Bird Flu Outbreak Will Likely Cause New Human Flu Pandemic
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The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe.
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The eight individuals in Pakistan who are suspected to have bird flu probably have a combination of infections from poultry and limited person-to-person transmission from close contact, a top World Health Organization expert said on Tuesday. Keiji Fukuda, coordinator of WHO's global influenza program, said while unconfirmed, any human-to-human spread seemed similar to previous outbreaks in Thailand and Indonesia -- affecting close family members caring for sick loved ones.
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Hong Kong authorities may ban the slaughtering of poultry by retailers in a bid to prevent a bird (avian) flu pandemic. The WHO has warned that the next global pandemic may come from a mutated bird flu virus.
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BANGKOK A day after Thai and international officials confirmed the first probable human-to-human transmission of a virulent strain of avian influenza in this country, public health systems around the globe were scrambling to prepare for a possible pandemic
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The EU confirms a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Hungary.
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An outbreak of avian influenza in a family in Thailand has raised fears that the virus might have been transferred directly between humans.
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Health officials warned Monday that the world was close to its next pandemic -- a powerful and highly contagious mix of avian influenza and flu virus that would likely be centered in Asia.
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The World Health Organisation confirmed that it was examining a &quot;probable&quot; first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand, raising fears of a deadly global flu pandemic.
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The World Health Organisation has warned that a global Bird Flu pandemic is now inevitable. Officials say they fear the virus will spread globally within weeks, affect up to 30 per cent of the world&#39;s population and kill between two and 7 million people.
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The outbreak of deadly bird flu in Asia spurred the EU on Monday to check Europe's preparedness for the spread of a disease that scientists warn may become pandemic.
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World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions of people across the globe that had the potential to be worse than the SARS virus.
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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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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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A medical expert has warned that the next flu pandemic could wreck the global ecosystem, in addition to killing millions of people worldwide, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Russian health officials confirmed on Monday that a bird flu outbreak near Moscow was caused by the dangerous H5N1 strain that can infect humans.
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Asia faces an outbreak of  unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza,  which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a  pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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BANGKOK - The head of the World Health Organization&#39;s global influenza program, Dr, Klaus Stohr, has nominated the bird flu virus in Asia as the most likely cause of the world&#39;s next flu pandemic.