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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)

Persistent Bird Flu Threat (allAfrica.com/ 3/06)

Experts urge big effort to make pandemic vaccines (Reuters Health/ 3/05)

Glaxo bird flu shot fights different H5N1 strains (Reuters Health/ 3/05)

China launches mass bird flu vaccination campaign (Reuters Health/ 3/05)

Scientists to exhume diplomat's corpse for bird flu clues (Reuters Health/ 3/05)

Bird flu control measures relaxed (MeatNews.com/ 3/02)

Review of 1918 Pandemic Flu Studies Offers More Questions than Answers (National Institutes of Health / 2/28)

FDA urged to OK first bird-flu vaccine (CNN Health / 2/27)

Nigeria: The Poor the Weakest Link As Bird Flu Bites (allAfrica.com / 2/27)

Bird flu confirmed in Afghanistan (Meat News.com / 2/27)

UK farm minister rejects wider poultry import bans (Reuters Health / 2/26)

FDA staff questions Sanofi bird flu vaccine (Reuters Health / 2/26)

Kuwait reports 20 cases of bird flu at zoo, farm (Reuters Health / 2/26)

EU experts back bird flu vaccine from Novartis (Reuters Health / 2/23)

Bird Flu - UN Agency Urges Country to Increase Control Measures to Prevent Spread (allAfrica.com / 2/22)

Russia finds bird flu in new region, suspects more (Reuters Health / 2/21)

Bernard Matthews lays off workers due to bird flu (Food Production Daily / 2/21)

Grocery industry prepares for bird flu (Yahoo!News/2/18)

Dead Poultry Traced to Russian Market (U.S. News and World Report/ 2/18)

Indonesia to resume sending H5N1 samples to WHO (Reuters Health/ 2/16)

World moves closer to having bird flu vaccine: WHO (Reuters Health/ 2/16)

Defra updates avian influenza disease control measures (U.K./ DEFRA/ 2/16)

Bird flu spreads to 10 villages in Turkey (Reuters Health/ 2/16)

Egyptian woman tests positive for bird flu - WHO (Reuters Health/ 2/14)

British, Hungarian bird flu outbreaks linked (Reuters Health/ 2/13)

Don't spread panic about bird flu, WHO urges media (Reuters Health/ 2/13)

Regulator investigates whether H5N1 entered UK food chain (Food Production Daily/ 2/13)

Flu shot might also offer some protection against H5N1 (EurekAlert!/ 2/13)

Bird flu update: 12 February 2007 (Food Standards Agency/ 2/12)

Most bird flu victims younger than 40 years old (Reuters Health/ 2/12)

Turkey moved from UK 'was safe' (BBC News/ 2/12)

Hungarians resist bird flu blame (BBC News/ 2/11)

Tests on Hungary bird flu 'link' (BBC News/ 2/09)

WHO: Indonesia undermines global flu protection (CNN Health/ 2/09)

Who Pays to Stop a Pandemic? (New York Times/ 2/09)

Avian influenza outbreak update (U.K./ DEFRA/ 2/08)

Indonesia ban risks WHO flu protection system (Reuters Health/ 2/08)

Critics of Indonesia bird flu ban accept valid point ( Reuters Health/ 2/08)

Deadly bird flu found in Pakistan (BBC News/ 2/08)

Second person tested for bird flu (BBC/ 2/07)

Embassy: Indonesia Cat May Spread Bird Flu (US News and World Report/ 2/07)

Indonesia May Sell, Not Give, Bird Flu Virus to Scientists (New York Times/ 2/07)

Anthrax memories dog CDC head in times of bird flu (Reuters Health/ 2/07)

Suffolk bird flu outbreak: cull now complete (DEFRA/ 2/06)

South Korea, Hong Kong join UK poultry ban (CNN Health / 2/06)

Experts hunt for bird flu source (BBC/ 2/05)

Avian Influenza: H5N1 virus confirmed in UK (Europa/ 2/03)

Bird flu advice: 3 February 2007 (Food Standards Agency/ 2/02)

Scientists Recreate 1918 Flu and See Parallels to Bird Flu (The New York Times/ 1/18)

Indonesia to extend poultry ban in bird flu fight (Reuters Health / 1/18)

Bird flu will challenge to U.S. health system, expert predicts (CNN.com / 1/15)

OSHA gives guidance for protecting against avian influenza (J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. / 1/15)

Japan Starts Incinerating Chickens (US News.com / 1/15)

Bird flu spreads to new state in northern Nigeria (Reuters Health / 1/12)

Experts puzzle over halt of bird flu (Yahoo from AP/ 12/11)

Information on bird flu cases poorly recorded, scientists say (Eurek Alert / 11/1)

Britain expands bird flu testing programme (Reuters Health / 10/31)

H5N1 strain could start wave of bird flu outbreaks (Reuters / 10/30)

Study warns U.S. of avian influenza perils (Reuters Health / 10/26)

UGA study identifies North American wild bird species that could transmit bird flu (Eurek Alert / 10/23)

Bird Flu Kills Third Indonesian in a Week, Health Agency Says (Bloomberg.com / 10/17)

EU to expand avian flu monitoring of wild birds (Reuters Health / 10/11)

INDONESIA: The World Bank pledges US$15 million to enable Indonesia to fight avian influenza more effectively. (MeatNews.com / 9/18)

Scientists reveal how H5N1 kills (BBC News / 9/11)

Evidence that mild or asymptomatic human H5N1 infections have not occurred in a Cambodian village with poultry infections (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 9/7)

13,000 Migratory Birds Test Negative For High Path AI (MeatAMI.com / 8/29)

Bird flu study highlights need to vaccinate flocks effectively (Eurek Alert / 8/18)

Bird Flu Monitoring Expands Nationally (US News.com / 8/10)

Bird flu fears focus on Indonesia (BBC News / 8/9)

Avian influenza H5N1 update: resurgence in Thailand (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 8/3)

Researchers Explore Ways Bird Flu May Spread (New York Times / 8/1)

Dutch report low-pathogenic bird flu in farm (Reuters / 8/1)

Thailand: suspected bird flu cases now total 112 (ProMed Mail / 7/31)

Wild Birds Can Spread Bird Flu to People (New York Times from AP / 7/28)

Laos Reports H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak (US News / 7/28)

Bird-flu vaccine may be ready by next year (Yahoo from AP / 7/26)

Vaccination key to controlling bird flu: UK report (Reuters Health / 7/19)

U.S. CDC releases $225 million for bird flu (Reuters Health / 7/ 12)

EU citizens eating less poultry, avian flu survey finds (FoodProductionDaily.com / 7/10)

Human-to-Human Infection by Bird Flu Virus Is Confirmed (New York Times / 6/23)

WHO says H5N1 mutated in Indonesia (Reuters / 6/23)

World avian influenza update: H5N1 could become endemic in Africa (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/22)

WHO: Bird Flu Spread Among Family Members (New York Times from AP / 6/21)

CANADA: Health officials find an H5 subtype of the avian influenza virus in a domestic goose on Prince Edward Island. (MeatNews.com / 6/19)

Avian influenza in Denmark, March-June 2006: public health aspects (Eurosurveillance Weekly / 6/15)

Experimental vaccine protects lab animals against several strains of H5N1 (Eurek Alert / 6/13)

US Approves Wild Bird Avian Flu Surveillance Network (NewsWise.com / 6/8)

Some Countries Lack Resources to Fully Track Bird Flu Cases (New York Times / 6/1)