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CDC begins national bird flu vaccination program - Focus Taiwan News Channel Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:17:11 GMT+00:00

Boston Globe

CDC begins national bird flu vaccination program
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Although the bird flu vaccination will be free of charge, citizens still need to pay registration fees and medical examination fees to receive the ...
India Rejects H1N1 Shots After Vaccines Kill ChildrenPrison Planet.com
Was H1N1 flu scare a costly 'hoax'?Green Valley News
The Flu Shot: How it Came to be, Why it WorksFood Consumer

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Study blames gulls, not storks, for bringing in bird flu - AsiaOne Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:15:19 GMT+00:00

AsiaOne

Study blames gulls, not storks, for bringing in bird flu
AsiaOne
"We have scientific evidence that a seagull was the carrier of the birdflu virus, not the openbill stork," said Professor Pilaipan Puthavathana of Mahidol ...

Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu - EurekAlert (press release) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:10:53 GMT+00:00

Satellite data reveal why migrating birds have a small window to spread bird flu
EurekAlert (press release)
In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild ...

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Tracking Bird Flu One Poop at a Time - Reuters Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:29 GMT+00:00

MedIndia

Tracking Bird Flu One Poop at a Time
Reuters
Duck and goose droppings, the bane of golfers and park visitors, may help scientists track the spread of bird flu — with ...
Mice Learn to Sniff Out Bird FluLiveScience.com
Four-Legged Biosensors Sniff Out Bird FluScientific American
'Biosensors' on four feet detect animals infected with bird fluPhysOrg.com
msnbc.com (blog) -Jabber Lounge -Popular Science
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Bird Flu Detection Takes a Novel Turn - BusinessWeek Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:27:34 GMT+00:00

Bird Flu Detection Takes a Novel Turn
BusinessWeek
26 (HealthDay News) -- Bloodhounds, you've now got some unusual company: Trained mice were able to detect bird flu in ducks, according to novel research. ...
Dogs and mice can figure out who has Bird Flu just by smelling their poopio9
Tracking Bird Flu, One Poop at a TimeWired News

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Experts warn deadly bird flu could return - Bangkok Post Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:54:17 GMT+00:00

Experts warn deadly bird flu could return
Bangkok Post
Bird flu experts are warning the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain could re-emerge in Thailand even though there has been little sign of it for years. ...

Egypt - Bird flu stikes again - Meattradenewsdaily (blog) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:06:04 GMT+00:00

Egypt - Bird flu stikes again
Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
Egypt's Agriculture Minister Amin Abbaza said in July that his country has prepared a national strategy to eradicate bird flu in five years.

'Survivors' hits the road - Trinidad & Tobago Express Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:33:43 GMT+00:00

'Survivors' hits the road
Trinidad & Tobago Express
"We have survived all these epidemics like bird flu and dengue, we have survived the natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and even global warming, ...

Animals can be trained to sniff out bird flu: study - Findtut Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:13:30 GMT+00:00

Findtut

Animals can be trained to sniff out bird flu: study
Findtut
American scientists have carried out a lab test on mice that sucessfully sniffed out bird flu infection in duck droppings, a feat that raises hopes of using ...

Swine Flu Pandemic: Rehearsal for the Future? - Christian Broadcasting Network Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:35:12 GMT+00:00

Los Angeles Times

Swine Flu Pandemic: Rehearsal for the Future?
Christian Broadcasting Network
There's also no way to protect against the deadly Avian Bird Flu. "Fifty-nine percent of people who have gotten the bird flu have died and that was the real ...
A panacea for flu pandemicsIrish Medical Times

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