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On February 25th, 2005, Vietnam confirmed yet another bird flu case in a 21-year-old man from Thai Binh province. It was the first reported infection in more than a month. He tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu as reported by Nguyen Thi Tuong Van of Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi. On the day of this confirmation of this new bird flu case came, international experts from around the world convened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to discuss strategies for fighting this very deadly virus. On November 8th, 2005 news services reported that a 35-year-old man from Hanoi had became the 42nd Vietnamese to die of H5N1 avian influenza, while the number of suspected cases in Indonesia continued to grow. It was the 92nd case of a human death due to H5N1. By the end of April 2008 the number of human deaths globally due to H5N1 grew to 241. ☞ CONTINUE
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Egyptian girl dies of bird flu
...Tamiflu not effective (Reuters 12/25/06)
Vietnam finds fresh bird flu cases
...detected in 6000 chickens and ducks (Aljazeera Net 12/20/06)
S Korea slaughters dogs, cats, pigs, mice
...officials insist the decision not unusual (China View 11/29/06)
Indonesia reports 57th avian flu death
...35-year-old Indonesian woman dies (CIDRAP 11/28/06)
South Korea has H5N1 in poultry again
...in farms on migration route (CIDRAP 11/27/06)
Detecting avian flu too difficult and time-consuming
...new studies of two outbreaks (NY Times 11/26/06)
U.S. Buys Additional Influenza Vaccine
...prepares to protect 20 million from pandemic (SJ 11/20/06)
New H5N1 strain emerges in China
...Fujian province secret (Time 11/1/06)
Bird flu: the front line
...Winter flu season has begun - a greater risk (Times Online 10/30/06)
WHO confirms 3 fatal H5N1 cases in Indonesia
...global avian flu count to 256 cases with 151 deaths. (CIDRAP 10/17/06)
Pigs, cats in Indonesia infected with H5N1
...presents the viruses an opportunity to combine and form new strains (CIDRAP 10/10/06)
Indonesian boy dies of bird flu
...death toll from the disease in Indonesia now 51 (Wash. Post 9/24/06)
Massive avian flu tests begin in Isles
...vigilance prevails to prevent H5N1 (Hon. Adv. 9/16/06)
Excessive immune response, cytokine storm
...accounts for the often lethal nature of H5N1 (CIDRAP 9/11/06)
Three more H5N1 confirmed cases in Indonesia
...one recent case, two previously missed (CIDRAP 9/8/06)
CDC - 100M doses of flu vaccine this season
...17 million more than ever before (CIDRAP 9/6/06)
H5N1 virus in ducks in 2 U.S. states
...low-pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (CIDRAP 9/5/06)
Thai researcher says dog had H5N1 avian flu
...ate infected ducks (CIDRAP 8/31/06)
Bird flu cluster? Indonesia toll rises to 46
...mother of dead child also dies (Foodconsumer.org 8/20/06)
Indonesia Probes Case for Human Transmission
...experts studying 9-year old death on Aug. 15(BLOOMBERG 8/17/06)
Two Michigan, U.S. swans have H5N1
...experts quell concern (CIDRAP 8/14/06)
Cambodia reports bird flu outbreak
...new outbreak in poultry (CNN 8/12/06)
US wild bird H5N1 monitoring expands
...beyond Alaska, now Hawai•i and elsewhere (CIDRAP 8/10/06)
New Indonesian bird flu deaths
...43rd and 44th death (Aftenposten 8/8/06)
First migrating Kolea return to Hawai'i
...no indication of bird flu (Honolulu Advertiser 8/6/06)
Thailand confirms bird flu death
...27-year-old man dies, 16th victim (AdelaideNow 8/5/06)
German zoo has H5N1
...virus pops up in a swan (CIDRAP 8/4/06)
Bird Flu and You
...what if it gets to Hawai'i? (Honolulu Magazine 7/31/06)
Glaxo has new H5N1 vaccine
...strong immune response with low dose (CIDRAP 7/26/06)
Thailand faces renewed avian flu fight
...re-emergence of the disease following deaths of poultry in many provinces (CIDRAP 7/24/06)
Michigan officials track smuggled Chinese poultry
...violation of an import ban sparked by avian flu (CIDRAP 7/13/06)
Spain confirms Bird Flu
...Europe's biggest tourist destination, finds virus in grebe (Bloomberg 7/7/06)
Indonesia says another child killed by avian flu
