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These were the headline news from July 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

31 July » The most dangerous yet
Business Standard
That is twice as many as the number killed by the bird flu infection H5N1 since its first outbreak in 2003. Moreover, unlike the bird flu virus, …

30 July » Two out of three H1N1 flu deaths are in Latin America
Channel News Asia
One of the biggest worries is that A(H1N1) might combine with elements of A(H5N1) – a recent bird flu type that, while it passed with great difficulty from … Read the rest of this entry →

These were the headline news from June 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

30 June » Will two flus mix in Indonesia? Experts worry
Reuters – USA
H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in Asia for years and has hit Indonesia harder than any other country. Although it only rarely infects people, …

29 June » Critics say ‘mild’ a misleading term for H1N1
CTV.ca – Canada
But instead of the 60-plus per cent death rate of H5N1 avian flu — seen for years as the pandemic frontrunner — the wire was tripped by a seemingly wimpy … Read the rest of this entry →

These were the headline news from May 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).

31 May » Vietnam has first case of H1N1 flu: doctor
Reuters – USA
Vietnam — which has grappled with the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in recent years — requires any suspected H1N1 cases to be isolated for seven days. …

30 May » Gov’t spends more to prevent A/H1N1 flu
SGGP – Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
In related news, when asked about the purchase of 32 specialized trucks that would be used to spray chemicals to prevent the H5N1 bird flu, …
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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, February 2009 – (more news on our main web-site)

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30 March » Waging war on superbugs
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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, February 2009 – (more news on our main web-site)

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28 February » H7 bird flu case detected in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture
Xinhua – China
(Xinhua) — The H7 bird flu has been detected at a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, said the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry …

27 February » Bernard Matthews Says Bird Flu Virus Found at 2 Farms
Bloomberg – USA
The bird flu virus is often spread during the winter months, when wild birds tend to migrate, Rehman said. The H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected …

26 February » Officials investigate how bird flu viruses were sent to …
The Canadian Press
People familiar with biosecurity rules are dismayed by evidence that human H3N2 and avian H5N1 viruses have somehow co-mingled in the Baxter research …

25 February » Baxter Sent Bird Flu Virus to European Labs by Error
Bloomberg – USA
The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been monitored by health officials around the world for more than a decade for signs it could mutate into a form that is …

24 February » Bird flu hits 10 Vietnam provinces
Philippine Star – Manila,Philippines
So far this year, ten provinces of Vietnam nationwide have been hit by avian flu, including four provinces in Mekong Delta, namely Ca Mau, Soc Trang, …

23 February » Woman, 23, dies of bird flu in northern Vietnam
Reuters – USA
QUANG NGAI, Vietnam, Feb 22 (Reuters) – A 23-year-old woman with H5N1 bird flu has died in northern Vietnam, a hospital official said on Sunday. …

22 February » Bird flu confirmed in eastern Nepal, emergency area declared
Xinhua – China

21 (Xinhua) — The Nepali government has declared Sharanamtai Village Development Committee and adjoining areas in the eastern Jhapa district a bird flu …

21 February » Fresh bird flu detected in eastern Nepal
Indopia – India
H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the causative agent of the dreaded bird flu, has been detected in a chicken sample collected from Sharanmati …

20 February » China reports third bird flu case in three days
Canada.com – Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese health authorities said on Monday a 16-year-old boy in central Hunan province is badly ill after contracting the H5N1 birdflu …

19 February » Czech researchers exposed to bird flu virus
Xinhua – China
17 (Xinhua) — Thirteen Czech researchers have been exposed to the H5N1 bird flu virus strain through a contaminated vaccine obtained from an Austrian …

18 February » Several Czechs threatened with bird flu – press
Czech Happenings – Pragues,Czech Republic
Konarovice – Some Czechs were threatened by getting infected with the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus strain from a vaccine developed by the Austrian …

17 February » Vietnam reports third human bird flu case this year
AFP
HANOI (AFP) — A 32-year-old man from northern Vietnam is in hospital with bird flu in the country’s third such case this year, officials said on Monday. …

