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EU vet experts to review German bird flu Daily Times - BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) veterinary experts are likely to meet next week to reassess poultry trade and movement curbs imposed in the German state of Bavaria after an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the bloc s executive said. As […]

Featured PRFirmPRWeb - CIDRAP Warns US Must Improve Avian Flu Preparedness The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reports the US lags behind Canada in pandemic planning and will experience a shortage of Tamiflu in the event of an outbreak of Avian Flu. Canada
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Vets review pandemic historyDisaster News Network - “Why is there so much concern about bird flu? Because this has happened before,” said Dr. Michael Greger. Greger spoke during an avian flu workshop Thursday at the Humane Society of the United States’ (HSUS) Animals in Disaster Conference
58-year-old man showing bird-flu symptomsManila Times - […]

Finger sent in protest to PMWorldnews.com - Second Bali death attributed to bird flu Sydney Morning Herald A second woman may have died from bird flu on the Indonesian resort island of Bali . Bali Health Agency chief Dr Dewa Ketut Oka said the local woman died in the island’s Sanglah Hospital about […]

Disease-carrying mosquito reaches BritainDaily Telegraph - West Nile virus can cause a mild flu-like illness and arthritis. But about one per cent of people develop serious illness, including a type of meningitis or acute encephalitis. The mosquito is known to carry a worm, the parasitic Dirofilarria, which
Flu fears for Cup carnivalNews.com.au - […]