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  • October 2008

    • FDA OKs High-Speed Flu Test

      Associated Press  |  Oct 1, 08 1:50 AM CDT

      FDA OKs High-Speed Flu Test

      (Newser) - A new genetic test for the flu virus, which slashes the time it takes to identify new strains from 4 days to 4 hours, has been approved by the FDA. The test will play a key role in an early warning system if the US is ever struck by a deadly mutant strain of flu or an epidemic of bird flu, AP reports, and it will improve treatment during the regular flu season. More »

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      FDA  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  • CDC  • genetic testing  • bird flu  • flu  • avian flu

  • August 2008
  • June 2008

    • Phone Data Used to Map Human Activity

      BBC  |  Jun 4, 08 3:41 PM CDT

      Phone Data Used to Map Human Activity

      (Newser) - Researchers using mobile-phone data to study patterns of human movement find that we're quite creatures of habit, the BBC reports. The 100,000 randomly selected subjects—outside the US, where such tracking would be illegal, the AP notes—remained mostly in the same small area, traveling less than 6½ miles daily, with few going more than 50 miles on a regular basis. More »

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      cell phones  • research  • economics  • population  • avian flu  • human population

  • April 2008

    • S. Korea Culls 3M Birds in Flu Fight

      Reuters  |  Apr 17, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      S. Korea Culls 3M Birds in Flu Fight

      (Newser) - South Korea has sent in soldiers to kill and bury birds as bird flu spreads rapidly throughout the country, Reuters reports. More than 3 million farm birds have been culled so far, but fresh cases continue to be reported and the disease is heading for the capital. The entire country has been put on its second-highest alert level, although no human infections have yet been reported. More »

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      South Korea  • outbreak  • bird flu  • avian flu  • H5N1  • cull  • poultry

  • December 2007

    • Flu Shot May Help Fight Off Bird Flu: Study

      Reuters  |  Dec 27, 07 8:02 AM CST

      Flu Shot May Help Fight Off Bird Flu: Study

      (Newser) - A regular flu shot may offer at least some protection against the bird flu, a new study finds. Researchers tested the blood of 42 volunteers who'd recently gotten flu vaccines, exposing it to the deadly H5N1 avian flu, and found that in some of them, the immune system recognized the threat and responded with appropriate antibodies, Reuters reports. More »

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      virus  • immune system  • bird flu  • avian flu  • flu shot  • H5N1  • antibodies

  • November 2007

    • UK Bird Flu Cull Widens to 22K

      BBC  |  Nov 14, 07 12:43 PM CST

      UK Bird Flu Cull Widens to 22K

      (Newser) - Some 22,000 more birds are being killed in Britain after an outbreak of bird flu on a turkey farm in Suffolk, northeast of London. The cull has been extended to four nearby sites, although the disease has only been detected at the first farm. "This is a precautionary measure taken to prevent any spread of the disease," an official tells the BBC . More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • outbreak  • bird flu  • avian flu  • H5N1  • cull

    • Deadly Bird Flu ID'd on UK Farm

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 13, 07 4:57 PM CST

      Deadly Bird Flu ID'd on UK Farm

      (Newser) - The avian flu that decimated a British turkey farm is the dangerous H5N1 strain, which can spread to humans. Authorities are taking extreme precautions, reports the Telegraph, slaughtering about 6,000 birds and forbidding the transportation of poultry within a 6-mile "surveillance zone.” The H5N1 strain has killed more than 150 people worldwide. More »

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      England  • public health  • bird flu  • avian flu  • H5N1  • Suffolk  • turkey

  • October 2007

    • Next Up, Locusts: Bird Flu Closes In on Humans

      Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT

      Next Up, Locusts: Bird Flu Closes In on Humans

      (Newser) - A new mutation of bird flu virus H5N1 allows it to survive in humans, which have cooler body temperatures than birds. The virus doesn’t currently transmit between humans, but the ability to survive in our respiratory tract could start an epidemic, researchers warn. "I don't like to scare the public, but it is important to the scientific community to understand what is happening," said one. More »

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      epidemic  • bird flu  • avian flu  • H5N1

  • September 2007

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