16 February » Experts Identify Key Drug Target in Bird Flu Virus
Insciences Organisation – Basel,Switzerland
… University have identified the three-dimensional structure of a key region of the H5N1 avian influenza virus that is involved in viral replication. …

15 February » DA sets early warning systems vs. bird flu virus
GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
Earlier, the DA opened its fourth avian flu laboratory facility in Zamboanga City. The AI laboratory in Zamboanga City is the second in Mindanao. …

14 February » Is China Making Its Bird Flu Outbreak Worse?
TIME – USA
The cause of the death is still not determined One thing is certain about avian influenza: it’s deadly. Of the three people who contracted the H5N1 strain …

13 February » Vietnam: PM Urges Action Against New Bird Flu Outbreak
Sin Chew Jit Poh – Malaysia
The province’s Lac Ve Commune announced it had found avian flu when unvaccinated ducks tested positive for the H5N1 virus on Tuesday . …

12 February » Avian flu detected in cockfighting village
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
A local man suspected of having bird flu rested in his home in Jagapati village, Badung, a place well-known for cockfighting, while officials continued to …

11 February » Panasonic to fly home workers’ families over bird flu fears
AFP
Eight people have contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus in China alone this year — five of whom died. “The bird flu cases reported so far are infections from …

10 February » Villagers attack officials killing avian bird flu infected fowl
Examiner.com – USA
by Trina Hoaks, Everyday People Examiner Officials announced the second human infection of avian influenza (bird flu) in Vietnam this year. …

09 Febriary » Bird flu spreads through Mekong Delta
Thanh Nien Daily – Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
In Soc Trang, test results from samples taken from a duck farm at Vien Binh Commune in My Xuyen District tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, …

08 February » Human bird flu cases under control
CCTV – Beijing,China
8 people in China have been diagnosed with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza since January this year. Five died and two have recovered including the first …

07 February » Bird flu spreads in Vietnam
Straits Times – Singapore
HANOI – THE H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in more localities across Vietnam, raising fears of a possible epidemic, official and media reports …

06 February » Tamiflu no longer works for dominant flu strain
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… and one fear is that the resistance mutation will be passed on to other flu viruses, including the deadly H5N1 bird flu circulating in Asia. …

05 February » Young Girl Lucky To Be Alive After Bird Flu
EfluxMedia News – New York,USA
She is called Peng and she was hospitalized last month in north China’s Shanxi Province, after being diagnosed with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. …

04 February » China Has Bird Flu Outbreak, Hong Kong Adviser Says
Bloomberg – USA
Eight people have been infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in China this year, the most in a single month since 2003 when the lethal virus was …

03 February » Migratory birds suspected in BC avian flu cases
Seattle Times – United States
Washington has never had a confirmed case of bird flu, even in 2004, when the Fraser Valley was hit by a highly contagious H7-type flu. …

02 February » Farmer in central China sick with bird flu
The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — A 21-year-old woman in central China has been infected by the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the country’s eighth reported case of the disease …

01 February » Bird flu breaks out in Cooch Behar
Expressindia.com – New Delhi,India
In December last, Avian Flu resurfaced in Malda and soon after, cases were reported from Darjeeling. In January, bird flu broke out in the state following …

Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators. Scanning over the whole year gives you a broad picture of what is going on in the world.

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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, January 2009 – (more news on our main web-site)

Note: Alerts are the top, daily news headlines, with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). These are from major news organizations all over the world. We have sorted these in month pages since January 2006.

