Bird Flu

Flu boosts vaccine business

President George Bush's administration three years ago awarded about $1 billion to manufacturers to increase and speed production of vaccines, particularly after the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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Freedom from avian influenza

Press Release: Biosecurity NZ Increased surveillance to demonstrate freedom from avian influenza Biosecurity New Zealand is increasing surveillance for avian influenza to meet new World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)...

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H1N1 Deaths Exceed 6,000 - Animals Affected As Well

More than 199 countries and overseas territories have reported lab-confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza as of November 1, resulting in more than 6000 deaths, according to figures released Friday by the World Health Organization...

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Nigeria: Bird Flu Not Over in Nigeria

Abuja — Recently, the World Bank passed what could be described as a vote of confidence on Nigeria for its ability to control and manage the dreaded Avian Influenza (H5N1) virus popularly called bird flu. Speaking at a two day...

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Viet Nam Reports Another HPAI Outbreak in Poultry

VIET NAM - The veterinary authorities have sent a report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in village poultry. The Vietnamese veterinary authority...

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ImmunoLin provides immediate benefit to the function of immune system and gut

A new study provides evidence that ImmunoLin®, an all natural and GRAS approved source of immunoglobulin, will provide immediate benefit to the function of the immune system and the gut. Immunoglobulins, or antibodies, are...

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Swine flu: prepping for tough times

We've been talking about the possibility of a flu pandemic here for four and a half years. The cliché during much of that time was that the right way to think of a flu pandemic was not "if," but "when." As long as no pandemic...

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Testing for swine flu

The first cases of swine flu were diagnosed in the US in San Diego in mid-April. The discovery was serendipitous, the result of out-of-season US-Mexican border surveillance and use of a new diagnostic test at the Naval Health...

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Cat Gets H1N1 Swine Flu

Iowa Cat Got Pandemic Flu Bug From Owners By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health News Nov. 5, 2009 - A sick Iowa pet is the latest evidence that cats can carry the H1N1 swine flu virus. The pandemic flu bug was detected in a sick,...

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Second human bird flu fatality in Feb.

H5N1 bird flu claimed its second human fatality in this month when the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region man on Thursday. The 41-year-old surnamed Liang in Nanning City developed fever...

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