Japan holds bird flu drill for human cases
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Japan held a drill on Monday to test its readiness for dealing with human cases of bird flu, with a limping mock patient -- wearing a white mask and labeled "Mr. A" -- being whisked to hospital in an ambulance and tested.
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A case of bird flu in Thailand sparks fears of human to human transmission.
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Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.
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In an effort to combat a possible pandemic of Asian bird flu, researchers have developed a new test that can detect the virus in humans within hours.
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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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Scientists in Hong Kong and China said Wednesday they have developed a test to detect bird flu infections in humans within hours, which could give health officials an important tool for controlling the killer virus.
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Japanese authorities on Saturday confirmed the country's fourth outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at a poultry farm in the country's south.
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Plans are in place to deal with an outbreak of bird flu in Wales, says Environment Minister Carwyn Jones.
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Hong Kong is keeping a close watch on the bird flu situation and will recommend measures to collaborate with health agencies across the region in the prevention and control of the disease, according to a local government report released yesterday.
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Japan held a huge earthquake disaster   drill in Tokyo on Friday with a U.S. navy ship transporting   evacuees and helicopters carrying relief supplies.
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The World Health Organisation has said it is concerned about the world&#39;s first probable human to human transmission of the bird flu virus.
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A series of measures are being taken to prevent animal epidemics since a bird flu outbreak in the country in the spring. Local governments have reinforced the monitoring of bird flu.
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A 26-year-old Thai woman who died of acute pneumonia on 20 September was a âprobableâ case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Thai Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Tuesday.
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China is gearing up to fight possible outbreaks of bird flu this winter and is training scientists and health workers across the country to diagnose the deadly disease in humans and animals, a top scientist says.
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The World Health Organisation last night confirmed that it was examining a probable first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level   alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power   plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may   carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on   Saturday, citing government sources.
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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.