A day after bird flu was confirmed at Sunsari's Khanar-based Pathivara Poultry, a 10-member rapid response team deployed from Regional Livestock Service Directorate led by Dr Bolraj Acharya culled 2,200 chickens today.
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Nepal: Culling begins in H5N1 areas
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:00pm CST
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Vietnam: H5N1 recurs in 3rd province in Vietnam this year
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 5:56pm CST
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has become the third province in Vietnam to report bird fluoutbreak this year, the Department of Animal Health reported Sunday.
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MSU researcher finds link to H5N1 bird flu
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:41pm CST
Wan said the goal of his research is to find the sources of human H5N1 infections and provide the foundations for policy-making for protecting public health.
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Hong Kong: Dead bird tests positive for H5N1
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:41am CST
A dead Oriental magpie robin found in Tuen Mun has been confirmed to be H5N1 positive, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says.
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Bird Flu in capital city: 36, 000 birds culled
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 10:41am CST
Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 : More than 36,000 poultry birds were culled in past two days in the capital city following detection of the of H5N1 virus at the Central Poultry Development Organisation farm.
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H5N1 controversy: A pro-ban view
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 9:41am CST
Via the Cross-Check blog at ScientificAmerican.com: Let's Ban Research That Makes the Bird-Flu Virus and Other Pathogens Deadlier .
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4 Dead Swans at Mill Pond Found With Avian Flu
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 3:32am CST
Four of the tested dead swans from Mill Pond showed mild cases of Avian Flu, according to the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game.
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Censoring Research Results
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 1:32am CST
The methods and results should be redacted from two research papers describing controversial experiments on the H5N1 avian flu virus, concludes a federal biosecurity advisory board .
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Odisha
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 9:22pm CST
The city's poultry industry is planning to ensure that you don't chicken out in the face of bird flu scare.
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Nepal: How to deal with H5N1?
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 5:13pm CST
Bird flu has been detected in Khanar and Itahari of Sunsari district and in the hills of Panchthar and Ilam district as well.
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England tests confirm bird flu in Sunsari, Ilam
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 12:53pm CST
The deaths of chickens in Sunsari and Ilam districts in the past few weeks were due to bird flu, tests in England have confirmed.
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Bird flu found in Ilam also
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:44am CST
On the same day bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Sunsari district, local authorities in Ilam Sunday said the the similar case was detected in Ilam district also.
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Bird flu: 7,000 fowls culled in Bhubaneswar
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 8:44am CST
Bhubaneswar, Feb 5: About 7,000 fowls were culled Sunday in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case was detected in a government-run institution, an official said.
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Bird flu traces found in Nepal
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 3:29am CST
As around 8,000 chickens have died of bird flu , or H5N1 virus in the Nepal's Sunsari district in last few days, more traces of the virus have been found in the region, Xinhua reported.
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Sri Lanka: Avian flu is H5N2
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 1:19am CST
It is not the virulent, highly pathogenic "avian flu" but a different virus , stressed the Animal Production and Health Depatnent Director-General Dr.
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Nepal: Suspected B2B H5N1 in Khanar, Itahari
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 9:10pm CST
ITAHARI: The death of a large number of chickens due to an unknown disease at Khanar-based Pathivara Poultry Firm and Itahari-based PK Poultry Firm has unleashed terror among locals.
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Killer bug in the system
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 5:10pm CST
THE CANBERRA scientist who argued against details of a new strain of potentially apocalyptic bird flu being published has warned of inadequate security at the lab where the virus was developed and says the virus should not have been developed at all.
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Vietnam still prone to outbreaks of fatal bird flu
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 1:11pm CST
Vietnam continues to be susceptibleto outbreaks ofbird flu andthe A/H5N1 virus remains deadly to those who contract it, an official said in Tien Phong newspaper Friday.
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India: B2B H5N1 scare spreads to Kendrapada, kites reportedly found dead
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 11:06am CST
Kendrapada : After the death of crows in Kendrapada district, now kites have found dead at Kendrapada district triggering an alarm of possible bird flu in the district.
