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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

EU bans some Canada poultry exports due to bird flu (Reuters Health/ 10/03)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (134) - INDONESIA, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 10/02)

Quick test for bird flu devised (BBC News/ 9/23)

Indonesia confirms 2nd bird flu death on Bali (Reuters Health/ 8/23)

Bird flu in Wales (MeatNews/ 5/29)

Bird flu survivors offer clue for vaccine (Chicago Tribune/ 5/29)

AVIAN INFLUENZA H7N2, HUMAN - UK (05), WHO (ProMED Mail/ 5/29)

Scientists find bird flu antibody (BBC News/ 5/29)

Update on investigation into avian influenza outbreak in North Wales (Defra/ 5/27)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY VS MIGRATORY BIRDS (25) (ProMED Mail/ 5/21)

EU countdown to bird flu amendments continues (Food Production Daily/ 5/18)

U.S. Preparedness to Respond to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strengthened by CDC/CSTE Partnership (CDC/ 5/15)

Bird flu not only pandemic risk, U.S. experts warn (Reuters Health/ 5/09)

Bird flu re-emerges in central Vietnam, kills ducks (Reuters Health/ 5/07)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (75): INDONESIA (ProMED Mail/ 5/07)

Face masks may not protect from super-flu (USA Today/ 5/03)

India prepares for AI outbreak possibility (MeatNews.com/ 4/30)

'Supermap' of Avian Flu Yields New Info on Source and Spread (Newswise/ 4/30)

Indonesia says sharing of bird flu samples delayed (Reuters Health/ 4/26)

China says needs more funds, aid in bird flu fight (Reuters Health/ 4/26)

WHO may set up bird flu vaccine stockpile for poor (Reuters Health/ 4/25)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, POULTRY VS MIGRATORY BIRDS (18) (ProMED Mail/ 4/22)

Defra publishes final epidemiology report into the Suffolk avian flu outbreak (DEFRA/ 4/19)

Map predicting spread of avian flu (EurekAlert!/Public Library of Science/ 4/18)

U.S. OKs 1st bird flu vaccine for humans (CNN Health/ 4/17)

China hoards H5N1 samples for over a year: WHO (Reuters Health/ 4/17)

"Bird Flu” Genome Study Shows New Strains, Western Spread (Newswise/ University of Maryland/ 4/16)

Bird flu in Cambodia (MeatNews.com/ 4/13)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (72): CAMBODIA, EGYPT (ProMED Mail/ 4/12)

Egyptian girl dies of bird flu, 14th death (Reuters Health/ 4/11)

U.S. funding AI research (MeatNews.com/ 4/10)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (67): BANGLADESH (ProMED Mail/ 4/09)

Chinese company develops AI disinfectant (MeatNews.com/ 4/05)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (65): CHINA (ProMED Mail/ 4/05)

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu: health ministry (Reuters Health/ 4/04)

Likely low-path bird flu found in W. Virginia-USDA (Reuters Health/ 4/03)

UC Davis Wins New National Center for Avian Flu Research (UCDavis/ 4/03)

Bernard Matthews escapes bird flu prosecution (Food Production Daily/ 4/03)

Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic (Newswise/ 4/02)

Fewer Bird Flu Outbreaks This Year - Sign of Progress, FAO Says (allAfrica.com/ 4/02)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (63): KUWAIT, PAKISTAN (ProMED Mail/ 4/01)

Is bird flu still a threat? (BBC News/ 4/02)

Indonesian doctor treated for suspected bird flu (Reuters Health/ 3/29)

Three Indonesians die of bird flu (BBC News/ 3/28)

Doctors test double Tamiflu dose to cut H5N1 deaths (Reuters Health/ 3/28)

Two Egyptian children test positive for bird flu (Reuters Health/ 3/27)

Scientists Hope Vigilance Stymies Avian Flu Mutations (The New York Times/ 3/27)

WHO seeks Indonesia AI samples (MeatNews.com/ 3/26)

Saudi Arabia reports bird flu outbreak (Reuters Health/ 3/23)

Asia to test human bird flu vaccine this year (Reuters Health/ 3/23)

No need for poultry vaccination in Europe: U.N. vet (Reuters Health/ 3/22)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (58): BANGLADESH (SUSPECTED), INDIA (PREVENTION), PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA (ProMED Mail/ 3/22)

Pacific Rim Bioinformatics Collaboration on Avian Flu (Newswise/ 3/22)

Japan warns against bird flu drug for teens (Reuters Health/ 3/21)

Scientists aim for portable bird flu testing kits (Reuters Health/ 3/20)

Bird flu experts back calls on vaccine access (Reuters Health/ 3/19)

Avian influenza, human (54): Egypt, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 3/19)

Hungary to tighten processing sanctions after bird flu plight (Food Production Daily/ 3/16)

Talk to us early, FDA tells bird flu companies (Reuters Health/ 3/15)

JOHANNS SIGNS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH UNITED NATIONS' FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF (USDA/ 3/14)

Egypt fears of bird flu mutation (BBC News /3/13)

Nigeria: As Bird Flu Recurs (allAfrica.com/ 3/14)

FMD controls agreed (MeatNews.com/ 3/13)

Canada’s BSE risk assessed (MeatNews.com/ 3/13)

Investigation into case of H-type BSE (MeatNews.com/ 3/13)

DHEC Region 8 Public Health office offering presentations on pandemic influenza (South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control/ 3/12)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (51): WORLDWIDE, WHO (ProMED Mail/ 3/12)

AVIAN INFLUENZA, HUMAN (49): EGYPT (ProMED Mail/ 3/11)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (51): RUSSIA,VIET NAM, CHINA (ProMED Mail/ 3/09)

Poultry processed at bird flu plant (MeatNews.com /3/09)

Suffolk bird flu outbreak: final restrictions to be lifted (U.K./Defra/ 3/09)

AVIAN INFLUENZA (50): INDONESIA (CATS), AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, SOUTH KOREA (ProMED Mail/ 3/08)

Bird flu kills 15-year-old girl in Laos (Reuters Health / 3/08)

Bird Flu is a Matter of When (allAfrica.com/ 3/06)

China sets bird flu vaccination initiative (MeatNews/ 3/06)