Bird Flu – Press monitoring March 16, 2006

India battles bird flu, virus kills Azeri dog; Denmark finds first case of H5; Bird flu threat highlights disaster-planning flaws; Banks told to prepare for bird flu; The Treatment of H5N1 Avian Influenza Report; Animal rights and avian influenza;

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Officials say Azeri dog dies of bird flu
Reuters - USA
BAKU (Reuters) - A dog has died of bird flu in Azerbaijan, a country where the virus is believed to have caused the death of three young women, officials said ...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006...

India battles bird flu, virus kills Azeri dog
Reuters.uk - UK
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Health workers went door-to-door looking for people with bird flu symptoms in western India on Wednesday, while the virus killed a dog in ...
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=...

Denmark finds first case of H5 bird flu
Reuters - USA
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark has found its first case of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus in a wild buzzard but tests were still being conducted to find ...
http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=globalNews&storyID=2...

Fresh cases of bird flu
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
NEW DELHI, March 15. – The Maharashtra government has begun culling operations on about 75,000 birds after a fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported in ...
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=109789

Leader: Bird flu threat highlights disaster-planning flaws
Silicon.com - UK
If bird flu does mutate into a strain of the virus which is able to easily spread from human to human then the experts tell us the world faces a pandemic that ... http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39157247,00.htm

Banks told to prepare for bird flu
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US bank regulators on Wednesday advised financial institutions to have contingency plans in place in case avian flu becomes pandemic. ... http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID...

Hungarian bird flu vaccine trials promising
ABC Online - Australia
... Well, four months ago, we reported that tiny Hungary had stolen a march on bigger and richer countries to develop a vaccine against the bird flu virus, H5N1. ...

How we should plan for bird flu
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... The meeting is open to the public. Q We've been hearing a lot about flu lately. How do bird flu, pandemic flu and seasonal flu relate to each other? ... http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1592726.htm

The Treatment of H5N1 Avian Influenza Report: Released by Aethlon ...
Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA
... for infectious disease, disclosed this afternoon that Chairman and CEO, James A. Joyce, has authored a report entitled; The Treatment of H5N1 Avian Influenza. ... http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=1193234XSL_NEWSML_TO_NEW...

Avian Influenza: Breaking News, Public Health and Surveillance ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... and International Studies (CSIS) cordially invite you to attend a symposium providing breaking news on the global spread of avian influenza and assessing ... http://webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?SESSIONID=&aId=11062

Animal rights and avian influenza
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... mouth is": I would like to point out, as an animal activist, that animal rights groups are not responsible for testing, or for the control of avian influenza. ... http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-brmail985mar15,0,58...

Avian influenza confirmed in a wild bird in Denmark: Danish ...
EUROPA (press release) - Brussels,Belgium
The Danish authorities have informed the European Commission this morning of a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in Denmark in a common ...
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/317&fo...

Published: 16 Mar 2006

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