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Slashdot Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:23 AM PST Lifelongactivist writes, "A new free book about bird flu has been published by Michael Greger, M.D., the US Humane Society's director of public health and animal agriculture. Bird Flu: a Virus of Our Own Hatching (the site contains the entire book text) tells why modern industrialized agricultural methods, including factory farming, antibiotics misuse, and the use of animal refuse as a food." |
Reuters - Tue Oct 31, 7:38 PM ET Doses of a flu vaccine lie on a table as San Luis Obispo County public healthcare professionals conduct a mass flu vaccination drill at the Veterans building in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. The drill was to administer up to 1,500 free doses of this season's flu vaccine to a large number of people, as well as to test the readiness of the county to handle an outbreak of a serious communicable disease such as the Avian 'Bird' Flu. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES) |
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Reuters - Tue Oct 31, 7:25 PM ET Nettie Rosburg receives a flu vaccine while San Luis Obispo County public healthcare professionals conduct a mass flu vaccination drill at the Veterans building in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. The drill was to administer up to 1,500 free doses of this season's flu vaccine to a large number of people, as well as to test the readiness of the county to handle an outbreak of a serious communicable disease such as the Avian 'Bird' Flu. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES) |
Reuters - Tue Oct 31, 7:16 PM ET A nurse extracts the the flu vaccine from a vial as San Luis Obispo County public healthcare professionals conduct a mass flu vaccination drill at the Veterans building in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. The drill was to administer up to 1,500 free doses of this season's flu vaccine to a large number of people, as well as to test the readiness of the county to handle an outbreak of a serious communicable disease such as the Avian 'Bird' Flu. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES) |
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Reuters - Tue Oct 31, 7:21 PM ET County employees line up for their free flu vaccine while San Luis Obispo County public healthcare professionals conduct a mass flu vaccination drill at the Veterans building in San Luis Obispo, California October 31, 2006. The drill was to administer up to 1,500 free doses of this season's flu vaccine to a large number of people, as well as to test the readiness of the county to handle an outbreak of a serious communicable disease such as the Avian 'Bird' Flu. REUTERS/Phil Klein (UNITED STATES) |
AFP/File - Tue Oct 31, 12:16 AM ET Chickens in Hong Kong. Experts have renewed their warnings of a bird flu pandemic after a new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus deadly to humans and poultry was found to have spread throughout the region(AFP/File/Stephen Shaver) |
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AFP - Tue Oct 31, 12:17 PM ET Chickens are kept in a cage at a poultry shop in a Hong Kong market. Experts have renewed their warnings of a bird flu pandemic after a new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus deadly to humans and poultry was found to have spread through Asia.(AFP/Samantha Sin) |
Reuters - Tue Oct 31, 7:03 AM ET Chickens are seen at a farm in Baokang county of Xiangfan, in central China's Hubei province, October 31, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) |
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Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:24 AM ET Participants acting as passengers wear masks as part of a precautionary drill on a ferry in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:22 AM ET Experts measure the body temperature of a suspected bird flu victim as part of a precautionary drill on a ferry in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
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AP - Wed Nov 1, 3:19 AM ET Participants look on during a drill for the risk of bird flu inside a ferry in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov.1, 2006. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting people as well as poultry in Asia, and some researchers fear its evolution may have been steered by the vaccination programs designed to protect poultry from earlier types of the H5N1 flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) |
AP - Wed Nov 1, 3:20 AM ET Medical staffs dress protective gear during a drill to prevent the risk of bird flu inside a ferry in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov.1, 2006. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting people as well as poultry in Asia, and some researchers fear its evolution may have been steered by the vaccination programs designed to protect poultry from earlier types of the H5N1 flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) |
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Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:44 AM ET Participants acting as passengers leave a ferry as part of a precautionary bird flu drill in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:30 AM ET Participants acting as passengers leave a ferry as part of a precautionary bird flu drill in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
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AP - Wed Nov 1, 3:41 AM ET A participant looks on during a drill to prevent the risk of bird flu inside a ferry in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov.1, 2006. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It is infecting people as well as poultry in Asia, and some researchers fear its evolution may have been steered by the vaccination programs designed to protect poultry from earlier types of the H5N1 flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) |
Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:41 AM ET Participants acting as passengers wear masks as part of a precautionary bird flu drill in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
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Reuters - Wed Nov 1, 3:37 AM ET Participants sterilize a ferry as part of a precautionary bird flu drill in Hong Kong November 1, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. REUTERS/Paul Yeung (CHINA) |
Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:03 AM PST Drugs and fear: A new bird flu flurry. New strain discovery prompts concern among researchers, may spur languishing biotech treatment investment. |
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Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:42 PM PST Mike Bamberger, Benton County emergency program manager, asks the incident management team members what they'd do if a flu pandemic kills so many people that local funeral homes are overwhelmed. SCOBEL WIGGINS/Gazette-Times |
Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:15 PM PST Regional representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Latin American & Caribbean office, Dr Cedric Lazarus (left) helps senior veterinary officer in the Ministry of Agriculture & Lands Dr Osbil Watson add air filters to his biosecurity gear in a demonstration of the proper handling of protective equipment when dealing with incidents of avian influenza (bird flu). (Photo: Bryan Cummings) |
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AFP/File - Thu Nov 2, 10:33 AM ET David Nabarro -- the United Nations (UN) coordinator for avian and human influenza -- has told AFP that the virus is likely to remain a significant global threat for animals and humans for the next decade.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman) |
AP - Fri Nov 3, 3:17 AM ET A young visitor plays with doves at a park Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 in Shanghai, China. China's Agriculture Ministry on Thursday disputed a scientific study about a pervasive, newly discovered strain of bird flu in China, calling the report inaccurate. The findings, released this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said the new strain, called H5N1 Fujian-like, was found in almost all poultry outbreaks and some human cases in southern China and was now becoming prevalent in Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) |
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AP - Fri Nov 3, 3:10 AM ET A visitor feeds doves at a park Friday Nov. 3, 2006 in Shanghai, China. China's Agriculture Ministry on Thursday disputed a scientific study about a pervasive, newly discovered strain of bird flu in China, calling the report inaccurate. The findings, released this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said the new strain, called H5N1 Fujian-like, was found in almost all poultry outbreaks and some human cases in southern China and was now becoming prevalent in Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) |
AFP/File - Fri Nov 3, 4:53 AM ET A chicken farmer checks her fowl at a farm on the outskirts of Huhhot the capital of China's Inner Mongolia region in October 2005. China's lack of transparency over its handling of bird flu is making it difficult to determine if the deadly virus is mutating and spreading, a leading World Health Organization official has said.(AFP/File/Peter Parks) |
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Thur, 02 Nov 2006. Seafood off human diet by 2048: study on ocean ills Halibut steak, lobster tail and tuna sandwiches will drop off the human menu like dodo meat by mid-century if marine destruction continues to accelerate, scientists warned Thursday. |
Reuters - Mon Oct 30, 7:08 PM ET Chickens sit in a cage in Sanguantang Market in Shanghai March 24, 2006. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. (Nir Elias/Reuters) |
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AFP/File - Wed Nov 1, 11:41 AM ET An ostrich at a farm on the outskirts of Oudtshoorn, South Africa. The European Union has lifted a two-year ban on South African ostrich meat imposed after bird flu fears which led to the culling of tens of thousands of birds.(AFP/File/Rodger Bosch) |
Reuters - Tue Nov 7, 6:32 AM ET A labourer hangs slaughtered ducks in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province October 12, 2006. Chinese scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 bird flu virus which they say is responsible for its virulence in poultry, opening the way for new vaccines. (Stringer/Reuters) |
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AFP/File - Mon Nov 6, 1:13 PM ET Chinese bird enthusiasts check out the pigeons for sale at a pigeon market in Hefei, central China, 05 November 2006, which reopened recently after an outbreak of bird flu. China published a report rejecting claims by US and Hong Kong scientists that a new strain of the bird flu virus had emerged in the south of the country and branding the study "unscientific."(AFP/File) |
AFP/File - Tue Nov 7, 7:42 AM ET An Indonesian poultry vendor waits for customers at his Jakarta stall in October. An Indonesian teenager who came in contact with sick poultry has died of suspected bird flu at a hospital in Central Java province.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) |
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AFP/File - Tue Nov 7, 2:20 PM ET Birds perch in a tree at Van, Turkey in January 2006. The United States extended two grants totaling 1.325 million dollars (1.04 million euros) to Turkey to help it prepare for a possible bird flu epidemic, the US embassy here said.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer) |
