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THE Environment Department is watching over 330 endangered species that its agents seized Wednesday last week to ensure that none of them is carrying the deadly avian flu virus, an official said over the weekend. The seized wildlife included reptiles, mammals and birds that could fetch P3....

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Marunda duck market vendors live in fear of eviction with nowhere to go

JakartaPost Sunday, February 7, 2010 10:54:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Marunda, North Jakarta, duck market vendors are worried they will have no place to do business once the city plan to move poultry related businesses to the outskirts of Jakarta goes into effect, re Read More...

Don't let your guard down -- As WHO comes under attack, accused of creating fake pandemic...

trinidadexpress Sunday, February 7, 2010 4:09:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Avian influenza[1]; avian influenza[1];

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Other categories: PublicHealth; CommunicableDiseases; SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

AS of late the World Health Organisation (WHO) has come under attack by several countries saying they created a fake pandemic so cash strap pharmaceutical companies could profit....

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Bird flu H5N1 re-strikes Myanmar

focusnews-en Saturday, February 6, 2010 5:45:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Bird flu[2]; bird flu[3]; avian influenza[2];

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Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Yangon. Bird flu H5N1 has re-struck Myanmar with one case occurring in Yangon's Mayangong township in the beginning of this month, according to a statement of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) Saturday, Xinhua News Agency informed....

Articles published more than 4 days ago

Live chicken imports remain unchanged before Lunar New Year

7thspace Friday, February 5, 2010 10:54:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) avian influenza[3];

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Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - In response to media enquiries, a spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said today (February 5) that the Government had decided to maintain the present level of daily live chicken imports from the Mainland at 7,000 chickens before ......

Articles published more than 5 days ago

Nepal reports outbreak of bird flu

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 4, 2010 10:03:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Nepal has reported an outbreak of bird flu in the country, a media report said on Thursday. Six samples collected from a poultry farm in the western district of Pokhara tested positive to the H5N1 virus, Xinhua quoted Hari Dahal of the agriculture and cooperatives ministry as saying....

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Testing of dead birds scaled back

HonululuAdvetrtiser Wednesday, February 3, 2010 1:14:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) bird flu[1]; avian influenza[2];

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Entities: Sean Hao[1]; Janice Okubo[1];

Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal;

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Janice Okubo said: "We do have the capacity to gear up for it if we see a rise or legitimate threat," "It's just that we're not doing it regularly and we're not doing collections of dead birds"

Got dead bird? Unless it's a native bird or a large group of birds, don't call the state. The state this month discontinued testing of dead birds that had been done under a program aimed at early detection of the West Nile virus and potential avian influenza....

Cambodia culls bird flu-affected ducks

smh Wednesday, February 3, 2010 5:50:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Cambodian authorities have begun a mass killing of ducks after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus....

Ducks culled after outbreak of bird flu virus

thestar Wednesday, February 3, 2010 5:29:00 AM CET | info

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Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Cambodian authorities began a mass killing of ducks Wednesday after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus....

40,000 get swine flu vaccine --

trinidadexpress Wednesday, February 3, 2010 4:34:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Jerry Narace[1];

Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

SOME 40,000 people have been vaccinated against the H1N1 virus in Trinidad and Tobago. However, Minister of Health Jerry Narace is urging ’at risk’ individuals who have not done so as yet to get vaccinated against the deadly virus....

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Was swine flu ever a real threat?

telegraph Tuesday, February 2, 2010 8:18:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: John Oxford[1]; Peter Openshaw[1];

Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

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John Oxford explains: "The concern was that if bird flu suddenly went pandemic, it could trigger mortality on a massive scale,"

With one scientist alleging a World Health Organization 'conspiracy' that was a bonanza for drug firms, Mark Honigsbaum asks if H1N1 could have been handled differently....

New swine flu in eyes fear

thestandard-hk Monday, February 1, 2010 8:46:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: York Chow[1]; Michael Chan[1];

Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

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Michael Chan said: "We found that pandemic H1N1 flu can actually infect and replicate in conjunctiva [the eyes] while the seasonal flu cannot,"

New research has revealed that the swine flu virus can be spread through the eyes, underscoring the importance of personal hygiene to avoid the disease. University of Hong Kong researchers compared the ability of swine flu H1N1 and the seasonal H1N1 and H3N2 flu viruses to replicate in cells and.......

Ghana listed for H1N1 vaccine

myjoyonline Monday, February 1, 2010 10:13:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Avian Influenza[2];

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Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

Ghana has been listed as one of the countries selected by the World Health Organisation to receive the HINI vaccine....

Residents worry as chickens die en masse

JakartaPost Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:09:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) bird flu[3];

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Residents in South Lampung are panicking following the sudden deaths of thousands of chickens owned by poultry company PT Central Avian Pertiwi, despite the birds having been previously cleared of Read More...