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31 January » $8.7 million bolsters bird-flu battle
The News Journal – Wilmington,DE,USA
Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a contagious disease that has largely been confined to animals. The World Health Organization has tracked 403 human cases …

30 January » Japanese researchers develop all-round flu vaccine
AFP
The viruses used are the Soviet-A and Hongkong-A along with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. “We expect this will also be effective on new variations” of …

29 January » Indonesian woman dies of suspected bird flu: doctor
AFP
JAKARTA (AFP) — A 21-year-old Indonesian woman has died of suspected bird flu, a doctor said Wednesday. The woman died on Saturday in Doctor Soetomo …

28 January » Bird flu cull begins on BC farm
Grainews – Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
One “high-path” H5 avian flu strain, H5N1, has gained notoriety as having also killed about 250 people overseas since 2003. Generally, human victims of the …

27 January » China reports fifth bird flu death this year
Reuters – USA
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Health said a young man had died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu on Monday, in the fifth reported death of 2009. …

26 January » Migratory birds pose danger to bringing avian flu to Gabon
African Press Agency – Dakar,Senegal
APA Libreville (Gabon) Some 40000 migratory birds flying in transit each year through Gabon, potentially expose this country to a bird flu outbreak, …

25 January » China records its fourth bird flu death this year
CNN International – USA
The country’s Ministry of Health had then moved to allay fears over the outbreak, saying that although further human bird flu cases were possible throughout …

24 January » Migratory birds pose danger to bringing avian flu to Gabon
African Press Agency – Dakar,Senegal
APA Libreville (Gabon) Some 40000 migratory birds flying in transit each year through Gabon, potentially expose this country to a bird flu outbreak, …

23 January » Avian Influenza Death Toll In Indonesia Rises To 115
AHN – USA
They were twice tested and both results indicated they were positive of the H5N1 strain of the virus. . The first bird flu fatality in Indonesia was …

22 January » Avian flu outbreak leads to culling of over 10000 birds in Nepal …
UN News Centre
21 January 2009 – Nepalese authorities have begun slaughtering thousands of poultry and disposing of their carcasses in response to an outbreak of bird flu …

21 January » Bird flu spreads to Sikkim
Times of India – India
WHO had described a January 2008 outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal, when more than four million birds were culled, as the worst ever in India. …

20 January » China bird flu warning
Straits Times – Singapore
It was the first death from bird flu since last February. A two-year-old girl sickened by H5N1 is in critical condition in the northern province of Shanxi. …

19 January » Daily Update
US-China Today – Los Angeles,CA,USA
Chinese authorities announced that a woman named Zhang became the second person this month to die from H5N1, bird flu. 22 people have died from the virus …

18 January » US Taking all Precautions against Human Influenza Pandemic
TopNews – Little Rock,Arkansas,USA
In response to the ongoing outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza in birds, or bird flu, the US has started to take the preventive measures in order to keep this …

17 January » Nepal reports bird flu outbreak
Gulf Times – Doha,Qatar
KATHMANDU: Nepal said yesterday it had found the H5N1 bird flu in poultry, the first time the deadly virus has surfaced in the Himalayan nation, …

16 January » Report shows US only half ready for flu pandemic
Reuters – USA
1 suspect now is H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which has infected 394 people and killed 248 of them since 2003. The virus does not infect people easily …

15 January » Vietnam finds bird flu virus in Chinese chickens
GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
… the H5N1 virus, said Do Van Duoc, director of the provincial animal health department. “The smuggling of chickens from China poses a threat of bird flu …

14 January » Govt plans survey on Tamiflu-resistant flu
The Daily Yomiuri – Osaka,Japan
Meanwhile, among foreign patients, including those from Southeast Asia, infected with H5N1 bird flu virus, which some experts fear could mutate into new …

13 January » Egyptian girl has bird flu, 2nd case this season
Reuters – USA
Since the first case in 2003 there have been 248 human deaths globally from the H5N1 strain of bird flu and at least 394 confirmed cases of infection. …

12 January » Beijing Female Dies of H5N1 Bird Flu
The Epoch Times – New York,NY,USA
The United Nations has reported that bird flu has appeared in about 60 countries. (Getty Images) A 19-year-old female from Chaoyang Beijing died of H5N1 …

11 January » Vietnam bird flu patient is recovering: gov’t website
Thanh Nien Daily – Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Her death may not be related to the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus, according to Vietnamese authorities. There is not enough evidence to show her death was …