...girl dies 9 hours after admitted to Jakarta hospital (CIDRAP 7/7/06)
Study shows doctors miss flu in children
...study published in New England Journal of Medicine (Seattle P.I. 7/5/06)
Bird Flu may have entered Nigeria 3 times
...spread more efficiently than thought (Washington Post 7/5/06)
52nd human infection in Indonesia confirmed
...52 infected, 40 fatal (WHO 7/4/06)
Bird Flu Kills Younger People
... Copying 1918 Pandemic, WHO Says (Bloomberg 6/30/06)
Virus "did mutate"
... non-sustained small mutation (Times Online 6/23/06)
WHO concludes H5N1 spread within family
... person-to-person transmission likely (CIDRAP 6/22/06)
Today's bird flu vaccines will have to do
...Stockpiling pre-pandemic vaccines valuable (NewScientist 6/16/06)
Hong Kong concerned over Shenzhen bird flu
...31-year-old truck driver tests H5N1 positive (Forbes.com 6/14/06)
New bird flu outbreak in China
...confirmed in western county (News 24.com 6/8/06)
Bird Flu Explodes in Indonesia
...averaged one human bird flu death every 2.5 days in May (Breitbart 5/31/06)
Hospital-bed crisis foreseen
...Hawai'i makes quiet plans for pandemic (Honolulu Advertiser 5/28/06)
Seven Indonesian Bird Flu Cases Linked to Patients
...cluster linked to other patients (Bloomberg 5/23/06)
Testing for bird flu begins in Alaska
... where birds are arriving from Siberia (Seattle PI 5/20/06)
Bird flu threat ignored in Indonesia
...32 human deaths (Assoc. Press 5/20/06)
Indonesian Cases Raise Transmission Fears
...lack of clear cause (Bloomberg 5/18/06)
Making bird flu vaccine proving problematic
...problem lies in the concentrations of hemagglutinin (5/10/06)
Outbreak of new bird flu cases confirmed
...in geese... Qinghai, China (People's Daily 5/10/06)
White House warns...
...blunt tone warns of 2 million dead (LA Times 5/4/06)
Hawai'i businesses warned of pandemic
...Risk meeting at the Hawai'i Convention Center (Honolulu Advertiser 4/27/06)
Geography may hinder Isles if bird flu strikes
...Hawai'i susceptible, yet preparing (Honolulu Advertiser 4/26/06)
New China bird flu case fatal
...The 17th person in China infected died in Hubei Province (China Daily 4/21/06)
Egypt Confirms Fourth Human Bird Flu Death
...4th death of 12 infected (Medical News Today 4/14/06)
Bird flu damages Egyptian poultry industry
...shops close, government hopes to compensate (People's Daily Online 4/14/06)
Avian flu kills swan in Scotland
...livestock moved indoors (Medical News Today 4/6/06)
Avian flu hits another African nation
...Burkina Faso, the fifth African nation to lose poultry to the virus (CIDRAP 4/4/06)
Indonesia, WHO confirms 2 died of avian flu
...father died too this year (CIDRAP 4/4/06)
Research paints grim picture of bird flu pandemic
...Los Alamos, U.W. use super computer analysis (Seattle P.I. 4/4/06)
WHO confirms four H5N1 deaths in Egypt Officials' case tally has reached twice that number. (CIDRAP 4/3/06)
China confirms bird flu death ...Shanghai migrant worker died March 21 11th death out of 16 human infections in China (THE HINDU 3/25/06)
Jordan confirms first cases of bird flu ...no human infections or deaths, unlike other countries in region Turkey (4), Iraq (2), and Egypt (1) (CBC News 3/24/06)
Virologists explain lack of human transmission
...as reported in Nature magazine (ABC.net 3/23/06)
Palestinians declare emergency over bird flu ...neighboring Egypt has human bird flu death (Reuters 3/21/06)
Hawai'i in bird flu's path
...comprehensive article on the threat in Hawai'i including response and strategy with useful recommendations (Honolulu Advertiser 3/20/06)
Bird flu scares prompts poultry cull in Israel ...half a million turkeys and chickens culled (NEWS.com.au 3/19/06)
Sweden confirms H5N1 infected ducks ...buzzard in Denmark likely too (CIDRAP 3/15/06)
Bird Flu moves to 4th African country ...Cameroon joins Niger, Egypt, and Nigeria (M&C News 3/12/06)
Release of Avian Flu Sequences from WHO urged
...allow influenza researchers worldwide open access to private database (Recombinomics.com 3/10/06)
Bird Flu could be In US soon, U.N. says
...likely within 6 to 12 months (Pittsburgh.com 3/9/06)
Spread of bird flu unprecendented says W.H.O.
