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Health officials have good reason to be concerned. Bird flu is the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have the tools they need to fight it. The head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding, said exactly that on 2/21/2005. Gerberding reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science that "this is a very ominous situation for the globe," calling it the "most important threat we are facing right now." Far more infectious than SARS, the H5N1 avian flu can jump directly from birds to people. On Mar 29, 2005 WHO announced that all five members of a family of chicken farmers had avian flu!† ☞CONTINUE
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Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Deaths from Avian Infuenza A/(H5N1) Did you know.... in 1918 Walt Disney was too young for the military but was accepted by the Red Cross Ambulance Corps. He came down with the flu epidemic that killed about 20 million people worldwide, yet survived. ![Graphic progression from bird virus to human transmission. [Credit not known].](bird-flu-graphic.gif "Graphic presentation of progression from bird virus to human pandemic. [Credit not known].")
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China Reports Seventh Case
 ...results in death (CIDRAP 12/29/05)
China Reports Bird-Flu Outbreak ...first in two weeks (Bloomberg 12/15/05)
Pandemic in US Would Kill Millions, Cripple Economy
...US goverment reports (VOA 12/8/05)
Ukraine starts destroying birds in flu-hit areas
...sweeping villages south of Kiev (Reuters 12/4/05)
China, Vietnam report more cases of avian flu
...Chinese woman dies (CIDRAP 11/23/05)
Flu found in Canada farm duck
...H5 type avian flu (Reuters 11/19/05)
Hawai'i plans to stockpile flu drugs
...priority given proximity to Asia (Hon. Adv. 11/18/05)
Two Indonesian deaths confirmed
...Indonesian tally now at 11 (CIDRAP 11/17/05)
China confirms 2 cases, 1 dead, of bird flu
...female poultry worker dies (CBC 11/16/05)
Hawai'i forces take aim at bird flu
...U.S. military prepares (Hon Adv. 11/13/05)
Vietnamese infected man dies...
...92nd human death (CIDRAP 11/8/05)
Thai woman infected
...20th human case (CIDRAP 11/1/05)
President Bush asks for defence
...asks Congress for billions (IOL 11/1/05)
New human case in Thailand
...20th case near Bangkok (CIDRAP 10/31/05)
Parrot in Britain dies of H5N1
...was imported from South America (CST 10/24/05)
Africa braces for bird flu
...migratory birds arriving (News24 10/24/05)
Hawai'i finalizes bird-flu strategy
...plan due in January to halt spread (10/23/05)
Croatia confirms first cases of bird flu
...swans test positive (CNN 10/22/05)
Bird flu and migratory birds
...map from the FAO
Deadly bird flu in Thailand again
...Thai eats chicken and dies (FT.com 10/21/05)
China report fresh outbreak
...nearly 3,000 birds die (ING DIRECT 10/19/05)
Greece tests bird for deadly flu strain
... Europe bracing (Reuters UK 10/17/05)
Is this our next big killer?
... Hawai'i highly vulnerable (Hon. Adv. 10/16/05)
Bird-flu strain resists stockpiled drug
...Tamiflu resistant patient in Vietnam (Wash. Post, David Brown 10/15/05)
Airport is first line of bird flu defense
...CDC model at Honolulu Airport (Honolulu Advertiser 10/14/05)
US plan paints grim picture of flu pandemic
...more somber view than previously (CIDRAP 10/10/05)
Avian flu reported in Turkey, suspected in Romania
...Turkish poultry exports banned (CIDRAP 10/10/05)
Plan to fight super-flu fears 1.9 million U.S. deaths
...Laureen Neergaard (Chicago Sun Times 10/9/05)
U.S. must move faster on threat of avian flu
...opinion, Hawai'i vulnerable (Hon. Adv. 10/9/05)
Bush pushes for ample bird flu vaccine
...summons vaccinemakers to White House (SP Times 10/7/05)
New UN pandemic czar warns flu could alter world
...planning dilemmas "monster difficult" (Canadian Press 10/3/05)
Senate approves $4 billion to prepare for pandemic
...$3 billion for Tamiflu (oseltamivir) (CIDRAP 9/30/05)
Flu pandemic could kill 150 million, UN warns
...if the world fails to prepare (ABC News 9/29/05)
Bird flu claims two more
... Jakarta health officials report (Courier Mail 9/27/05)
H5N1 kills 3 civets in Vietnam
...has infected pigs, housecats, tigers, leopards, and humans! (CIDRAP 8/26/05)
H5N1 in Mongolia
...growing evidence reported (CIDRAP 8/22/05)
W.H.O. update!