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Pakistan: New worries about H5N1
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 10:01am CST
ISLAMABAD: Eight peacocks have died in Lahore mysteriously. While the cause is still being investigated, fears that it could be some strain of bird flu are being suppressed.
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Winnipeg lab tapped for new H5N1 virus research
Posted: February 4th, 2012, 4:56am CST
If Canadian scientists want to conduct research on H5N1 flu viruses modified to enhance their ability to spread, the work will have to be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.
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India: B2B H5N1 detected in Bhubaneswar
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:32pm CST
BHUBANESWAR: The bird flu virus has struck Bhubaneswar , spreading panic among dealers and consumers of poultry products here.
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Canada says any research on lab-made bird flu must be done in top biosecurity
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:23pm CST
The Public Health Agency says any research on enhanced H5N1 bird flu viruses in Canada must be done in laboratories with the top level of biosecurity.
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Avian Flu Research Suspended - This Week on Sound Medicine
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:18am CST
Can research studies reveal too much? This week on Sound Medicine , IU bioethicist Eric Meslin, Ph.D., discusses bird flu research efforts that were suspended on bioethical grounds.
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Viewpoints: Censoring flu research; Assailing Komen's move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:09am CST
The New York Times : Don't Censor Influenza Research In December, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity made an unprecedented request: it asked the editors of the journals Nature and Science not to publish certain details in two papers describing experiments in which scientists created a highly transmissible form of the deadly H5N1 ... (more)
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General Health
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:04am CST
With Republican presidential candidates attacking President Barack Obama's plans for Medicare, the administration is on the offensive to reassure seniors, sending Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the road to tout the program.
MedicineNet Cold and Flu General
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clarithromycin, Biaxin, Biaxin XL
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
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Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Too Few American Adults Getting Needed Vaccinations: CDC
Category: Health News
Created: 2/2/2012 4:06:00 PM
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Norovirus Causes Most Hospital Infection Outbreaks
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Norovirus Causes Most Hospital Infection Outbreaks
Category: Health News
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreaks in Wild Birds and Poultry, South Korea
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 10:55pm CST
Highly pathogenic avian influenza among wild birds emerged simultaneously with outbreaks in domestic poultry in South Korea during November 2010-May 2011.
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MSU researcher finds link to H5N1 bird flu
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 6:40pm CST
Wan said the goal of his research is to find the sources of human H5N1 infections and provide the foundations for policy-making for protecting public health.
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Fowl neighbours: Growing up next to backyard chickens
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 5:40pm CST
Editor's Note: Last week, Toronto's liscencing committee voted against the idea of lifting the ban on owning backyard chickens.
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Indonesia: B2B H5N1 found in Brebes and Kotawaringin Barat
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:21pm CST
The agency of animal husbandry of Brebes district, Central Java has confirmed that the death of 88 birds recently in villages such as Terlangu, Kemaron, Kutamendala and Purwodadi was due to bird flu.
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H5N1 controversy: Censorship hinders influenza research
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 9:06am CST
Thanks to Helen Branswell for tweeting the link to this New York Times op-ed by Professor Howard Markel, a historian of medicine: Censorship Hinders Influenza Research .
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Censoring Research Results
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 4:56am CST
The methods and results should be redacted from two research papers describing controversial experiments on the H5N1 avian flu virus, concludes a federal biosecurity advisory board .
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Key Peptides Identified That Could Lead To A Universal Vaccine For Influenza
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 2:00am CST
Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu...
MedicineNet Cold and Flu General
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Trisomy 18
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Trisomy 18
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 1/30/2012 5:14:00 PM
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Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Disappoints in Trial
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Disappoints in Trial
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 6:06:00 PM
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Australia Slaughters Thousands of Ducks to Contain the Avian Flu Virus
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:42am CST
Australian authorities have ordered on Wednesday the destruction of some 24,000 ducks in Victoria to contain the spread of the avian flu detected in the southern region of the country.
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Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death in a month
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:37pm CST
Vietnam has confirmed its second human death from bird flu in nearly a month, after going nearly two years with no reported fatalities.
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Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death in a month
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:37pm CST
HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam has confirmed its second human death from bird flu in nearly a month, after going nearly two years with no reported fatalities.
