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Asia on high alert for flu virus

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:41:09 +0200

The governments of Asian nations announce a series of measures to try to prevent a deadly new flu virus entering their countries.

Avian Influenza Situation in Asia: altered role of domestic ducks

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:58:01 +0200

WHO: Bird Flu Hit Asia Chickens in April

EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer AP Online 01-30-2004 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandA worker cuts chickens at a market in Beijing, China, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2004. China's government, stung by criticism of its slow response to SARS last year, is ordering local officials to tell the nation's people quickly ...

Asia Bird Flu Spreads, Claims 7th Victim

DANIEL LOVERING, Associated Press Writer AP Online 01-26-2004 Dateline: BANGKOK, ThailandJongrak Boonmanut cries over a coffin containing her son Captan Boonmanut's body at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, after her 6-year-old son died by bird flu Monday, Jan. 26, 2004. It's the first human ...

HEALTH-ASIA: BIRD FLU FLARE-UP CAUSES THREE NEW DEATHS IN VIETNAM

Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 08-18-2004 BANGKOK, Aug. 18, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- The recently launchednetwork to improve surveillance of bird flu in South-east Asiafaces a stern test in the wake of three recent deaths in Vietnamdue to the lethal strain of the virus. "The ...

Officials say bird flu movie overblown: Bird flu a concern, but can't be transmitted human-to-human yet, health and ag officials say. Only victims were in Asia and had close contact with infected birds.

Byline: James Amos May 9--Health and agriculture officials want everyone to know that tonight's movie on the bird flu pandemic is fiction, not fact. The ABC network is telecasting "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America," and state and local officials are worried that the entertainment vehicle ...

Bird Flu Spreads Rapidly Across Asia; US Bans Bird Importation.

By Michael A. Lev, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--CHENGDU, China -- Bright splotches of blood stained the ground. Cocks and pigeons huddled in their cages. Six workers squatted nearby, plucking dead quail and tossing their scrawny bodies into a large bucket of water. ...

VOA NEWS: ASIA REMAINS KEY IN BATTLE AGAINST BIRD FLU

The Voice of America issued the following story: By Claudia Blume Fears of a global human influenza epidemic have grown in recent months as the H5N1 bird flu virus spread for the first time to Europe. But experts say the response to the disease in Asia, where the strain first appeared, remains the ...

Sick chicks: an outbreak of deadly bird flu in Asia has health officials worried that a human epidemic could be right around the corner.(Health/Life)

Why did the chicken cross the road? To avoid avian influenza perhaps? A recent outbreak of the disease in Asia has resulted in the deaths of millions of birds and has worried health officials around the world. Avian influenza, or bird flu, is an infectious disease that strikes birds, especially ...

Health commissioner: EU to give Asia euro30 million to fight bird flu

TRAN VAN MINH, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-07-2005 Dateline: HANOI, VietnamThe European Union will give euro30 million (US$35.7 million) to help Asia fight bird flu, its health commissioner said Monday.Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou is in Vietnam as part of a 10-day tour through ...

HEALTH-SOUTH-EAST ASIA: A WINTER RESURGENCE OF BIRD FLU IS FEARED

Marwaan Macan-Markar Inter Press Service English News Wire 10-28-2004 BANGKOK, Oct. 27, 2004 (IPS/GIN) -- Animal health experts areurging governments to prepare for another outbreak of bird flu dueto the approaching winter in the northern hemisphere and thearrival of migratory birds, here, escaping ...

HEALTH-ASIA: BIRD FLU PANDEMIC MAY HANG ON FOR YEARS

Inter Press Service English News Wire 02-28-2005 Analysis - By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb. 26, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- A year after it triggeredalarm bells across Asia, the lethal bird flu virus is showinglittle signs of slowing down, consequently forcing health and foodexperts to concede that the ...

The Global Bird Flu Riddle

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:46:41 +0200

Bird flu patients die of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). What causes ARDS and what makes it fatal? Read it here …