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Bioterror is not the biggest threat from bird flu – New Scientist
Bioterror is not the biggest threat from bird flu
New Scientist
WHY DO we study flu? So we can protect ourselves from it. We've long since learned that H5N1 bird flu poses real reasons for concern; more recently, that it really does have the potential to become a nightmarish airborne plague. How should we react?
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 4:35 pm
Publish lethal flu virus work, says WHO – New Scientist
Bangkok PostPublish lethal flu virus work, says WHO
New Scientist
BATTLES continue over whether or not to publish research in which H5N1 bird flu transmitted readily among mammals. Last week, a group of flu virologists, public health experts from countries where H5N1 circulates, bioethicists and the World Health …
Bird flu claims third victim this year in IndonesiaBangkok Post
For now, bird flu papers won't be publishedWashington Post
PM wants tighter control over spread of bird fluViet Nam News
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 2:47 pm
5 Possible Bird Flu Cases in S. Sulawesi – Jakarta Globe
Jakarta Globe5 Possible Bird Flu Cases in S. Sulawesi
Jakarta Globe
A government veterinarian sprays anti-bird flu disinfectant over birds and fowls at a Medan city market in January. Five people from Gowa district, South Sulawesi, were rushed to hospital in Makassar on Monday under suspicion that they had contracted …
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 10:54 am
S. Africa ostrich industry hit by major bird flu outbreak – CNN
S. Africa ostrich industry hit by major bird flu outbreak
CNN
Today, however, Hooper's Highgate Ostrich show farm is devoid of both birds and people after tests showed that a major avian flu outbreak in the region has infected his birds. As a result, all of Hooper's 1500 ostriches have been culled.
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Posted on 22 February 2012 | 10:50 am
Housemaid dies of bird flu in Tangerang – Jakarta Post
Housemaid dies of bird flu in Tangerang
Jakarta Post
KH started to display symptoms of the bird flu on Feb. 8 and went to a clinic for treatment for high fever and a cough. Her condition deteriorated and she was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 12. The ministry had monitored her workplace in Tangerang …
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 2:49 am
Campus Connection: Bird flu research to be published … eventually – Capital Times
Campus Connection: Bird flu research to be published … eventually
Capital Times
Two studies showing how scientists created a bird flu virus that's easily transmissible between mammals should be fully published — but only after a panel of experts fully assesses the risks — the World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week.
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Posted on 21 February 2012 | 1:33 pm
Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia – Times of Oman
Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia
Times of Oman
Indonesia: Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia's third human death from the deadly disease this year, the health ministry said Tuesday. Concerns about avian influenza have risen in the …
Posted on 21 February 2012 | 10:54 am
WHO: Bird flu data still on hold – WANE
WANEWHO: Bird flu data still on hold
WANE
Two studies about a genetically altered strain of H5N1 influenza, a deadly avian flu, should be published in their full form, but not yet, experts at a meeting organized by the World Health Organization concluded Friday. There has been concern the …
Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHOThe News International
Bird Flu Still a Menace in Asia and BeyondThe Irrawaddy News Magazine
Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now -WHOReuters
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Posted on 21 February 2012 | 12:29 am
NSC wants rules on research that could lead to biological weapons – Los Angeles Times
NSC wants rules on research that could lead to biological weapons
Los Angeles Times
The National Security Council is worried that studies such as recent work on bird flu could be used by terrorists and rogue states to make weapons, sources say. By Neela Banerjee The National Security Council is moving to exert greater federal control …
UW Scientist's work on bird flu won't be published anytime soonWTAQ
Afternoon State News Briefs: UW prof's research on bird flu under wrapsPierce County Herald
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Posted on 19 February 2012 | 4:29 am
Studies of altered bird flu strains on hold – Newsday
Studies of altered bird flu strains on hold
Newsday
Click here Studies of altered bird flu strains on hold Published: February 18, 2012 10:09 PM By ERYN BROWN. Los Angeles Times A panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization has decided to extend a moratorium on research using …
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Posted on 19 February 2012 | 3:29 am
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Bird Flu Studies Can Be Published After All: WHO
Title: Bird Flu Studies Can Be Published After All: WHO Category: Health News Created: 2/18/2012 2:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 2/21/2012
Posted on 22 February 2012 | 6:48 am
Bird flu claims third victim this year in Indonesia
Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia's third human death from the deadly disease this year, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Posted on 21 February 2012 | 4:40 pm
Campus Connection: Bird flu research to be published … eventually
Two studies showing how scientists created a bird flu virus that's easily transmissible between mammals should be fully published — but only after a panel of experts fully assesses the risks — the World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week.
Posted on 21 February 2012 | 1:26 pm
For now, bird flu papers won’t be published
GENEVA — Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization said Friday. Read full article >>
Posted on 20 February 2012 | 9:02 pm
Bird Flu Research to Stay on Hold as Papers to Be Published
Bird flu experts meeting in Geneva agreed to allow the publication of two studies that alarmed U.S. security officials by showing how to make the deadly H5N1 virus easily transmissible.
Posted on 19 February 2012 | 6:36 pm
Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Speaking after a high-level meeting of flu experts and U.S. security officials in Geneva, a WHO official said an deal had been reached in …
Posted on 17 February 2012 | 9:27 pm
Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret … for now
Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Posted on 17 February 2012 | 8:50 pm
Bird flu still a menace in Asia and beyond
Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks.
Posted on 17 February 2012 | 8:48 pm
Scientists Debate How To Conduct Bird Flu Research
Scientists working with bird flu recently called a 60-day halt on some controversial experiments. The unusual move has been compared to a famous moratorium on genetic engineering in the 1970s. Key scientists involved in that pause on genetic research disagree on whether today's furor over bird flu is history repeating itself.
Posted on 15 February 2012 | 11:08 pm
Decision time for researchers of deadly bird flu
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research. The hurriedly assembled meeting is designed to try to settle an unprecedented row over a call to ban publication of two scientific studies which detail how to mutate H5N1 …
Posted on 15 February 2012 | 7:23 pm
