Avian flu research 'could be cut'
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Vital research into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be cut to save money, say scientists.
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The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests.
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MIT researchers say they may have discovered how avian influenza could become a pandemic. The discovery could lead to new ways to monitor and treat the virus.
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An outbreak of bird flu on a big English turkey farm should pose no risk to the public or to the poultry industry, a government minister said Monday as investigators continued trying to identify the source of the infection.
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A federal advisory panel in the US is worried that tens of thousands of flu shots will go to waste and is recommending the government ease restrictions on the current supply of flu vaccine.
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The geographic spread of the H5N1 virus in poultry, and evidence that it is becoming more versatile, could make its eradication impossible, WHO officials warned.
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Two months after the government recommended that scarce flu shots be reserved for people most at risk, health officials are considering easing the restrictions.
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Government health officials tried to build their case for school closings and similar steps during a flu pandemic by showcasing new research Monday that suggests such measures seemed to work during the deadly Spanish flu of 1918.
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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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Studies of flu outbreaks in Indonesia and Turkey found that waiting for laboratory confirmation of an avian flu outbreak causes potentially dangerous treatment delays.
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WASHINGTON - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.    Specialists say it's only a matter of time before the next one strikes, and concern is rising that the recurring bird flu in Asia could be the trigger if it mutates in a way that lets it spread easily among people...
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The World Health Organization says that Asia faces a Bird Flu (avian flu) pandemic if things do not change soon. The WHO said that detection and prevention methods need a complete overhaul.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO)  influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments  had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a  pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Experts try to determine the source of an outbreak of bird flu as a mass cull of turkeys nears its end.
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Aug 20, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - A step in the progression of avian influenza considered almost inevitable by experts in view of the widespread and continuing Asian outbreaks this yearâits occurrence in pigsâhas been taken, if a Chinese scientist&#39;s
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Doctorsâ leaders warned today that the licence suspension of a major flu vaccine supplier would have a âsignificant impactâ on the UKâs immunisation programme.
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Top virologists called on Monday for a greater effort in developing effective vaccines against a potential flu pandemic and warned that all contingency plans would be in vain without them.