...geographical spread, situation assessment, implications of virus is of concern (WHO 8/18/05)
Avian flu reported in Japan
...expanding geographical presence of virus is of concern (CIDRAP 8/18/05)
Monster at Our Door
...are we too late? (Tom Dispatch 8/16/05)
Avian flu moving westward in Russia
...on to the Middle East and the Mediterranean? (CIDRAP 8/15/05) Hawai'i is a "gateway"--- call for planning
...planning begins now (Honolulu Advertiser 8/12/05)
Tibet reports avian flu outbreak
...nearly 3,000 birds culled (CIDRAP 8/11/05)
Avian Flu Vaccine Effective
...Government scientists report successful testing (NYT 8/7/05)
Bird Flu spreading in Russia
...Two more Russian regions and Northern Kazakhstan (Moscow 8/5/05)
First time H5N1 enters Russia
...H5N1 confirmed, no human infections yet (Moscow 7/30/05)
Avian flu found in frozen duck meat
...shipped from China to Japan two years ago (Margie Mason AP 7/24/05)
Avian flu reported in Siberian poultry deaths
...more than 350 poultry die (CIDRAP 7/22/05)
Oseltamivir helps mice survive H5N1 infection
...80% survive infection (CIDRAP 7/18/05)
Avian flu suspected in 3 deaths in Indonesian family
...person-to-person transmission feared (CIDRAP 7/15/05)
Another avian flu death in Vietnam
...more infected (CIDRAP 7/14/05)
Avian Flu
...a state of Unreadiness (Mike Davis, The Nation)
First avian flu in 3 months hits Thailand
...60 miles north of Bangkok (CIDRAP 7/11/05)
First case of bird flu hits Philippines
...poultry trading banned (Science Daily 7/8/05)
Avian flu found in migrating geese
...western China nature reserve (Guardian Unlimited 7/7/05)
Wild birds could spread H5N1 virus beyond Asia
...birds a worry at Qinghai Lake (CIDRAP 7/6/05)
Vietnam bird flu toll reaches 39
...73-year-old Hanoi resident (CNN News 6/30/05)
More bird-flu tests urged in China
...WHO appeals (ABC News 6/28/05)
Japan has H5N2 outbreak
...highly pathogenic, but not to humans (CIDRAP 6/27/05)
Flu pandemic could kill half million in U.S.
...Maggie Fox, (Yahoo/Reuters 6/24/05)
Avian flu infects two more Vietnamese
...second poulty outbreak in China (CIDRAP 6/21/05)
Pigs launchpad for bird flu
...unstable viruses mix and match (Guardian 6/18/05)
Bird flu resistant to human drug
...Amantadine useless (Washington Post 6/18/05)
Indonesian tests positive for bird flu
...first human case in Indonesia (Hindustan Times 6/16/05)
Chiron shrinks estimate of flu vaccine production
...fragile vaccine supply for coming flu season (CIDRAP 6/16/05)
Six more people ill in Vietnam
...cases diagnosed previous week (CIDRAP 6/15/05)
Human trial of H5N1 vaccine prompts concern
...some experts have reservations (CIDRAP 6/14/05)
Korea Bans Poultry Import From New York
...H7N2-strain of avian flu on duck farm in Sullivan, NY (Korea Times 6/14/05)
China reports H5N1 outbreak in domestic geese
...Migratory birds take the virus to geese (CIDRAP 6/8/05)
Cockfighting a means for spread of bird flu
...disease introduced before (Honolulu Advertiser 6/8/05)
We must prepare now for flu pandemic
... another kind of threat (U.S. Sens. Lugar & Obama 6/7/05) The coming influenza pandemic and how to meet itfrom journalist Gwynne Dyer published in 45 countries (Salt lake Tribune) 6/5/2005
Threat of avian flu demands vigilance
... especially in Hawai‘i (Honolulu Advertiser Editorial 5/31/05)
Bird flu deadlier than first thought in China
... dead birds quintuple the initial count (typepad.com 5/27/05)
What does Bird Flu mean for the birds?
