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NEWS ABOUT: H5N1

H5N1 stories: 8 news summaries

(AP) - Three dead chickens tested positive for bird flu in Hong Kong, prompting the city to suspend poultry imports for 21 days and begin slaughtering tens of thousands of birds, an official said today. "We feel that Hong Kong is facing a new alert for bird flu," said the... More »

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China • Hong Kong • avian flu • H5N1 • chicken

 Pandemic Risk Real, Mounting 

Experts fear spread of disease, entrenched in avian population, to humans

May 6, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The danger of a worldwide bird flu epidemic is growing as the virus becomes established in the avian population, Reuters reports. World Health Organization experts today urged all nations to prepare in case the H5N1 virus mutates into a form easily transferable between humans. In birds, the strain has spread... More »

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birds • epidemic • World Health Organization • avian flu • H5N1 • influenza • pandemic

 S. Korea Culls
 3M Birds in Flu Fight 

Nation on alert as troops sent in to slaughter poultry

Apr 17, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Flu Shot May Help Fight
Off Bird Flu: Study

Vaccinated patients more likely to have immune response to deadly H5N1 virus

Dec 27, 07 8:02 AM CST
(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... More »

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

'US Ill Prepared for Disaster'

Study warns of inability to meet emergencies, funding cuts

Dec 19, 07 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The US is not prepared for major disasters, including biological attacks and pandemics, and funding to meet such emergencies is falling, according to a new study. Thirteen states don't have adequate plans to distribute vaccines, 12 states don't have systems to track the spread of diseases and 7 states are... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • World Health Organization • H5N1 • Trust for America's Health • National Association of County and City Health Officials • disaster preparedness

UK Bird Flu Cull Widens to 22K 

Culling seen as precautionary; no sign of disease spreading

Nov 14, 07 12:43 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Deadly Bird Flu ID'd on UK Farm

Human-transmissible H5N1 strain detected; 6,000 birds killed as precaution

Nov 13, 07 4:57 PM CST
(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 »

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

Next Up, Locusts: Bird Flu Closes In on Humans

Latest strain may be more dangerous to people

Oct 5, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(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... More »

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epidemic • avian flu • H5N1

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