Flu undermines Spain's EU summit
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Flu forces the German and Italian leaders to miss a Barcelona summit arranged to promote the EU constitution.
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The European Commission on Saturday confirmed that an outbreak of bird flu on a farm in eastern England was the H5N1 strain.
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The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit of flu vaccine makers and nations next week to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.
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LONDON, December 7  - The standoff between the US and Europe regarding aid to Boeing and Airbus continues as the representatives of the two regions failed to sort out their differences at a meeting yesterday.
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A public health crisis faces the US as the influenza season begins, after US drugmaker Chiron was blocked from shipping half the expected US flu vaccines by UK regulators.
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It will take at least two years before the European Union is fully ready to deal with a flu pandemic, the bloc's disease control agency said Thursday.
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U.S. and British drug regulators met Thursday to discuss the closing of a flu-vaccine plant in northern England that has triggered an international vaccine shortage -- but there was no immediate resolution of the crisis.
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The leaders of Spain and France met today for a one-day summit expected to address anti-terrorist measures following a string of bombings by suspected Basque separatists.
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SANTIAGO, Feb 9 (IPS) - Tensions are rising between Chile and the European   Union (EU) in the dispute that has erupted over new barriers to  imports of  Chilean salmon.
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World leaders have been flooding  President Bush with congratulatory calls since his reelection  victory, but at least one -- Spain's Jose Luis Rodriguez  Zapatero -- appears to be having trouble getting through.
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Thousands of Britons have got food poisoning from salmonella in imported Spanish eggs, health officials said yesterday as they demanded that Madrid and the European commission took firmer action on safety.
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Doctors have expressed concerns about the government's plans for a flu pandemic.
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Drug companies will not be able to make enough vaccine to prevent the next global flu pandemic, which health officials fear may be triggered by a viral strain originating in birds, a senior World Health Organisation official said today.
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Hungarians are critical of attempts to link the UK bird flu outbreak to their country.
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Health ministers and experts from across Europe are meeting in Lithuania to discuss efforts to prevent an epidemic of HIV/Aids. They will debate an EU report which says rates of new infections in Russia and ...
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A small number of flu viruses resistant to Tamiflu, a top antiviral drug, have been detected in Europe, health authorities said this week.
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GENEVA -- The World Health Organization yesterday urged governments to provide funds to drug makers developing vaccines against a feared influenza pandemic which could kill millions.