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Vietnam reports 2nd bird flu death in a month
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 10:37pm CST
Vietnam has confirmed its second human death from bird flu in nearly a month, after going nearly two years with no reported fatalities.
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Two Dead Birds Found In Hong Kong, Tested Positive For H5 Avian Influenza Virus
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 9:27pm CST
Preliminary test conducted on two dead birds in Hong Kong, tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
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Avian Flu Fear In North Western Province
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:22pm CST
A tense situation occurred amongst public today when the Health Officials in Bingiriya Area had announced that some host Chickens in a Poultry Farm of the area were reported as dead due to a mysterious disease suspected as Avian Flu Even the Epidemiology Unit has sent two Medical Teams to the area to probe on this matter.
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U.S. panel defends call not to publish research about hyper-contagious mutant bird flu
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:13pm CST
A man transports a cage containing live chickens on a street in Hanoi December 30, 2011.
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Dead falcon, gull in HK test positive for bird flu
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:08pm CST
THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said yesterday that preliminary testing of a dead peregrine falcon and a dead black-headed gull have returned positive for the H5 avian influenza virus.
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Vietnam: 2012's second H5N1 death confirmed
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:08pm CST
The Mekong Delta's Soc Trang Province has reported another bird flu death, the 2nd case in 2012, according to the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.
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H5N1 controversy: Dr. Racaniello critiques the NSABB
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 11:03am CST
On his virology blog, Dr. Vincent Racaniello has posted The NSABB speaks on influenza H5N1 .
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Suspected avian flu case in Sri Lanka
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 6:53am CST
Feb 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health has issued a warning that there may be a threat of avian flu after a large number of fowl had died of an apparent infection at a farm in Bingiriya, Kurunegala in the North Western Province.
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4 dead swans tested positive for bird flu
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 4:49am CST
State and federal wildlife officials say four of the 12 swans found dead at a Westborough pond recently have tested positive for avian influenza, but stress that there is no threat to humans.
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Bangladesh destroys 140,000 birds, eggs after flu virus detection since November
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:44am CST
Bangladesh's authorities destroyed nearly 140,000 birds and eggs until last month since mid November when this season's first outbreak of bird flu was detected, an official said Wednesday.
Medical News Today - Bird Flu/Avian Flu
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Biosecurity Runs Up Against Scientific Endeavor: NSABB And H5N1 Redactions
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 3:00am CST
In response to recent actions of the U.S...
Topix.net - Bird Flu
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H5N1 controversy: The ferret is already out of the bag
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 2:44am CST
The Washington Post takes note of the debate: Recommendation to censor bird flu research driven by fears of terrorism .
MedicineNet Cold and Flu General
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Pain (Acute and Chronic)
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Pain (Acute and Chronic)
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 11/30/2004
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Health Highlights: Jan. 31, 2012
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Health Highlights: Jan. 31, 2012
Category: Health News
Created: 1/31/2012 4:05:00 PM
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U.S. Advisers Explain Request to Censor Bird Flu Research
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: U.S. Advisers Explain Request to Censor Bird Flu Research
Category: Health News
Created: 1/31/2012 4:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012 -
Pediatricians' Group Recommends HPV Vaccine for Boys
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 1:00am CST
Title: Pediatricians' Group Recommends HPV Vaccine for Boys
Category: Health News
Created: 2/1/2012 10:06:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/1/2012
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Victorian bird flu cases prompt import bans
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 10:39pm CST
PARTS of Asia have slapped new bans on Australian poultry imports in the wake of a bird flu outbreak on two Victorian farms.
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Scientists Create Deadly Flu'Worst-case scenario worse than anything you can imagine.'
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:30pm CST
On Jan. 12, 2010, a 7.0 quake hit Haiti, devastating the country. We had a personal connection to Haiti through We asked for your help in assisting this small organization get children in the process of being adopted out of Haiti, rebuild their destroyed orphanage and damaged school building and provide food, water, shelter and medical care for ... (more)
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Avian flu outbreak leads to ban on poultry imports
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 7:30pm CST
About 24,000 free range ducks on a farm north-west of Melbourne last week tested positive to a low pathogenic strain of the virus.