February 8, 2012
@AVMAvets - Journals Science & Nature agree to suspend research on H5N1 bird flu for 60 days amid safety/security concerns
Posted by sball at 7:02 AM
January 5, 2012
Hong Kong Bans Poultry After Chinese Man Dies Of Bird Flu
Medical News Today - ... certain places in neighboring Shenzhen, a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, following the death there of a man confirmed as having the deadly form of bird flu known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239801.php
Posted by sball at 8:27 AM
December 21, 2011
Hong Kong culls thousands of chickens after bird flu discovered
CNN.com - The Hong Kong government said Wednesday that more than 17,000 chickens were being culled at a poultry market after a chicken carcass tested positive for avian flu. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/21/world/asia/hong-kong-bird-flu/index.html
Posted by sball at 12:36 PM
December 1, 2011
Engineering a Deadly Flu
Scientist - The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity is investigating a research group that succeeded in making the avian influenza (H5N1) highly contagious in the lab, according to a post on NPR's health blog. ... http://the-scientist.com/2011/11/21/engineering-a-deadly-flu/
Posted by sball at 10:49 AM
October 18, 2011
@AVMAvets 2 outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu reported in Iran, according to the World Health Org
Posted by sball at 2:13 PM
October 13, 2011
FAO: H5N1 resurgence possible
JAVMAnews - A "major resurgence" of highly pathogenic avian influenza could occur, and an emerging viral strain currently infecting birds is less vulnerable to existing vaccines, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/oct11/111015m.asp
Posted by sball at 1:51 PM