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Inovio makes steps towards a universal flu vax – FierceVaccines
Inovio makes steps towards a universal flu vax
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In flu research, the universal flu shot is the holy grail–something that will swat swine flu, slay seasonal flu, and bludgeon bird flu. Inovio Pharmaceuticals ($INO) thinks it is a step closer to the prize with a universal avian flu vax.
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 2:02 pm
Hong Kong resumes poultry imports after mainland bird flu – WorldPoultry.net
Hong Kong resumes poultry imports after mainland bird flu
WorldPoultry.net
Hong Kong has resumed the import of the poultry from the previously bird flu stricken province of Liaoning, the Centre for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China announced. A spokesman for the centre said that frozen …
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Posted on 17 May 2012 | 8:52 am
Scientists Make Bird Flu Transmissible Between Humans Then Tell World How To Do It – Singularity Hub
Singularity HubScientists Make Bird Flu Transmissible Between Humans Then Tell World How To Do It
Singularity Hub
by Peter Murray May 16th, 2012 | Comments (0) The H5N1 virus, or Bird Flu, was easily transmissible between birds but not humans. Two scientists have changed that and are publishing how they did it. The emergence of the avian flu in 2003 caused alarm …
Posted on 16 May 2012 | 2:32 pm
Egypt’s Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietely Ravaging Public Health – The Atlantic
The AtlanticEgypt's Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietely Ravaging Public Health
The Atlantic
By Laurie Garrett & Steven A. Cook A combination of avian flu and foot and mouth disease risk destroying the protein supply, eroding public trust, and further destabilizing the Arab world's most populous country. Birds fly over the Great Pyramid of …
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Posted on 14 May 2012 | 2:08 pm
Egypt’s Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietly Ravaging Public Health – The Atlantic
The AtlanticEgypt's Real Crisis: The Dual Epidemics Quietly Ravaging Public Health
The Atlantic
By Laurie Garrett & Steven A. Cook A combination of avian flu and foot and mouth disease risk destroying the protein supply, eroding public trust, and further destabilizing the Arab world's most populous country. Birds fly over the Great Pyramid of …
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Posted on 14 May 2012 | 2:00 pm
Science journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus – ABC2 News
ABC2 NewsScience journal could give recipe for deadly avian flu virus
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The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air. That experiment was funded by the US government, and it has sparked a passionate debate among …
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Posted on 14 May 2012 | 9:53 am
Science Journal Could Give Recipe For Deadly Avian Flu Virus – KVIA El Paso
ABC2 NewsScience Journal Could Give Recipe For Deadly Avian Flu Virus
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The study is from an experiment by a Dutch scientist who engineered the avian flu virus to make it more deadly to mammals by making it spread through the air. That experiment was funded by the US government, and it has sparked a passionate debate among …
Scientists torn over bird flu studyKIVI-TV
'Science' will publish a controversial study on bird fluAgenzia Giornalistica Italia
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Posted on 13 May 2012 | 2:58 am
Bird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published – Fox News
Los Angeles TimesBird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published
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The journal Nature has published the first of two controversial papers about laboratory-enhanced versions of the deadly bird flu virus that initially sparked fears among US biosecurity experts that it could be used as a recipe for a bioterrorism weapon …
Bird flu can spread in mammals, study findsLos Angeles Times
Bird flu research from UW-Madison is finally publishedChicago Tribune
First of controversial bird flu papers publishedCBS News
Christian Science Monitor -ABC News (blog)
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Posted on 3 May 2012 | 12:32 pm
Bird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published – Chicago Tribune
The Associated PressBird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The journal Nature has published the first of two controversial papers about laboratory-enhanced versions of the deadly bird flu virus that initially sparked fears among US biosecurity experts that it could be used as a recipe for a …
Once-Banned Bird Flu Study Suggests Pandemic Threat Is RealU.S. News & World Report
First Of Controversial Bird Flu Studies Is PublishedNPR (blog)
First of 2 papers on lab-made bird flu published
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Posted on 2 May 2012 | 8:13 pm
US Gives Green Light to Publish Controversial Bird Flu Research – U.S. News & World Report
KETV OmahaUS Gives Green Light to Publish Controversial Bird Flu Research
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FRIDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) — The US government is giving the go-ahead for publication of two controversial studies into the H5N1 avian (bird) flu virus, a top federal health official announced Friday. The research, led by two scientists …
NIH: Publish Controversial Bird Flu StudiesKERO-TV 23
The Latest on the Doomsday VirusNew York Times
US okays release of bird flu researchRegister
Medical Xpress -WAPI -Radio Netherlands
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Posted on 21 April 2012 | 1:02 pm
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Researchers tinker with bird flu: Are enough safeguards in place?
A new study and one to be published soon on Asian bird flu have prompted debate about safeguards during research and how much access others should have to research details.
Posted on 4 May 2012 | 6:34 pm
Bird Flu Research From UW-Madison Is Finally Published
Controversial bird flu research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finally was published Wednesday in the journal Nature after a months-long international debate about its value to preparedness vs. the risk that key details could be used by terrorists to create a biological weapon.
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 7:56 pm
Bird flu paper that raised bioterrorism fears published
The journal Nature has published the first of two controversial papers about laboratory-enhanced versions of the deadly bird flu virus that initially sparked fears among U.S. biosecurity experts that it could be used as a recipe for a bioterrorism weapon
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
Bird flu can spread in mammals, study finds
The results, showing an engineered flu strain can spread easily between ferrets, derive from a controversial study that stirred debate over fears of a bioterrorism threat. In a long-awaited study that helped prompt a contentious debate over the wisdom of conducting research that has the potential to help as well as harm, scientists reported Wednesday that they had engineered a mutant strain of …
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 7:06 am
Once-Banned Bird Flu Study Suggests Pandemic Threat Is Real
WEDNESDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) — Data in a formerly banned study detailing how the H5N1 avian (bird) flu virus can morph — with the possibility that it could spread from person to person and cause a global pandemic — may help nations prepare for the impending threat.
Posted on 3 May 2012 | 3:52 am
First of controversial bird flu papers published
After months of debate, one of two bird flu studies is being published with government consent
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 8:44 pm
First of 2 papers on lab-made bird flu published
Four months ago the U.S. government sought to block publication of two studies about how scientists created an easily spread form of bird flu. Now a revised version of one paper is seeing the light of day with the government's blessing.
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 5:57 pm
Controversial Bird-Flu Research Published: How Worried Should We Be?
A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu, which so [...]
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 5:27 pm
Pandemic Potential? Bird Flu Becomes Airborne With Just 4 Mutations
Bird flu can be transmitted between mammals — and possible humans — needing only four mutations to do so, a new study published this week in the journal Nature suggests. But the mutant virus is not deadly, and the work could show virologists how to combat others like it.
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 5:03 pm
One of Two Nearly Censored Bird Flu Papers Published
One of two now-notorious bird flu studies was published on Wednesday, four months after a panel of U.S. federal advisers asked researchers and scientific journals to hold on, just in case the information in the paper was dangerous.In the paper, flu expert Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin (Madison) describes how he genetically engineered H5N1 bird flu—the virus that’s been …
Posted on 2 May 2012 | 3:11 pm
