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Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Tue Feb 23, 6:19 pm ET
Bhutan reports first H5N1 outbreak Agriculture officials in Bhutan today reported the country's first H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, which struck free-range chickens in a village near the southwestern border with India, according to a report from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The outbreak, located in Chhuka province, began Feb 18, killing 8 birds and sickening 14 others.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Mar 4, 4:00 am ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Indonesia Tourism Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Mar 4, 3:00 am ET
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Vietnam Tourism Report Q1 2010" report to their offering.
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Science Daily - Thu Feb 25, 11:26 pm ET
Researchers from Hungary and the UK have developed a single-dose H5N1 influenza vaccine that induces a protective level of immunity against infection in healthy adult and elderly volunteers. The vaccine is the first single-dose regimen to be tested in elderly subjects and it fulfills all European Union and U.S. licensing criteria offering a promising influenza A virus vaccine candidate.
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The Capital Times - Mon Feb 22, 3:08 pm ET
A new study authored by UW-Madison virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka warns there is the potential for avian H5N1 influenza and human seasonal flu viruses to interact and form a new flu strain which could be both highly contagious and deadly.
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redOrbit - Tue Mar 2, 6:08 am ET
VIENNA, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, the biotech-vaccine company Intercell AG (Pink Sheets: INRLY) (VSE: ICLL) announced its financial results for Q4 and the preliminary results for the full financial year 2009, and presented an update on the Company's development programs. Intercell's revenues in Q4 2009 increased to EUR 32.2m including product sales from IXIARO®/JESPECT® of EUR 2.2m.
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OfficialWire - Tue Mar 2, 8:26 am ET
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Mar 2, 8:00 am ET
Aethlon Medical, Inc. , the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, announced that Jim Joyce, its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present a corporate update from the NASDAQ Marketsite at the 2010 RedChip New York Equities Conference on March 24, 2010. Â Mr.
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Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Wed Feb 24, 11:35 pm ET
Feb 15, 1010 (CIDRAP News) – Egypt's health ministry reported another human H5N1 influenza case, in a 29-year-old woman from Menofia governorate who died of her infection, according to a statement yesterday from the Egyptian State Information Service.
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EurekAlert! - Mon Mar 1, 12:35 pm ET
( McGill University Health Centre ) The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have awarded a $300,000 grant for research focusing on the nature of the immune response induced by the action mechanisms of plant-made Virus-Like Particles to Dr. Louis Vezina, Chief Scientific Officer of Medicago and to Dr. Brian Ward and Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo of the Research Institute of the McGill University ...
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GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Feb 24, 6:30 am ET
SAN DIEGO -- Vical Incorporated announced today the publication in the online edition of Vaccine1 detailed data from two Phase 1 trials of the company's Vaxfectin-adjuvanted DNA vaccines for H5N1 influenza, demonstrating the potential of DNA vaccines for rapid deployment in future pandemics.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 23, 2:17 pm ET
Researchers who mixed together bird flu and ordinary flu viruses created three extremely virulent new strains, a reminder that influenza viruses can swap genes to create dangerous offspring.
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HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Mon Feb 22, 4:03 pm ET
MONDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Research in mice suggests the avian flu virus and the ordinary seasonal flu virus could combine to create a new deadly kind of flu, researchers say.
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EurekAlert! - Wed Feb 24, 5:06 pm ET
( American Society for Microbiology ) The following are tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: "Campylobacter Bacteria in Cattle Manure May Survive Composting"; "Single-Dose HIV DNA Vaccine Induces Long-Lasting Immune Response in Monkeys"; and "Single-Dose H5N1 Vaccine Safe and Effective in Adults and Elderly."
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Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - Mon Feb 22, 7:49 pm ET
Feb 22, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Human seasonal flu strains that reassort with avian H5 influenza can produce a more pathogenic avian flu strain, highlighting the importance of virus genetic surveillance and the need to protect people who have close contact with birds, researchers reported today.