... could they have a pandemic too? (D. Engber 5/27/05)
Infectious Diseases Society of America... statement on bird flu, U.S. unprepared (IDSA 5/26/05)
Flu pandemic warnings escalate
... last week in May urgency surfaces (USA Today 5/25/05)
Do we have the means to make a vaccine?
... quarrels over money, science and politics interfere (Nature 5/25/05)
Does WHO need a shakeup?
... LA Times Editorial, Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winner ( 5/25/05)
Controlling avian flu at the source
... agricultural authorities should harmonize with the public-health (Nature 5/25/05)
Yet Another Vietnam Death
... ducks may be the culprit (CIDRAP NEWS 5/23/05)
Migratory geese in China afflicted
wild goose die-off due to H5N1 (CIDRAP NEWS 5/23/05)
Bird flu virus showing greater chances of pandemic
H5N1 virus, is becoming more capable of human-to human transmission' says WHO 5/19/05
Vietnamese find another case of avian flu
Total cases since December today at 43, 5/17/05
Indonesia tests more pigs for bird flu virus
After 3 pigs test positive in West Java! 5/16/05
Bird flu spreads to India
Strain found in three Indian poultry workers 5/11/05
Are governments complacent about bird flu?
Dr Nigel Higson from Hove, Britain believes so...5/11/05
Bird flu found in Italian turkeys
Low risk form found in ten flocks 180,000 birds destroyed 5/11/05
NEJM article stresses preparing for Next Pandemic
Osterholm says world isn't ready for flu pandemic 5/5/05
Vietnam air passengers carry fatal eggs to China
Health officials in Guangzhou in China found H5N1 chicken, goose, and duck eggs 4/28/05
Fourth Cambodian dies of avian flu
Cambodia may continue to see cases 4/22/05 (CIDRAP)
Vietnam expands poultry restriction
introduces bans to fight avian flu 4/19/05 (CIDRAP)
Virus is changing
3 cases since 4/2, one HIV co-infection (CIDRAP NEWS 4/14/05)
Avian flu claims third victim in Cambodia8-year-old girl dies in a Phnom Penh hospital 4/7/2005 Feral chickens could be more than a nuisanceWrangling Chickens in Hawai'i good prevention (4/5/05- Honolulu Advertiser) N Korea bird flu H7, not H5 (CIDRAP)Different strain... 4/5/05 Yet Another Flu Case in Vietnam... and Bush orders border quarantine (CIDRAP NEWS 4/4/05) N Korea confirms bird flu outbreak( ABC NEWS)Fowl sacrificed, not passed to humans 3/27/05 Bird flu Kills Second CambodianPasteur Institute confirms test positive for H5N1 3/25/05 Bird flu vaccine testing in U.S.U.S. prepares to test bird flu vaccines after United Nations reports Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [CIDRAP NEWS 3/23/05] Two studies boost hopes for pandemic flu vaccines
[CIDWRAP NEWS 3/25/2005] Bird flu could kill 2 million BritsExperts warn pandemic is both imminent and inevitable (3/13/05 Hanoi confirms 4thbird flu caseThe source of patient's infection is unclear... is the H5N1 virus now entrenched in the region? (News24.com 3/7/2005) Vietnam nurse 5th case in two weeks.Nurse cared for H5N1 patients.The virus is now deeply entrenched in the region. (CIDRAP News 3/7/05)
Immune-based therapies for the Avian FluImmuneRegen Biosciences may offer hope... Grandfather survives bird fluVietnam 80-year-old tests positive, goose suspected (3/8/05) Britain Stockpiles Anti-Flu Drugs14.6 million doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu ready 3/4/2005 Hanoi reports on first bird flu vaccine testsInitial tests of a bird flu vaccine on monkeys successful 3/4/2005 
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Major flu pandemics in the past century: The flu of 1918 [H1N1] killed more than 500,000 Americans and over 20 million worldwide. · The Asian flu (1957-1958) [H2N2] was first identified in China. It claimed 70,000 lives in the United States. · The Hong Kong flu, 1968-1969 [H3N2] caused about 34,000 American deaths. Both the 1957-58 and 1968-69 pandemic viruses were connected to an avian influenza virus..† All are Type A viruses |