Book review: The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu, by Alan Sipress
Washington Post - Sun Dec 6, 12:00 am ETAlan Sipress's superb and sobering "The Fatal Strain" details the shadowy progression of a virulent avian flu now moving across Asia.
Bird Flu
132 Stories, most recent news story added Fri Nov 20, 11:24 pm ET
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Why bird flu has not caused a pandemic
Science Daily - Fri Nov 20, 11:24 pm ETBird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to new research.
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Novavax to Hold Public Offering of Common Stock
Fox News - Fri Nov 20, 6:15 pm ETVaccine-maker Novavax said Friday it plans to sell 6.8 million shares of its stock.
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Emerging Stock Report Initiates Independent Research Coverage on Inovio Biomed Corp
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 11:31 am ETCALGARY, Alberta -- Emerging Stock Report, a leading provider of sector specific independent investment research, today initiated coverage on Inovio Biomed Corp . Emerging Stock Report is currently offering a complimentary trial subscription to the investment community.
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Biotech Stocks: Inovio, Merck gain; Novavax falls
Market Watch - Fri Nov 20, 11:10 am ETDrug stocks cling to the flat line in morning activity while shares of Inovio Biomedical soar on positive clinical data for its new DNA-based flu vaccine.
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Inovio Biomedical Universal Flu Vaccines Demonstrate Broadly Protective Immune Responses Against Multiple Seasonal ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 6:00 am ETSAN DIEGO----Inovio Biomedical Corporation , a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that a combination of its synthetic consensus H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, and H5N1 influenza vaccine candidates achieved protective antibody responses against several different influenza sub-types and strains in ferrets.
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Bird flu human-to-human spread unlikely
UPI - Fri Nov 20, 1:56 am ETLONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Bird flu would need two simultaneous mutations to spread from human to human, British and U.S. researchers say.
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UT Researchers fight flu
KXAN 36 Austin - Thu Nov 19, 11:59 pm ETFighting flu is the goal of a group of UT researchers who worry today's drugs won't pack the same punch tomorrow.
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NEWS SCAN: H5N1 transmission study, Egypt H5N1 case, Cape Verde dengue cases, Colorado Salmonella outbreak cause
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Thu Nov 19, 7:19 pm ETStudy: H5N1 needs double mutation to gain human transmissibility A team of British and American researchers say their experiments suggest that the H5N1 avian influenza virus would have to undergo at least two simultaneous mutations to gain the ability to spread easily from human to human.
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New Research Helps Explain Why Bird Flu Has Not Caused A Pandemic
redOrbit - Thu Nov 19, 5:08 pm ETBird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.The authors of the new study, from Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of North Carolina, USA, argue that it is very unlikely that two genetic mutations would occur at the ...
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7 of 10 Alaska swine flu deaths hit Fairbanks
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Thu Nov 19, 12:37 pm ETANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Fairbanks man who died Saturday is the tenth death in Alaska from swine flu. Seven of the deaths have been Fairbanks-related. The state Health Department says it's looking ...
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DxNA GeneSTAT PCR System Successfully Completes Evaluation
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Nov 19, 7:00 am ETDxNA, a molecular diagnostics company headquartered in St. George, Utah, announced today that the DxNA GeneSTAT PCR system has successfully completed evaluation studies under the direction of a California laboratory supported by the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme in Food and Agriculture.
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Crowds turn out for all-categories vaccine
Tulsa World - Thu Nov 19, 3:44 am ETJack and Bobbie Campbell waited in line for about an hour at Expo Square on Wednesday to get the H1N1 vaccine.
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Brown professor says swine flu could get much worse
The Providence Journal - Wed Nov 18, 10:17 pm ETPROVIDENCE - Physicians should treat the high fever and dry cough of classic flu promptly with antiviral medications, whether or not patients test positive for H1N1, the virus which is making people sick in epidemic proportions.
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House committees probe pandemic vaccine decisions
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Wed Nov 18, 8:50 pm ETNov 18, 2009 (CIDRAP News) – Federal officials, along with representatives from four vaccine companies, appeared before two US House of Representatives committees today to answer questions about why the nation hasn't stretched scarce pandemic vaccine supply with adjuvants and if a more federally directed distribution system might help vaccine get to more high-risk patients.
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Visiting Veterinarian : Sick as a dog: Swine flu in animals
The Martha's Vineyard Times - Wed Nov 18, 7:12 pm ETIt was only a matter of time. Last week a 13-year-old cat in Iowa had a confirmed case of swine flu. Now before you panic and kick kitty out of the house, let's take a calm, scientific look at the facts.
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Monster Virus?
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WHO: Avian Influenza Updates
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Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 7
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Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
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Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 25
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