Reuters - Wed Nov 8, 4:24 AM ET A health worker injects a chicken with the bird flu vaccine inside a poultry farm in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, November 8, 2006. The World Health Organisation has urged Chinese and foreign scientists to stop squabbling and share information to figure out how to combat a new H5N1 bird flu virus strain that is spreading unchecked in poultry flocks. CHINA OUT REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA) |
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(AP) Wednesday, November 8, 2006 6:16 AM EST Margaret Chan from China arrives for a hearing about her candidacy for the post of the WHO Director-General during the second day of the WHO Executive Board at the World Health Organization, WHO, headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006. From Nov. 6 until Nov. 8, 2006 the executive board meets in Geneva to decide on candidates, to interview them and then vote to propose a candidate to the World Health Assembly. In a special session on Nov. 9, 2006 the assembly will consider the board's nomination and will appoint a new director general to succeed late Lee Jong-Wook. (AP Photo/Keystone/Laurent Gillieron) |
AFP - Thu Nov 9, 3:24 PM ET New Director-General of the World Health Organization China's Margaret Chan gives a speech after her appointed by the World Health Assembly during a one-day special session at the United Nations Office in Geneva. Chan, pledged to put her nationality aside and to use her leverage on Beijing to combat major threats such as bird flu.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) |
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Reuters - Wed Nov 8, 12:48 AM ET Birds rest near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai November 7, 2006. Chinese government scientists have rejected international scientists' claims that a new strain of H5N1 bird flu has emerged in coastal China and may spread across Asia and Europe, state media reported late on Monday. Picture taken November 7, 2006. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) |
Thu Nov 9, 2006 4:25 PM GMT A surfer is shown watching the sun set as he waits for the next set of waves during a summers evening in Solana Beach, California, in this August 8, 2006 file photo. Nations must make plans to help tens of millions of "sea level refugees" if climate change continues to ravage the world's oceans, German researchers said on Thursday. REUTERS/Mike Blake |
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AP - Fri Nov 10, 12:55 AM ET Chief veterinary officer Jia Youling speaks during a state Council press conference on H5N1 influenza - bird flu - strains in China in Beijing Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. China's top veterinary official on Friday rejected as groundless a study that reported a new strain of bird flu in the country, saying it had no basis in science. The findings, released last week in an international scientific journal, said the strain, called H5N1 Fujian-like, was found in almost all poultry outbreaks and some human cases in southern China, and was now also the dominant version in Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand.(AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) |
Reuters - Fri Nov 10, 12:04 AM ET Jia Youling, China's chief veterinary officer, holds a news conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing November 10, 2006. Jia on Friday roundly rejected scientists' claims that a new, vaccine-resistant bird flu strain had been found in the country and slammed their research paper's data as unauthentic. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (CHINA) |
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Reuters - Fri Nov 10, 4:54 AM ET Chickens are put on sale inside a poultry market in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province, November 10, 2006. China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting scientists' findings that a new, vaccine-resistant strain was circulating in the country. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA) |
Reuters - Fri Nov 10, 4:32 AM ET A vendor carries ducks inside a poultry market in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province, November 10, 2006. China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting scientists' findings that a new, vaccine-resistant strain was circulating in the country. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA) |
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Reuters - Fri Nov 10, 4:24 AM ET A chicken walks inside a poultry market in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province, November 10, 2006. China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting scientists' findings that a new, vaccine-resistant strain was circulating in the country.REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA) |
Reuters - Fri Nov 10, 4:26 AM ET A vendor sells slaughtered chickens in Xining, in northwestern China's Qinghai province, November 10, 2006. China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting scientists' findings that a new, vaccine-resistant strain was circulating in the country. REUTERS/Simon Zo (CHINA) |
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AP - Fri Nov 10, 7:30 AM ET A Chinese vendor handles ducks for sale at a poultry market in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province Friday Nov. 10, 2006. China's top veterinary official on Friday rejected as groundless a study that reported the emerging dominance of a bird flu strain in Asia, saying it had no basis in science.(AP Photo) |
