http://un-influenza.org/media/feed In the news en http://un-influenza.org/node/2235 AFP; 27 Aug 2008 - Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:37:38 -0500 frank 2235 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2234 VNS; 27 Aug 2008 - A strain of the H5N1 virus that poses a high risk of infecting humans and caused an avian flu epidemic in China, has appeared in smuggled poultry in Viet Nam according to Bui Quang Anh, the head of the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development’s Animal Health Department yesterday. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:37:14 -0500 frank 2234 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2233 WP; 27 Aug 2008 - Novavax said yesterday that its bird flu vaccine elicited a robust immune response in humans, moving the biotech a step closer to licensing its pandemic vaccine production system. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:36:41 -0500 frank 2233 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2232 NN; 26 Aug 2008 - A serious outbreak of bird flu has devastated poultry stocks and prices in India and killed 100 people in Indonesia. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:36:09 -0500 frank 2232 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2231 UPI; 26 Aug 2008 - University of Texas and Rutgers researchers have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight bird flu and other influenza strains. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:35:39 -0500 frank 2231 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2230 NewsYemen; 26 Aug 2008 - The World Bank on Tuesday declared it would grant Yemen 1,000,080 USD to fight bird flu and take precautious measures against the disease. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:35:11 -0500 frank 2230 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2229 Reuters; 26 Aug 2008 - A new type of bird flu vaccine that uses a mock version of the virus appears to protect people against infection and is safe enough to continue testing, Novavax Inc. said on Tuesday. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:34:33 -0500 frank 2229 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2228 CIDRAP; 25 Aug 2008 - With influenza season well under way in the southern hemisphere, one of the three kinds of seasonal influenza virus is becoming increasingly resistant to the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:34:04 -0500 frank 2228 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2227 CIDRAP; 25 Aug 2008 - Wildlife officials in Rhode Island recently announced that during routine surveillance they detected the low-pathogenic form of H7N3 avian influenza in wild mute swans. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:33:28 -0500 frank 2227 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2226 Xinhua; 24 Aug 2008 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is gearing up for a battle against bird flu as the season of birds' migration approaches with strict precautionary measures to prevent an outbreak of the disease in the country, local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Sunday. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:32:49 -0500 frank 2226 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2225 CIDRAP; 22 Aug 2008 - It was secondary bacterial pneumonia—not the influenza virus by itself—that killed most of the millions who perished in the 1918 flu pandemic, which suggests that current pandemic preparations should include stockpiling of antibiotics and bacterial vaccines, influenza researchers reported this week. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:32:21 -0500 frank 2225 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2224 Xinhua; 22 Aug 2008 - Vietnam plans to make vaccines against bird flu virus strain H5N1 for humans in late 2009 after successful trials, according to local newspaper Pioneer on Friday. Links Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:31:38 -0500 frank 2224 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2223 DBO; 21 Aug 2008 - University-led research revealed a strain of the avian flu virus once considered less severe could develop the ability to be transmitted from one mammal to another, leading to a human pandemic, according to results published by the Public Library of Science. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:18:48 -0500 frank 2223 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2222 PRWeb; 21 Aug 208 - Natural Solutions Foundation alerts world to startling evidence that H5N1 virus may already have been genetically engineered, resulting in the potential for a man-made pandemic. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:18:13 -0500 frank 2222 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2221 This Day (Lagos); 20 Aug 2008 - The Gombe State Public enlightenment committee on Avian Influenza has described the disease as more dangerous and deadlier then HIV/AIDS. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:17:36 -0500 frank 2221 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2220 UNICEF; 19 Aug 2008 - More than 5,000 Indonesian boy and girl scouts have pledged to fight the battle against avian influenza in their home province of West Java. The scouts recently gathered at a seaside town in Sukabumi district to learn about bird flu and how they can help protect their communities from the deadly virus. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:17:07 -0500 frank 2220 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2219 Reuters; 19 Aug 2008 - Bacterial pneumonia may have killed most people during the 1918 flu pandemic, and antibiotics may be as crucial as flu drugs to fight any new pandemic, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:16:38 -0500 frank 2219 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2218 The Straits Times; 20 Aug 2008 - FINANCIAL institutions will soon face a life-like test of how they might hold up in a devastating flu pandemic. Links Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:16:01 -0500 frank 2218 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2214 AP; 18 Aug 2008 - early a century after history's most lethal flu faded away, survivors' bloodstreams still carry super-potent protection against the 1918 virus, demonstrating the remarkable durability of the human immune system. Links Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:55:31 -0500 frank 2214 at http://un-influenza.org http://un-influenza.org/node/2213 LAT; 18 Aug 2008 - The virus triggered a violent immune response that injured the lungs, making them a target for bacterial infection, two studies say. The findings may guide preparations for future outbreaks. Links Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:54:50 -0500 frank 2213 at http://un-influenza.org