...infected cats in Austria, swans in Poland, costing France $48 million and counting (News-Medical.Net 3/6/06)
Hawai'i braces for the worst
...islands sit on a migratory bird path between April and August (Baltimore Sun 3/5/06)
Bird flu could migrate to U.S.
...Northern Hemisphere and millions of birds begin their ancient long-distance migrations (Baltimore Sun 3/5/06)
Man dies from bird flu in southern China ...ill for eleven days (Reuters 3/5/06)
Poland reports its first case of H5N1 bird flu ...detected in dead swan (Forbes 3/5/06)
Biosecurity for the birds
...what can you do to prevent avian influenza? (USDA 3/3/06)
Sea-Tac ill-equipped to isolate flu carrier ...airport lacks quarantine from overseas (News Tribune 3/1/06)
Flamingo deaths spark probe in Bahamas
...very large number of flamingos dead (Reuters 2/28/06)
Deadly bird flu kills cat in Germany
...likely ate infected bird (Forbes 2/28/06)
Tower of London ravens moved indoors
...to protect them from bird flu (Nat. Geographic 2/27/06)
Twenty countries ban French poultry imports
...French farmers react angrily (FT.com 2/27/06)
Hawai'i key in bird flu war ...higher chance for early introduction (Honolulu Advertiser 2/21/06)
Bird flu fears grip Europe
...EU scrambles to contain poultry panic (Herald Tribune 2/21/06)
Bird flu spreads
...Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, Malaysia (NEWS.com.au 2/21/06) EU considers vaccinating millions of birds in France & Netherlands
New Genetic Change in the H5N1? ...Recombinomics Predicts (Reuters 2/17/06)
How will the infrastructure fare?
...bird flu an extra stressor (CIDRAP 2/15/06)
Pandemic could cripple routine health services
...difficulties for US healthcare (CIDRAP 2/15/06)
Bird flu found in Germany ..also in Austria and Iran (Reuters 2/14/06)
Bird flu hits new areas in Europe ..Italy, Greece, Bulgaria (BBC News 2/11/06)
Bird flu comes to Africa ..Nigeria has first ourbreak (CIDRAP 2/8/06)
Iraq bird flu death...A new threat in Iraq (Forbes 1/30/06)
China reports seventh bird flu death
...became ill with fever Jan 12 (Reuters 1/25/06)
Flu in France proves negative
...32 year old woman hospitalized (4 NEWS 1/22/06)
China reports sixth bird flu death
...35 year old woman dies (CNN 1/18/06)
More cases reported in Turkey, Indonesia< ...13 Year old dies in JAVA (CIDRAP 1/17/06)
Turkey destroys 355,000 birds, 18 humans infected
...EU pledges $1 million for fight (ABC 1/13/06)
Turkey confirms first human cases of bird flu
...results in death (CIDRAP 1/4/06) 
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