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Stories related to Avian fluShowing up to 25 most recent stories (5/13/2008) SEOUL, South Korea – South Korean officials said Monday they have killed all poultry in Seoul, the capital, to curb the spread of bird flu following a new outbreak of the disease in the city. (2/2/2008) HANOI, Vietnam – Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (12/15/2007) HANOI, Vietnam – Bird flu has resurfaced in parts of Asia, with human deaths reported in Indonesia and China and fresh outbreaks plaguing other countries. (2/28/2007) A federal advisory committee Tuesday recommended approval of the first bird flu vaccine for humans, despite concerns about safety and that the shots won't protect most people. (8/22/2006) If a deadly bird flu pandemic ever materializes, who should be the first, second and third in line to get a potentially lifesaving dose of vaccine? (5/5/2006) HEBER CITY, Utah — Harry R. Weyandt worries about a deadly flu pandemic reaching the United States for a different reason from most people: It would overwhelm his business. (5/2/2006) WASHINGTON – The government forecasts massive disruptions if bird flu or some other super-strain of influenza breaks out, with as much as 40 percent of the national work force off the job, but it doesn't foresee closing U.S. borders to fight the illness' spread, according to a draft of a national response plan obtained Monday. (4/15/2006) TACOMA – More than 1,000 emergency planners from government, hospitals, schools, tribes and the military gathered in Tacoma on Friday to plan for a virulent viral pandemic. (3/30/2006) Setting back plans to protect the United States from a potential bird flu pandemic, the first study of a human vaccine showed that even a massive dose failed to protect nearly half of those inoculated, according to a study released Wednesday. (3/18/2006) JERUSALEM – Israeli health officials announced Friday that they believe more than 1,000 turkeys have died in recent days from bird flu, the first reported cases in the country. (2/25/2006) Bird flu killed thousands of turkeys on a French farm, raising fears Friday of the European Union's first outbreak of the lethal strain of the disease in commercial poultry and scaring Japan into banning foie gras. (2/20/2006) ST. LOUIS – Humans risk being overrun by diseases from the animal world, according to researchers who have documented 38 illnesses that have made that jump over the past 25 years. (2/16/2006) BERLIN – Migrating swans have spread a lethal strain of avian flu into several European nations in recent days, and experts predicted it was likely only a matter of time before the virus is carried across the continent by migrating birds. (1/28/2006) NEW YORK — The odor is the first clue, a sharp barnyard smell that seems out of place on a stretch of the Lower East Side near a Burger King and a Dunkin' Donuts. (1/10/2006) DOGUBAYAZIT, Turkey – Authorities urged Turks to keep children away from dead birds Monday as preliminary tests showed five more youths have been stricken with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. (11/25/2005) BEIJING – China on Thursday announced the spread of bird flu to a far western region, while Indonesia reported its first outbreak of the virus in the tsunami-ravaged Aceh province where hundreds of chickens have died from the disease. (11/22/2005) WASHINGTON – The United States banned poultry from mainland British Columbia on Monday because of a case of bird flu, though Canadian officials said it isn't the virulent form in Southeast Asia blamed for more than 60 human deaths. (11/17/2005) BEIJING – China reported its first human cases of bird flu on the mainland Wednesday, including at least one fatality, as health workers armed with vaccine and disinfectant raced to inoculate billions of chickens and other poultry in a massive campaign to contain the virus. (11/12/2005) BASEL, Switzerland — Swiss drug maker Roche Holding Ltd. has found itself sitting on a gold mine with its Tamiflu antiviral drug in hot demand as the best defense against an influenza pandemic. (11/11/2005) no teaser (11/8/2005) GENEVA – Health experts from around the world began working Monday on a global strategy to stop the virulent and deadly bird flu that has spread from Asia to parts of Europe over the summer, a virus they fear could spark a flu pandemic. (11/7/2005) BEIJING – China said Sunday it had asked for outside help to test three possible cases of bird flu in people, while scientists and government representatives prepared for a strategy session in Geneva amid fears of a possible worldwide flu pandemic among humans. (11/4/2005) Bird flu is a serious issue that deserves the attention of public health officials, but people in the Inland Northwest don't need to give up their scrambled eggs or fried chicken. (11/3/2005) WASHINGTON – Front-line health care providers, vaccine plant workers, pregnant women, government leaders and people with high-risk medical conditions would be among those given first priority for vaccination if a deadly influenza pandemic breaks out. (11/3/2005) It's a remote possibility, but federal authorities may close or restrict the duck-hunting season in response to bird flu. Experts say it's a long shot that British Columbia ducks infected with a form of the H5 avian flu virus are carrying the same strain that's wreaked havoc in Southeast Asia.
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