AFP/File - Thu Nov 9, 1:56 AM ET A livestock vendor shows a chicken to a customer at his open air stall beside a road in Jakarta. Indonesia, which has the highest number of human bird flu infections and fatalities, was unlikely to be hit by a pandemic of the disease in the immediate future, an official has claimed.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) |
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Reuters - Sat Nov 11, 4:38 AM ET A farmer gathers eggs at a hennery in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai province November 11, 2006. China agreed on Friday to share long-sought bird flu virus samples with international health authorities, after rejecting scientists' findings that a new, vaccine-resistant strain was circulating in the country. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (China) |
AP - Sat Nov 11, 5:27 AM ET A Chinese vendor looks after his live ducks at a poultry market in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu province, on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006. Jia Youling, China's top veterinary official on Friday rejected as groundless a study that reported a new strain of bird flu in the country, saying it had no basis in science. (AP Photo/EyePress) |
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AFP/File - Mon Nov 13, 1:45 AM ET Workers walk past a construction site boarded off with a billboard advertisement in Beijing. Asia's regional economy could see a period of contraction next year with a currency crisis, a widening wealth gap, rising protectionism and bird flu posing longer-term threats, a study by a regional think-tank has warned.(AFP/File/Frederic J Brown) |
AFP/File - Mon Nov 13, 1:45 AM ET A vendor shows a chicken to a customer at his road-side stall in Jakarta. The death toll in Indonesia from bird flu is over 55. Asia's regional economy could see a period of contraction next year with a currency crisis, a widening wealth gap, rising protectionism and bird flu posing longer-term threats, a study by a regional think-tank has warned.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad |
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AFP - Mon Nov 13, 6:42 AM ET Floral decorations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hanoi. APEC -- known primarily as an economic forum -- is also working to shore up the world's defenses against bird flu and other deadly diseases.(AFP/Shah Marai) |
AFP - Mon Nov 13, 6:42 AM ET A Vietnamese policeman stands guard outside the venue for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hanoi. APEC -- known primarily as an economic forum -- is also working to shore up the world's defenses against bird flu and other deadly diseases.(AFP/Saeed Khan) |
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AFP - Mon Nov 13, 6:42 AM ET A Vietnamese motorcyclist wears a scarf while riding through Hanoi. APEC -- known primarily as an economic forum -- is also working to shore up the world's defenses against bird flu and other deadly diseases.(AFP/Liu Jin) |
AFP/File - Mon Nov 13, 6:48 AM ET The body of a 67-year-old victim of the bird flu virus is removed from Bandung hospital in October. A young boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 56.(AFP/File/Banyu Sakti) |
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AP - Tue Nov 14, 5:49 AM ET A women cleans chickens at a traditional slaughter house in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006. A 35-year-old bird flu patient was in intensive care in an Indonesian hospital on Tuesday and has not died, as a senior Health Ministry official mistakenly said earlier. Health Ministry official Nyoman Kandun apologized for the mix-up and said Indonesia's death toll from bird flu remains at 56. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) |
Tue Nov 14, 6:49 AM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - The drug Tamiflu now carries a new warning following reports of delirium among some people, mostly in Japan, taking the medication to treat influenza, the manufacturer and US regulators announced. "The reports were primarily among pediatric patients. The relative contribution of the drug to these events is not known," the text says. "Patients with influenza should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behavior throughout the treatment period," |
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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:23 AM PST KXTV Sacramento - Wildlife biologists continue trapping and testing wildfowl as they look for signs of the H5N1 strain of bird flu. So far the results are encouraging. |
AFP - Thu Nov 16, 2:13 PM ET US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives to attend the APEC Ministerial Meeting on the sideline of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) at the national convention center in Hanoi. Rice urged Asia Pacific nations to quickly share all information on bird flu outbreaks to counter the pandemic threat in the region of 2.6 billion people.(AFP/Laurent Fievet) |
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Reuters - Thu Nov 16, 10:10 PM ET President Bush enjoys a toast with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a dinner at the Istana in Singapore November 16, 2006. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) |
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 9:13 AM PST Middle East Online The danger is renewed with bird migration season - © IRIN |
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Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:10 AM PST Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of pathobiological sciences and a virologist, is an expert on the influenza virus.(Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart / courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
