News on Bird Flu from around the world
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Malaysia suspends Thai chicken imports over bird flu scare: report (AFP)Saturday 15 11 08
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Cleveland Clinic Recognizes New Strategies For Creating Vaccines For Avian Flu As A Top Ten Medical Innovation For 2009Friday 14 11 08Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced that its strategy for treating avian flu through genetically-engineered virus-like particles (VLPs) was ranked as a Top Ten Innovation at Cleveland Clinic 6th Annual Medical Innovation Summit. Novavax, Inc. |
Indonesia says teenager tests negative for bird flu (AFP)Thursday 13 11 08
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Thailand confirms second bird flu case (AFP)Thursday 13 11 08
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A New Way To Predict Outbreaks: Replikin Peptide Concentration In H5N1 Influenza Virus Genome As A Marker For Lethal OutbreaksThursday 13 11 08WHO and CDC have stated that the predictive accuracy of their annual formulations for human influenza vaccines is "suboptimal" -- often correct less than 50% of the time, especially for seniors. Perhaps in part because we are not yet accurate in our predictions of upcoming influenza strains, approximately 36,000 people die each year of flu in the United States alone. |
Indonesian teenager dies of bird flu (Reuters)Wednesday 12 11 08Reuters - A 15-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu in central Java, a health official said on Wednesday, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 113. |
15-year-old girl dies of bird flu in Indonesia (AP)Wednesday 12 11 08AP - Indonesian health officials say a 15-year-old girl has died of bird flu. |
Record-level US Support For Bird Flu Program - Indonesia, Viet Nam And Egypt Among Major Beneficiary CountriesWednesday 12 11 08The United States will provide an additional $44.4 million in support of FAO's avian influenza control and prevention campaign, FAO announced today. With the new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), US support to the FAO avian influenza program has reached a total of $112.8 million. The United States remains the largest donor to FAO's bird flu control activities implemented in more than 96 countries. |
Genetics Provide Evidence for the Movement of Avian Influenza Viruses from Asia to North America via Migratory BirdsFriday 07 11 08Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. As part of a multi-pronged research effort to understand the role of migratory birds in the transfer of avian influenza viruses between Asia and North America, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska and the University of Tokyo, have found genetic evidence for the movement of Asian forms of avian influenza to Alaska by northern pintail ducks. |
New Warning Over Bird Flu Vaccine - University Of Leicester Professor Calls For Vaccination ProgrammeFriday 07 11 08A team of international researchers has written to the journal, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, calling for people to be vaccinated now against bird flu in order to mitigate the effects of global pandemic. Professor Karl Nicholson, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the University of Leicester and Consultant Physician at the Leicester Royal Infirmary is among those who has written the article. |
