HK scientists seek effective cures to avian flu
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Hong Kong scientists have been researching a vaccine for the avian flu epidemic, commonly known as bird flu. Doctor John Nichols, a pathologist at Hong Kong University, says
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Scientists in Hong Kong said yesterday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Researchers win a grant to help produce a drug that could stop flu and other diseases from replicating in humans.
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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu which has killed at least 148 people is showing signs of being able to mutate and develop resistance to the most effective anti-viral drugs and any possible vaccines yet to be produced, a WHO scientist said Thursday.
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HONG KONG Officials in Thailand announced Monday that a 32-year-old woman had been hospitalized with the country&#39;s second human case of avian influenza since the disease began a resurgence in July and said that two family members of the sick person had
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Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
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Dec 21, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - Overcoming the threat of avian influenza is the single most pressing agricultural and public health issue facing Southeast Asia, Singapore&#39;s minister of state for national development, Cedric Foo, said yesterday in opening a
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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SHANGHAI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a global outbreak of avian influenza unless greater efforts are made to fight the disease in countries already affected
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Experts have called for closer study of less lethal strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus because they might be more likely candidates to spark an influenza pandemic.
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SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan has outlined three areas of global cooperation in dealing with international public health emergencies such as the current bird flu outbreak.
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Outfitting swans with super-light Teflon backpacks containing solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters is the latest way scientists and researchers are trying to fight the spread of avian influenza.
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The World Health Organization warned here Saturday that a pandemic of avian influenza is likely to occur unless Asian countries intensify preventative efforts.
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Asian nations have vowed to work together to combat bird flu after warnings it could lead to a human influenza pandemic that could kill millions and make nearly a third of the world ill.
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TORONTO (CP) - In the wake of yet another avian influenza death in Thailand, the World Health Organization urged countries with flu vaccine production capacity and their manufacturers to speed up work on trial vaccines against the highly deadly H5N1 virus
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Breakthrough by British scientists will help to develop and test new treatments for winter coughs
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Hong Kong authorities may ban the slaughtering of poultry by retailers in a bid to prevent a bird (avian) flu pandemic. The WHO has warned that the next global pandemic may come from a mutated bird flu virus.