Health Buzz: U.N. Warns of Bird Flu Resurgence


Health Buzz: U.N. Warns of Bird Flu Resurgence

U.S. News & World Report -
Bird flu is making a comeback, the United Nations warned Monday. Though the deadly virus had been in decline since appearing in 2003, wild bird migrations have brought it back to previously virus-free countries, and a mutant strain has ...

Officials: No flooding Montpelier ... UN warns of new bird flu ... World stocks up

9&10 News -
ROME (AP) - The UN is warning that the bird flu virus is coming back. But this time it's a mutant strain that's spreading into parts of Asia that had previously been virus-free.

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Phuketwan -
Associated Press The UN warned of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus. A mutant strain of H5N1, which can apparently side-step the defences of existing vaccines, is spreading in China and Vietnam, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ...

World too complacent on bird flu

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
According to World Health Organization statistics, these girls are the 563rd and 564th humans to be infected with bird flu, and the Cambodian girl was the 330th to die of it.

Southern California man pleads guilty in bird flu remedy case

Washington Post -
By AP, LOS ANGELES - The inventor of the cold remedy Zicam has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles to illegally distributing an unapproved herbal product that he claimed treated and prevented bird flu. Charles Hensley of Redondo Beach pleaded guilty Monday ...

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Wall Street Journal (blog) -
Bird Flu, Again: The United Nations is warning that a strain of avian flu against which current vaccines may not protect is spreading among birds in China and Vietnam, the Associated Press reports.

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Associated Press of Pakistan -
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (APP): The Uinted Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday called for heightened preparedness and surveillance amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond.

UN agency warns of possible bird flu resurgence

Jerusalem Post -
By REUTERS ROME - The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere.

WHO says Cambodian girl has died of bird flu

eTaiwan News -
AP The World Health Organization says a 6-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu. WHO and Cambodia's Ministry of Health said in a joint news conference Wednesday that she is the eighth person to die from the H5N1 flu virus this year in Cambodia ...

Mutant bird flu strain hits China, Vietnam, UN warns

Newsday (subscription) -
Nation Newsday > News > Nation Mutant bird flu strain hits China, Vietnam, UN warns ) Published: August 29, 2011 12:51 PM By News Desk Global Post The UN is calling for countries to adopt "heightened readiness and surveillance" against a resurgence of ...

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Associated Press of Pakistan -
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (APP): The Uinted Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday called for heightened preparedness and surveillance amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond.

There's a new zombie novel in town

the Inkwell -
Armstrong student Gary Mountjoy displays his independently published novel “3 Years After…,” a story about a zombie apocalypse caused by the bird flu virus. Run for your life! The zombie apocalypse is closer than you think. Or at least that's what ...

Bird flu deaths in Asia prompt call for scrutiny

WHNT -
Health workers carry culled poultry for disposal at Gandhigram village in India on March 7, 2011 after fresh cases of bird flu were detected in a nearby poultry farm. A mutant strain of this H5N1 virus is now reportedly spreading in China and Vietnam.

Human Bacteria Killing Coral in Florida Keys

New York Times (blog) -
We've all heard about bird flu, swine flu, HIV, ebola - diseases that jump species with alarming agility and wreak havoc on humanity's unprepared immune system.

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9&10 News -
ROME (AP) - Remember bird flu? A United Nations agency is urging renewed vigilance. The UN Food and Agriculture Agency says a mutant strain of H5N1 avian influenza, which can apparently sidestep defenses of existing vaccines, is spreading in China and ...

Airlangga University produces first ever locally-produced bird flu vaccine seed

Jakarta Post -
Researchers at Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, have succeeded in creating a bird flu vaccine seed that could potentially kill the deadly virus if it were contracted by humans.

THE NAMES OF LOVE – The Review

We Are Movie Geeks -
THE NAMES OF LOVE is an edgy new French film that touches on a lot of heavy subjects including politics, identity, immigration, Jews, pedolphilia, the Holocaust, Arabs, Muslims, and the bird flu. Those wacky French sure have a way with romantic ...

Medical chief hoses down bird flu fears

ABC Local -
Australia's new chief medical officer has moved to water down the United Nation's latest bird flu warning. On Monday, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said a mutant strain of the deadly avian influenza virus was spreading in Asia and ...

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu): How Much of a Threat?

EmpowHer -
The H5N1 influenza virus is often called avian influenza, or bird flu. It is one of a class of viruses designated influenza A. Birds, both wild and domestic, are recognized as natural reservoirs of ...

Bioethicists chary of making animals 'human'

Economic Times -
into an animal. Some scientists have already tried such experiments around the world. The benefits of humanising animals are plenty, but so are the dangers.


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