AFP/File - Fri Nov 17, 2:50 PM ET A wild duck lands on Lake Geneva, near Villeneuve, Switzerland, in August 2006. Greece said it found bird flu in a wild duck shot by a hunter, adding that more tests were underway to establish whether the virus was the strain that can kill humans.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini) |
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Fri, 17 Nov 2006 4:00 AM PST A northern pintail duck is swabbed to check for bird flu. Yolo Bypass Wildlife Refuge Chronicle photo by Michael Maloney |
AFP/File - Fri Nov 17, 12:25 PM ET A roadside livestock vendor waits for customers sitting among his chickens in Jakarta, April 2006. The United States vowed its support to help Southeast Asian nations fight AIDS and bird flu and improve the region's ability to cope with the aftermath of natural disasters.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad) |
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AFP/File - Sat Nov 18, 11:20 PM ET A man unloads hundreds of chickens in central Hong Kong. The world may have already averted a bird flu pandemic by widespread chicken culls and the isolation of infected humans, Australia's chief medical officer has said.(AFP/File/Stephen Shaver) |
AP - Sun Nov 19, 11:42 PM ET U.S. President George W. Bush, center, and first lady Laura Bush, left, tour the avian influenza, or bird flu, laboratory with Dr. Cao Thi Bao Van, right, at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
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AP - Sun Nov 19, 11:46 PM ET U.S. President George W. Bush, left, is briefed on avian influenza, or bird flu, with Dr. Cao Thi Bao Van , right, at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
AP - Sun Nov 19, 11:41 PM ET U.S. President George W. Bush is briefed on HIV/AIDS and bird flu after a tour of the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
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AFP - Mon Nov 20, 8:35 AM ET US President Geroge W. Bush answers a question during a joint press conference with his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono following their meeting at the summer palace in Bogor, West Java. Bush pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56.(AFP/Jewel Samad) |
Reuters - Mon Nov 20, 10:50 AM ET A close up of Roche AG's Tamiflu pills, known generically as oseltamivir, are seen at the Center for Disease Control in Bangkok October 21, 2005. Britain should stockpile more than one antiviral drug to tackle any bird flu pandemic and appoint an independent flu specialist as a special adviser to the government, scientists said on Monday. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) |
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AFP/Keystone/HO/File - Mon Nov 20, 1:25 PM ET The Novartis building is shown overlooking downtown Basel in this 2000 file photo from Keystone. Novartis said it has been awarded a contract worth 40.95 million dollars (31.96 million euros) to boost the United States' bird flu vaccine stockpile.(AFP/Keystone/HO/File) |
Reuters - Mon Nov 20, 12:53 PM ET A veterinary worker vaccinates a chicken against bird flu at a settlement Peredovoi 100 km (62 miles) from the Russia's southern city of Stavropol, March 11, 2006. The U.S. government said on Monday it had contracted for $200 million more worth of vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu virus. (Eduard Korniyenko/Reuters) |
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Tue, 21 Nov 2006 3:38 PM PST Demand for heritage, organic, and free-range turkeys has grown recently due to health-conscious consumers who trust small, family farms. |
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 2:15 PM PST Turkey Becomes Model for Fighting Bird Flu Zaman Online By Aslihan Aydin, Ankara |
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AP - Thu Nov 23, 12:16 AM ET - Outbreaks Show Bird Flu Virus Is Changing Wearing a protective suits, South Korean officials talk each other in front of a farm before the slaughter of chickens suspected to be infected with deadly bird flu in Iksan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006. A suspected case of bird flu has been found in southwestern South Korea, killing around 6,000 chickens and prompting authorities to cull thousands more, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Hong In-chul) |
Wed, 22 Nov 2006 4:17 AM PST Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News - Dr Noel Barret, Vice President - Global R&D Vaccines, Baxter AG SINGAPORE : A new vaccine that promises protection against a wide range of avian influenza virus has been developed. |
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Reuters - Thu Nov 23, 1:45 AM ET Health officials wear protective suits at a quarantine line at a village entrance in Iksan, south of Seoul, November 23, 2006. South Korea's farm ministry said on Thursday it had discovered a suspected case of bird flu at a poultry farm in the southwest of the country, which could be the country's first outbreak in about three years. Kwon Chul-Am/Newsis (SOUTH KOREA) |
AP - Sat Nov 25, 5:14 AM ET A health official in a protective suit sprays disinfectant to a truck at a farm in Iksan, south of Seoul Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006. An outbreak of bird flu at a South Korean chicken farm was caused by the virulent H5N1 virus, a health official said Saturday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Dong-chul) |
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AP - Fri Nov 24, 7:51 AM ET A health official in a protective suit sprays disinfectant on the ground at a farm in Iksan, south of Seoul Friday, Nov. 24, 2006. South Korea's agriculture ministry said Friday that a low-grade strain of bird flu has killed 200 chickens south of Seoul.The Korean reads 'Quarantine Inspection'.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
