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UK: "Risk register" will call pandemic the #1 threat
Via The Telegraph: Flu pandemic ‘biggest threat to Britain’s security.’ Excerpt:. The first “annual risk register” will also warn of the threat to the UK of …
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More on the Nigerian outbreak
Via allAfrica.com, an Aufust 1 story from This Day: aNigeria: Flu Kills 1000 Birds in Kano. Experts from the federal government in conjunction with officials of Kano state government have depopulated and disinfected birds affected by …
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How many countries suppress disease statistics?
We’re now well into the second month of a very effective flu-news blackout from Indonesia. But that country may not be the only one that suppresses unwelcome health news. Via The New York Times: New Study Raises Estimate of HIV …
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Whatever happened to horse flu?
This reinforces my belief that even if H5N1 never goes pandemic, what we learn from studying it—and what we do …
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Hong Kong : Live chicken imports to double
Via the Hong Kong government website: Live chicken imports to double. The supply of live Mainland chickens will be doubled to 16000 a day from August 3, the Food & Health Bureau says, adding the supply of Mainland day-old-chicks will …
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Supari: Disasters often cause health crisis
Via Antara: Minister: disasters often cause health crisis. Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said floods, droughts, landslides, whirlwinds, volcanic eruptions and tsunmis often caused health crisis, so that all elements of the nation …
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FAO working to raise awareness in Egypt
Via Daily News Egypt: FAO workshop highlights importance of biosecurity in fighting avian flu. Excerpt:. Biosecurity is vital in combating avian flu, said officials from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). …
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A new, improved Relenza?
If approved, the medicine could provide a new treatment for flu, a disease causing 250000 to 500000 deaths worldwide a year. Previous studies also showed the medicine fights the H5N1 version of bird flu, which world health officials say …
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Thailand: Four test negative for H5N1
Deputy permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit said he ordered the mobile rapid diseaseinvestigation unit to collect blood samples from the four for testing against the H5N1 strain of the virus at Nakhon Sawan’s provincial Science Centre …
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