avian flu

U.S. Government Declares Swine Flu Public Health Emergency

Michael Santo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:21:08 -0500

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Sunday that federal agencies have declared a public health emergency over swine flu.

Asian Nations Alert to Swine Flu Dangers

Michael Santo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:22:15 -0500

Asian nations, already concerned over avian flu, went on high alert on Sunday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the swine flu outbreak occurring mostly in Mexico a public health emergency with the potential of becoming a global pandemic.

China Reports 3rd Human H5N1 Infection This Month

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:40:12 -0600

For the second time in two days, and the third time this month, China is reporting a Human H5N1 infection. This time of a 27-year-old woman who died yesterday in Shandong Province.

Avian flu becoming more resistant to antiviral drugs

harminka — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:18:40 -0600

A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs is increasing through positive evolutionary selection, with researchers documenting the trend in more than 30 percent of the samples tested.

Excessive use of antiviral drugs could aid deadly flu

harminka — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:07:24 -0600

Influenza’s ability to resist the effects of cheap and popular antiviral agents in Asia and Russia should serve as a cautionary tale about U.S. plans to use the antiviral Tamiflu in the event of widespread avian flu infection in humans, scientists say.

New approach needed against Avian flu threat

harminka — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:32:36 -0500

As the first globally co-ordinated plan for the planet's gravest health threats is hatched by government ministers from around the world this weekend, a new report sets out a 10-point plan for this new, globalised approach to infectious diseases such as avian flu.

Work together for health in Africa

harminka — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:47:08 -0500

Spread of malaria, Rift Valley fever, and avian flu far more likely if researchers continue to 'operate in silos' and if solutions ignore local conditions

Potential new drug candidates to combat bird flu

harminka — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:40:14 -0500

As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or “bird flu” lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have developed resistance to the current roster of anti-flu remedies.

Penn animal study identifies new DNA weapon against avian flu

harminka — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:50:31 -0500

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu.

New vaccine to give long-term defense against bird flu

harminka — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:37 -0500

A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.

Wild Canadian Goose tests positive for H5N1 in England

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:45:12 -0600

The H5N1 Avian Flu Virus has been found in a dead wild Canadian Goose in Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England. This is the 11th case of the virus turning up in wild birds. The goose was found on February 25, 2008.

MIT finds key to avian flu in humans

harminka — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:51:48 -0600

MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic.