China Says to Strengthen Bird Flu Monitoring
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China is to establish bird flu  monitoring centers in rural areas to strengthen the country's  efforts to deal with any outbreaks, the official Xinhua news  agency reported Tuesday.
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BEIJING : The World Health Organization has said it is more worried about bird flu than SARS, warning a pandemic is likely to occur unless effective measures are taken, Chinese state media said.
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The sharing of virus samples found in bird flu victims must be fostered by providing equal access to vaccines resulting from that information, the World Health Organization's top bird flu official said on Tuesday.
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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.
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HONG KONG - 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 said.
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China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus and develop vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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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 H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected in another poultry farm in northern Bangladesh, forcing authorities to cull nearly 300 chickens, officials said on Wednesday.
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China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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Hospitals and health officials across Thailand have been placed on high alert to monitor for any cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly bird flu virus.
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BEIJING - China said yesterday that a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs last year but denied that the animals had the disease this year.
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Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
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The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move
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Scientists in China say they have discovered the highly virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu in pigs.
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Recent studies have shown that waterfowl are a crucial link in the spread of East Asia's avian influenza epidemic.
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Vietnam has reported outbreaks of the bird flu virus in six provinces, prompting authorities to cull thousands birds in an effort to stop the spread of the disease.
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China on Tuesday sought to reassure consumers already spooked by a slew of food scandals that poultry was safe to eat after officials confirmed the first H5N1 bird flu outbreak since May.