Bird flu outbreak kills fowl in Lampung regency

JakartaPost Friday, January 29, 2010 4:41:00 AM CET | info

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Local husbandry agency in East Lampung regency, Lampung, reported Friday that bird flu outbreak has killed hundreds of fowl in three districts during the first month of the year. Read More...

Bird flu spreads to more areas in West Bengal

HindustanTimes Thursday, January 28, 2010 6:26:00 PM CET | info

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While culling continued in bird-flu hit West Bengal, new epicentres have emerged since the government confirmed the virus Jan 14, health authorities said in New Delhi....

S'pore to decide soon if it will lower its H1N1 alert status to "green"

channelnewsasia Thursday, January 28, 2010 3:16:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) bird flu[2];

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Entities: Khaw Boon Wan[1];

Other categories: SwineFlu; AgriculturalProdAnimal;

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Khaw Boon Wan said: "When you buy life insurance, you hope not to catch it right? You hope to live a long life. So likewise, vaccine is one of those where you stock it up. Yes, even if you have to write if off, that's insurance policy. Of course you try to make use of it as much as you can and you also try not to overstock"

SINGAPORE: Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said he will decide in a couple of weeks if Singapore's H1N1 alert status will be lowered to green from the current yellow....

Vietnam wishes to bolster co-operation with WHO

nhandan Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:09:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Nguyen Tan Dung[1]; Margaret Chan[2]; Klaus Schwab[1];

Other categories: Davos; AgriculturalProdAnimal; CommunicableDiseases; SwineFlu;

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received Margaret Chan, General Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), in Geneva on January 27. PM Dung has been leading a Vietnamese delegation to attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos , Switzerland , from January 25-31 at the invitation of WEF Chairman Klaus Schwab....

Retrospective space-time analysis of H5N1 Avian Influenza emergence in Thailand

7thspace Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:40:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Avian Influenza[1]; avian influenza[1];

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Background:The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus remains a worldwide threat to human and animal health, while the mechanisms explaining its epizootic emergence and re-emergence in poultry are largely unknown. Data from Thailand, a ......

Drug firms 'drove swine flu pandemic warning to recoup billions spent on research'

dailymail Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:54:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Wolfgang Wodarg[1];

Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal; SwineFlu;

Drug companies manipulated the World Health Organisation into downgrading its definition of a pandemic to cash in on an outbreak, it is claimed....

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Bird flu hits another poultry farm

thedailystarBD Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:08:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Bird flu[1]; bird flu[2];

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Entities: Habibur Rahman[1];

Other categories: AgriculturalProdAnimal; SwineFlu;

The bird flu virus H1N1 struck a poultry farm in Sirajganj yesterday, two days after it infected a farm in Joypurhat....

Veterinary diseases, new trend or old foe?

nrc-en Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:10:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) bird flu[1]; avian influenza[1];

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Entities: Roel Coutinho[1];

Other categories: CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks; AgriculturalProdAnimal; CommunicableDiseases;

The culling of thousands of goats after an outbreak of Q-fever has reinforced calls for vaccination....

Bird flu again

thedailystarBD Monday, January 25, 2010 7:01:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Bird flu[2]; bird flu[1];

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The bird flu virus H1N1 struck again on Sunday at Lata Poultry Farm under Khetlal upazila in Joypurhat....

Bird flu affects Gazipur farm, 531 chickens culled

thedailystarBD Monday, January 25, 2010 3:14:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (AvianFlu) Bird flu[2]; bird flu[1];

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Some 531 chickens were culled at a poultry farm in Gazipur on Monday in presence of the district livestock officer after it was affected by bird flu virus H5N1....

What the Russian papers say

rian-en Monday, January 25, 2010 3:09:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Ian Kelly[1]; Madeleine Albright[1]; Lake Baikal[1]; Yevgeny Yasin[1]; Alexej Dimowski[1]; Sergei Karykhalin[1]; Svetlana Bakhmina[1]; Sergei Rogov[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Yevgeny Primakov[1];

Other categories: EURussia; Turkey-EU; Market;

MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) Russia and U.S. deadlocked over strategic arms deal/ It is becoming unsafe to post RuNet comments/ PwC predicts Russia to become Europe's largest economy by 2030/ Russia looks for new poultry meat suppliers...

NanoViricides Announces That Its Major Shareholder Has Completed Programmed Sale

finanznachrichten-en Monday, January 25, 2010 1:15:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Bird Flu[1]; Swine Flu[1];

Other categories: CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks; AgriculturalProdAnimal; CommunicableDiseases; SwineFlu;

NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB) (the "Company"), reports that TheraCour Pharma, Inc. (TheraCour®), a major shareholder of the Company, completed ......

Turkey tycoon Bernard Matthews retires at the age of 80

bbc Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:03:00 PM CET | info

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