suffolk. http://www.ukbirdflunews.com/News/article.php?itemid=3588Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:58:23 GMT