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Vaccination plan favors health care workers

Essential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday.

Indonesia's new bird flu policy leads to anger

Ali Usman's wife died of bird flu 10 days ago, but the government has yet to notify next-of-kin about the cause. He searches for answers in newspapers, which until last month reported aggressively on deaths linked to the virus, but finds nothing.

Employers can reserve Tamiflu for workers

Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay a fee and reserve enough to protect workers.

Multiple meds needed to stop bird flu pandemic

Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs — not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu — to counter the danger of resistance in a pandemic triggered by bird flu, British experts said on Wednesday.

Bird flu patch gets government go-ahead

A small biotechnology company trying to develop needle-free vaccines won a boost to its efforts on Tuesday with U.S. government approval to test a bird flu skin patch on more people.

Human-to-human bird flu confirmed in China

Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught bird flu from his son in December, according to a report released Tuesday.

Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine

Vietnam has started clinical trials for developing a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers said on Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52 deaths from bird flu.

Don't blame chickens for bird flu outbreaks

Intensive rice farming and large duck populations — not the number of chickens raised — may be the best predictors of where bird flu might develop in Southeast Asia, according to researchers reviewing outbreaks in Vietnam and Thailand.

Rampant Indonesian bird flu raises human risk

Efforts to contain bird flu are failing in Indonesia, increasing the possibility that the virus may mutate into a deadlier form, the leading U.N. veterinary health body warned.


 
 

 

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