AP - Sat Nov 25, 5:12 AM ET A health official burns his protective suite after investigating a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006. An outbreak of bird flu at a South Korean chicken farm was caused by the virulent H5N1 virus, a health official said Saturday.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Dong-chul) |
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AFP/File - Sat Nov 25, 6:00 AM ET South Korean health officials carry samples of bird flu-infected chickens at a farm in Iksan, south of Seoul, November 24. South Korea has confirmed its first bird flu outbreak in three years after a strain of the avian virus was found in tests on dead birds.(AFP/File/Young-Han Jeon) |
AP - Mon Nov 27, 4:15 AM ET South Korean health officials wearing protective suites observe migratory birds inside the civilian passage restriction line near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas in Paju, west of Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. South Korea has killed nearly 100,000 chickens and ducks to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Shim Un-chul) |
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AFP/File - Sun Nov 26, 2:57 AM ET South Korean health officials inspect a rice field frequented by migrating birds in Seosan, 130 kilometers southwest of Seoul. South Korea has stepped up quarantine measures to control an outbreak of deadly bird flu in a hub of its poultry industry.(AFP/File/Jeon Young-Han) |
AP - Sun Nov 26, 1:58 AM ET Health officials wearing protective suits prepare to slaughter at a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006. South Korean quarantine officials on Sunday began slaughtering more than 200,000 poultry after an outbreak of the virulent H5N1 form of bird flu at a chicken farm, the agriculture ministry said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
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AP - Sun Nov 26, 3:27 AM ET South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook, second from right, and Agriculture Ministry officials eat chicken soup at a restaurant in Anyang, west of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006. South Korean quarantine officials on Sunday began slaughtering more than 200,000 poultry after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu at a chicken farm, the agriculture ministry said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Seo Myung-gon) |
AFP - Mon Nov 27, 3:15 AM ET Health officials wearing protective suits prepare for a slaughter at a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul. South Korean workers are slaughtering tens of thousands of chickens to control an outbreak of deadly bird flu around a southern city, amid a media report of a new outbreak elsewhere.(AFP/Yeong-Cheol Park) |
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AFP/File - Mon Nov 27, 4:36 AM ET Health officials conduct an investigation at a village entrance in Iksan, south of Seoul on November 23. Authorities in South Korea have slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens in an effort to control an outbreak of deadly bird flu, even as new cases were reported elsewhere in the country.(AFP/File/Park Yeong Cheol) |
AFP - Mon Nov 27, 4:48 AM ET South Korean parliament members dine on chicken soup at a restaurant in Seoul. Authorities in South Korea have slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens in an effort to control an outbreak of deadly bird flu, even as new cases were reported elsewhere in the country.(AFP/Kim Kyung Je) |
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AFP - Mon Nov 27, 4:48 AM ET A herd of wild ducks which experts believe carry bird flu viruses that hit a hub of South Korea's chicken industry are seen in Paju near the border between North and South Korea. Authorities in South Korea have slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens in an effort to control an outbreak of deadly bird flu, even as new cases were reported elsewhere in the country.(AFP/Jung Yeon Je) |
Reuters - Sun Nov 26, 3:30 AM ET An owner at a chicken store wraps a chicken for sale in Seoul November 26, 2006. South Korea said on Saturday a poultry farm was hit by bird flu, saying it found the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in the country's first outbreak in three years of the virus that is potentially fatal for humans. REUTERS/You Sung-Ho (SOUTH KOREA) |
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AP - Mon Nov 27, 3:39 AM ET A pedestrian walks past in front of a chicken shop at a local market in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. South Korea has killed nearly 100,000 chickens and ducks to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) |
AP - Mon Nov 27, 3:41 AM ET A South Korean woman prepares chicken soup at a local restaurant in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 27, 2006. South Korea has killed nearly 100,000 chickens and ducks to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) |
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AFP/File - Mon Nov 27, 2:54 PM ET A worker guides a herd of ducks at a Taipei market in 2005. Taiwan and North Korea announced new measures to prevent bird flu after an outbreak in South Korea.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh) |
AFP/File - Mon Nov 27, 2:54 PM ET Two ostriches peer from a private poutry farm near Taiwan's capital city of Taipei, in 2005. North Korea announced new measures to prevent bird flu after an outbreak in South Korea.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin) |
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AFP - Tue Nov 28, 2:02 AM ET Health officials wearing protective suits prepare for a slaughter at a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul. The potentially deadly H5NI strain of bird flu has apparently spread to a second poultry farm in South Korea, health authorities have said, as a cull of tens of thousands of chickens continued around the first farm.(AFP/Yeong-Cheol Park) |
