Bird Flu
Groups Consider Funding Bird-Flu-Vaccine Stockpile
March 27, 2007“Several organizations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are considering funding a stockpile of bird-flu vaccine as one possible way to ensure access for people in developing countries most at risk of dying from the disease. ...
President Vladimir Voronin is bewildered that Moldovan wines affect someone, while bird flu does not
February 21, 2007President Vladimir Voronin voiced bewilderment regarding the fact that Moldovan wines affect certain people, while the avian flu does not. During the festivity dedicated to “Expovin” Exhibition, held on Wednesday, February 21, the head of...
Indonesia to resume supplying UN health agency with bird flu virus samples
February 20, 2007Indonesia has agreed to resume supplying the United Nations health agency with viruses from its bird flu outbreak, a vital tool in tracking possible mutations into a deadly human pandemic and producing vaccines, while the agency will seek to ensure equitable...
Dead birds being tested for H5N1 in two districts near Moscow
February 20, 2007Tests were being carried out on poultry found dead in several new areas in suburban Moscow to determine whether the birds had died of the same H5N1 bird flu strain that has sickened birds in several regions around the Russian capital, officials said Tuesday...
1 mln birds to be vaccinated from bird flu near Moscow
February 19, 2007At least a million domestic birds will be vaccinated against avian influenza near Moscow now that the disease has reached areas surrounding the Russian capital, a senior local veterinary official said Monday. "All the birds will be vaccinated...
Russia confirms deadly bird flu outbreak outside Moscow - 1
February 19, 2007The Russian agricultural watchdog confirmed Monday that a bird flu outbreak near Moscow over the weekend involved the deadly H5N1 virus. Five cases of avian flu were registered last Saturday in various districts of the Moscow Region, all of which...
Egypt says a 13th citizen has died of bird flu
February 17, 2007An Egyptian woman died early Friday of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 13, a government official said. Nadia Abdel Hafez, a 37-year-old housewife from the oasis town of Fayoum, had been admitted to a local...
