This information has been compiled as a courstesy service by the Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme (MWBP) (www.mekongwetlands.org) from information that is publicly available. The information does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of MWBP, and the views and information expressed do not necessarily reflect those of MWBP or its partners.
WHO Says Possible Bird Flu Pandemic Not Exaggerated
Voice of America - USA
... WHO Director-General, Lee Jong-Wook, rebuffs suggestions that the World Health Organization is exaggerating the risk of a bird flu pandemic that could ...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-01-23-voa53.cfm
China announces 10th human case of bird flu
Reuters.uk - UK
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Health announced the country's 10th human case of bird flu infection on Monday after a 29-year-old woman from the ...
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=...
Turkey culls 1.28 mln fowl to prevent bird flu
Xinhua - China
23 (Xinhua) -- Turkey has culled 1.28 million fowl in a bid to prevent bird flu spread in the country, Turkish National Coordination Center for Bird Flu said ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/24/content_4090912.htm
IMF: Bird Flu does not Affect Turkish Economy
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
... The International Monetary Fund (IMF), is conducting studies on the possible impacts the bird flu may have on the Turkish economy. ... http://www.zaman.com/?bl=economy&alt=&trh=20060123&hn=28953
Generex to meet with FDA on bird flu drug
BusinessWeek - USA
... shoot up 25 percent in premarket electronic trading Monday after regulators set a date to discuss potential human studies of its experimental bird flu vaccine. ... http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8FAE6GG0.htm?campaign_id=a...
Bird flu news spooks Europe
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Something felt spooky and inevitable about the headlines, when they appeared over the weekend, sounding the warning that much-feared Asian bird flu had at last ... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15archive/&entry_id...
US Delegation Praises Turkey Combating Bird Flu
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
... Adviser, Ann Derse, said the American delegation that came to Turkey to conduct examinations was impressed by the programs initiated against bird flu in Turkey ...
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=national&alt=&trh=20060123&hn=28958
Bird flu preys on poverty in ill-fated town
Reuters - USA
... A fortnight later Fatma was dead, the fourth Turk killed by bird flu. Five ... son. He was the first bird flu victim outside east Asia. ...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&s...
Mutations of bird flu virus detected in Turkish sample
Xinhua - China
23 (Xinhuanet) -- Bird flu virus mutations that could make it easier for the virus to infect humans have been found in a sample taken from a patient in Turkey ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/23/content_4089489.htm
Avian influenza -- situation in Indonesia - update
World Health Organization - Geneva,Switzerland
The Ministry of Health in Indonesia has confirmed an additional 2 cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Both cases were fatal. ... http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_01_23/en/
United States Pursues Criminal Charges in Bird Flu Drug Fraud
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
... FDA) and federal law enforcement agencies are arresting people who are trying to sell bogus remedies or vaccines against avian influenza, also known as bird flu ... http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006...
