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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.
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