16 November 2006 - Wary about fresh outbreak of Avian flu before APEC Summit, Vietnam cleans up market. (YaleGlobal Online) |
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AFP/File - Tue Nov 28, 6:18 AM ET Poultry vendors at the San Guantang wholesale market in Shanghai stand on cages of chickens, March 2006. China has begun looking to phase out live poultry markets as part of plans to fight bird flu more effectively, according to a government document.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston) |
AFP/File - Tue Nov 28, 6:33 AM ET Health officials wearing protective suits prepare for a slaughter at a chicken farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul, November 26. South Korea, battling its first outbreak of bird flu for three years, has confirmed the potentially deadly H5N1 virus has been found on a second poultry farm.(AFP/File/Park Yeong-Cheol) |
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Reuters - Tue Nov 28, 11:53 PM ET Mayor of Seoul Oh Se-hoon (R) eats chicken soup for lunch during a photo opportunity to promote the safe consumption of chicken at a cafeteria of the city hall in Seoul November 29, 2006. South Korea on Tuesday confirmed a second outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming over the weekend it had its first outbreak in three years of the strain that can kill people. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) |
AFP - Tue Nov 28, 1:51 PM ET A boy feeds his pigeons on the roof of his house in Jakarta. World donors must extend around an extra billion dollars to fight bird flu as the deadly virus spreads to ill-prepared countries in Africa and the Middle East, experts said.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo) |
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Reuters - Tue Nov 28, 11:57 PM ET A cook prepares chicken soup for lunch during a photo opportunity to promote the safe consumption of chicken at a cafeteria of Seoul city hall in Seoul November 29, 2006. South Korea on Tuesday confirmed a second outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm, after confirming over the weekend it had its first outbreak in three years of the strain that can kill people. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) |
AP - Tue Nov 28, 12:24 PM ET This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows assorted bird parts found in an Asian medicinal herbal satchet in personal baggage off an incoming flight from Korea at Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Ga. The passenger was from Vietnam and declared nothing. What appeared at first to be typical medicinal Asian herb packets used to make teas, and consisting of twigs, dried plant material, etc., was found to contain upon better inspection dried bird feet, claws, feathers and even bird skulls with dried blood and brains. 'If anything will carry avian flu, it will be that,' said U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspector Brian Landry. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) |
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AFP/File - Wed Nov 29, 5:11 AM ET A South Korean sanitary vehicle disinfects a chicken farm in Seosan, 130 kilometers (78 miles) southwest of Seoul in October 2005. South Korea has begun another mass cull after the nation's first bird flu outbreak for three years spread to a second poultry farm, possibly via infected grain husks.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon Je) |
AP - Tue Nov 28, 3:29 AM ET A health official in protective suit sprays disinfectant on his colleague after investing a farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. A South Korean quarantine official said Tuesday that a new outbreak of bird flu was caused by a 'highly pathogenic' type of the virulent H5N1 virus. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
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AP - Tue Nov 28, 4:14 AM ET A dog in a cage looks at a health official in a protective suit near a farm where the bird flu virus was found in Iksan, south of Seoul, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. South Korean officials were planning Tuesday to kill hundreds of dogs and pigs to seek to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak among chicken, even though outside experts have questioned the merits of killing the other species to stem the disease.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) |
AFP/File - Tue Nov 28, 4:48 AM ET Indonesian boys play with their pet pigeons in the backyard of their house in Jakarta, November 9. A 35-year-old woman has died of bird flu, bringing Indonesia's death toll from the virus to 57, a health ministry official said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo) |
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AFP/File - Thu Nov 30, 3:10 PM ET An Egyptian health department worker disinfects a house in Al-Abiyat, north of Cairo, where an Egyptian was suspected to have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in March 2005. A woman and her two children are suspected of contracting the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Upper Egypt, a veterinary official reportedly said.(AFP/File) |
AP - Thu Nov 23, 12:18 AM ET Wearing a protective suits, South Korean officials walk to a farm to slaughter chickens suspected to be infected with deadly bird flu in Iksan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006. A suspected case of bird flu has been found in southwestern South Korea, killing around 6,000 chickens and prompting authorities to cull thousands more, officials said Thursday. The Korean read ' Quarantine Inspection.' (AP Photo/ Yonhap, Hong In-chul) |
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