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FDA Warns Against Flu ‘Remedies’
11 Alive - companies to stop selling purported remedies for bird flu and other forms of influenza because they have products for treating or preventing avian flu, and the agency is concerned

Bird flu could cost U.S. $625 billion
Seattle Times - WASHINGTON A severe bird-flu outbreak would cost the U.S nation struggling to regain its economic footing. Avian flu has been centered mainly in Southeast Asia but is

East Asian leaders commit to fighting bird flu
NhanDan Online - EAS leaders said they would take steps to strengthen capacity of coping with avian influenza, including establishing information-sharing protocols among countries and multilateral organisations, Bernama news agency reported. commit to fighting bird flu Concerned over the spread of the deadly avian flu virus, leaders of

X-rays show shared symptoms among bird flu victims
ABCNEWS.com - The infection from the H5N1 avian flu virus caused multiple lung infections, ‘which usually represents pus and infection in patients with fever and a cough,’ radiologist Dr. Nagmi Qureshi said. ‘ show shared symptoms among bird flu victims Reuters CHICAGO - The lungs of avian flu victims are racked by X-rays performed on 14 Vietnamese bird flu patients admitted to Ho Chi

Ukraine leader orders firing of top vet over bird flu
SignOn San Diego - By Gleb Garanich REUTERS 9:22 a.m. December 5, 2005 NEKRASOVKA, Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko, angry over delays in reporting a virulent strain of bird flu, ordered the dismissal on Monday of Ukraine’s top veterinarian officer. The deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu has been found in birds

Bird flu found in 11 Crimean villages 
The Scotsman: International News - Dec 14 5:51 PM
Ukraine’s health ministry confirmed yesterday that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in 11 Crimean villages and birds were dying in another 14 places.Save to My Web

Flu scare should not halt UK bird imports -report 
AlertNet - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago
LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The import of captive birds into Britain should be allowed to continue despite the discovery of a lethal strain of avian flu in a group of birds at a quarantine facility earlier this year, an independent report concluded.Save to My Web

Ukraine Confirms Deadly Strain of Bird Flu 
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Dec 14 3:07 AM
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that outbreaks of bird flu in 11 Crimean villages were the deadly H5N1 strain that has jumped from bird to humans in Asia and killed at least 69 people.Laboratory tests confirmed the lethal strain was present in 11 out of the 25 villages where bird deaths have been recorded on the Black Sea peninsula, said Ukraine Health Save to My Web

As Sanofi Calls Its Trial on Bird Flu Vaccine Promising, Healthcare Industry Today Offers Extended News Coverage 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has announced that preliminary results of a pre-pandemic vaccine for the H5N1 strain of bird flu are encouraging as it showed to be safe and well tolerated in 300 healthy volunteers.Save to My Web

Ukraine reports 11 bird flu findings 
UPI - Dec 14 5:20 AM
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 14 (UPI) — Bird flu has been confirmed in dead birds in 11 Crimean villages, Ukraine health officials announced Wednesday. Ukraine recorded its first case of bird flu Dec. 4 after some 2,500 birds died on the Black Sea peninsula.Save to My Web

Official: China to provide free and easy-to-use bird flu vaccines 
People’s Daily - Dec 14 4:27 PM
China has developed a new type of vaccine that can prevent newcastle disease and aviation influenza, or bird flu, through sprinkling, a senior official said at a news conference in Beijing Wednesday.Save to My Web

Flu Vaccine Prototype Tests Look Promising 
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 15 3:08 AM
Scientists said Thursday that preliminary tests on a prototype of a pandemic flu vaccine based on the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have shown promise.Save to My Web

China confident of containing bird flu after 15 days without outbreak 
Channel NewsAsia - Dec 14 10:19 PM
BEIJING - China is completely confident of being able to contain the bird flu epidemic after recording 15 consecutive days without a new outbreak, the nation’s chief veterinary officer said Wednesday.Save to My Web

Health experts prepare for bird flu outbreak 
Bangor Daily News - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
AUGUSTA - Public health officials have been warning of a potential global influenza epidemic for several years, but many experts believe the time is getting near, as a deadly strain of flu is affecting poultry flocks in large numbers in Asia and Europe.Save to My Web

Flu Vaccine Prototype Tests Look Promising 
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 15 3:08 AM
Scientists said Thursday that preliminary tests on a prototype of a pandemic flu vaccine based on the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu have shown promise.Save to My Web

Federal flu pandemic plan worries local public health 
Minnesota Public Radio - Dec 14 2:30 AM
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt Leavitt is telling state and local officials that if a massive bird flu outbreak occurs, they may be on their own.Save to My Web

Sanofi: Bird Flu Vaccine Data Look Good 
AP via Yahoo! News - Dec 15 4:44 AM
Sanofi pasteur, the vaccines unit of Sanofi-Aventis, said Thursday that preliminary results of a clinical trial in France show that its bird flu vaccine candidate showed a good immune response in volunteers.Save to My Web

China Confirms Another Human Bird Flu Case 
TechNewsWorld.com - 15 minutes ago
According to the report, 1,640 ducks raised by a villager in Shangxi Village of Quanjiang Township died recently. The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic bird flu was suspected as the killer and a state avian flu lab confirmed the suspicion today.Save to My Web

Indonesia Confirms 9th Bird Flu Death 
ABC News - Dec 14 5:22 AM
Indonesia Confirms Ninth Human Bird Flu Death; Japan to Kill 90,000 More Chickens After OutbreakSave to My Web

Sanofi says human bird flu vaccine tests promising 
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Dec 15 3:58 AM
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi Pasteur’s early stage trials of an experimental vaccine against H5N1 bird flu shows it provides a good immune response in humans and is safe, the French company said on Thursday.Save to My Web

FDA Warns on Bird Flu Remedy Claims 
San Francisco Chronicle - Dec 14 7:33 AM
The Food and Drug Administration is warning nine companies to stop selling purported remedies for bird flu and other forms of influenza because they have not been approved by the agency.Save to My Web

Another Indonesian dies of suspected bird flu 
TODAYonline - Dec 14 1:35 AM
A woman cleans chickens to be sold at a market in Jakarta. A 39-year-old Indonesian man “strongly suspected” of being infected with the deadly bird flu virus has died in hospital, a medical spokesman said hereSave to My Web

Ukraine confirms deadly strain of bird flu in Crimea 
USA Today - Dec 14 6:11 AM
Ukraine on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that outbreaks of bird flu in 11 Crimean villages were the deadly H5N1 strain that has jumped from bird to humans in Asia and killed at least 69 people.Save to My Web

Australian Government’s Preparation For Bird Flu Outbreak Welcome 
Medical News Today - Dec 15 2:07 AM
The priority the Federal Government is placing upon preparation for the possibility of a bird flu outbreak is critical and timely, Medicines Australia said today.Save to My Web