Australia, Hong Kong report Tamiflu-resistant flu
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Australia and Hong Kong have joined North America and parts of Europe in reporting seasonal influenza viruses with increased resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection.
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The main influenza virus circulating in the United States has shown raised resistance to Roche Holding Ag's Tamiflu, already found to be less potent in parts of Europe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
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Roche AG&#39;s Tamiflu anti-influenza drug has been proven to work against H5N1, the strain of the avian flu virus that the World Health Organization says could be the source of a deadly flu pandemic.
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The risk of a flu pandemic remains high despite possible public fatigue with the issue, but the World Health Organization is hopeful the bird flu virus will do less damage than in past years during Asia's upcoming colder months, an official said Sunday.
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Vietnam said two children who died of  bird flu this month had tested positive for the H5N1 strain,  bringing to three the number of fatalities from the latest  outbreak of a virus that killed 24 people across Asia earlier  this year.
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Bangkok, Dec. 13 (VNA) - Thailand and Hong Kong have agreed that their cooperation in the fight against bird flu must continue until the deadly virus is completely wiped out, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaiseang said.
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Australia will be able to vaccinate  its entire 20 million population against bird flu within six  months, drug manufacturer CSL Ltd said on Wednesday, after  successful completion of clinical trials.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs, adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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Hong Kong's government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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Scientists in Hong Kong and China are working on an AIDS vaccine to protect against three variants of HIV sweeping across south and west China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Hong Kong&#39;s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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Vietnam said two children who died of bird flu this month had tested positive for the H5N1 strain, bringing to three the number of fatalities from the latest outbreak of a virus that killed 24 people across Asia earlier this year.
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Kuala Lumpur - Southeast Asian countries have endorsed a plan to combat bird flu that aims to prevent the disease from spreading and reduce its risk for human pandemic after a two-day meeting in Singapore.
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AN experimental bird flu vaccine had failed to protect chickens against the deadly virus, its Australian makers said today. Only a small percentage of the chickens inoculated in the first Australian trial
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Equine influenza appears to have spread to Australia's thoroughbreds after one tests positive for the virus.
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LONDON - Resistance to a popular anti-influenza drug from Switzerlandâs Roche may be more common than previously thought, raising questions about how it should be used in a major pandemic, Japanese researchers said on Thursday.