Awaiting Lengthy Lab Confirmation of Bird Flu Risks Treatment Delays, Studies Find
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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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The government is weighing approval of a bird flu vaccine that a new analysis found is even less effective than previously thought.
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Turkeys at a farm in Virginia had antibodies to a low-risk strain of bird flu but direct evidence of infection has not been found, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
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A long, suspicious delay in the study of Merck and Schering's $5 billion drug was reported by Forbes last November.
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SINGAPORE : Singapore says it is verifying reports of another bird flu outbreak in a Malaysian farm. Singapore was scheduled to review its current ban on Malaysian poultry and eggs on Saturday, but this may now be delayed.
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Scientists say the number of cases of humans being infected with bird flu may have been underestimated.
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HOUSTON A flu-like virus has again prompted a delay in the fraud and conspiracy trial of four former Merrill Lynch officials and two former Enron executives.
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The freeze on air traffic after the   September 11 attacks delayed the 2001-2002 flu season, and   researchers were able to confirm what many had long suspected   -- air travel could help spread a bird flu pandemic very   efficiently.
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A panel of experts will meet on Tuesday to consider whether the Food and Drug Administration should approve Sanofi-Aventis' experimental bird flu vaccine, which could become the first such product cleared for the U.S. market.
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Scientists say they have identified a key reason why bird flu has so far not hit humans hards.
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Tests on birds in Dorset will continue as vets try to contain the virulent form of bird flu found at a bird sanctuary.
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BANGKOK : Thailand was scrambling to determine whether bird flu struck five people in a northern province as the World Health Organisation expressed concern that human-to-human transmission of the lethal virus had occurred.
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U.S. officials are looking in the wrong place to stop bird flu, suggests a new study, which questions the usefulness of testing Alaskan birds migrating from Russia.
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A fragment of a human protein that blocks influenza viruses -- including avian flu -- from attaching to and infecting cells holds promise if laboratory experiments are borne out, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Scientists believe they have found some of the steps needed for bird flu to turn into a pandemic strain.
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Discovery Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday the expected launch of its experimental respiratory treatment for premature infants will be delayed until the fourth quarter after U.S. regulators found quality-control problems in its manufacturing.
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Scientists have found the first real evidence that restricting air travel can delay flu's spread &#151; a finding that could influence government plans for battling the next influenza pandemic.