10 January » Kanchi team trained in handling bird flu emergency
Times of India – India
The training assumes significance because avian influenza A (H5N1) or bird flu has caused infection in birds and humans. Poultry workers are especially at …

09 January » Google Earth Used To Track Bird Flu Evolution
InformationWeek – Manhasset,NY,USA
Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder recently found that the avian flu, a subtype of Influenza A known as H5N1, is evolving resistance to …

08 January » China finds no bird flu outbreak after new death
Reuters – USA
… it had found no bird flu cases amongst poultry in Beijing or areas surrounding the city after a woman in the capital died of the H5N1 form of the virus. …

07 January » Bird flu near to recurrence in China
Little About – Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Do you have any idea of bird flu and H5N1 strain? As indicated by specialists, bird flu, which is known as avian Influenza also, is the offshoot of …

06 January » Sparrows living at Yuen Long farm linked to latest bird flu outbreak
South China Morning Post (subscription) – Hong Kong
Experts who visited the Yuen Long chicken farm at the centre of the latest bird flu outbreak found important evidence flying around – sparrows. …

05 January » Bird flu spreads to Hills, culling begins
Times of India – India
DARJEELING: A day after culling operations began at Matigara near Siliguri, bird flu spread to the Hills, with officials confirming an outbreak of the …

04 January » New bird flu cases revive fears of human pandemic
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Hong Kong, believed to have been free of H5N1, is forced to cull thousands of poultry after an outbreak. Two avian flu deaths are reported in Egypt and …

03 January » Researchers still don’t know what to make of avian influenza …
The Canadian Press – TORONTO
It begs the question: Is H5N1 on the wane? Sadly, science knows too little about how flu viruses emerge, spread and jump – or don’t jump – from one species …

02 January » Researchers ponder future of bird flu
CTV.ca – Canada
TORONTO — Five years after the avian influenza strain H5N1 started killing poultry and people in Southeast Asia, researchers still don’t know what to make …

01 January »  FAO helps Nam Dinh control bird flu
VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi,Vietnam
… two deaths caused by avian influenza A (H5N1). Between May 17-June 5, 2007, 25 communes in six districts of Nam Dinh were discovered to have bird flu …

Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators. Scanning over the whole year gives you a broad picture of what is going on in the world.

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Return to main Pandemic Influenza site

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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, December 2008 – (more news on our main web-site)

Note: Alerts are the top, daily news headlines, with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). These are from major news organizations all over the world. We have sorted these in month pages since January 2006.

But first a word from our sponsors ::

31 December » Hong Kong-born baby girl contracts mild form of bird flu
Channel News Asia – Singapore
More than 90000 chickens were culled to prevent the spread of the flu. Hong Kong was the scene of the world’s first reported major H5N1 bird flu outbreak …

30 December » High alert against Bird flu sounded in Orissa
Newspost Online – Baroda,India
The state forest department was maintaining a strict vigil and was carefully working to check the presence of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus. …

29 December » Bird flu found in poultry in northern Vietnam
Reuters – USA
The H5N1 strain seems to thrive best in low temperature. Five Vietnamese have died of bird flu so far this year out of six reported H5N1 infections and all …

28 December » Fresh bird-flu outbreak detected in Thai Nguyen
VOVNews.vn – Hanoi,Vietnam
This is the second batch of poultry testing positive for the bird-flu virus discovered in Thai Nguyen province this year.

27 December » Bird flu spreading to new areas in Assam
Thaindian.com – Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The Indian health ministry confirmed outbreak of bird flu after laboratory tests found strains of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza.

26 December » Baxter International awaits results on flu vaccine trials
Chicago Tribune – United States
… European Medicines Agency issued a “positive opinion” for Baxter’s Celvapan, a vaccine against H5N1 strains of avian influenza, also known as bird flu. …

25 December » Bangladesh slaughters 10000 birds over avian flu
AFP
Bangladesh was hit by bird flu in February 2007 and the virus made a comeback in January. Earlier this year, 50 of the country’s 64 districts were affected …

24 December » Fresh outbreak of bird flu detected in Bangladesh
Xinhua – China
Bangladesh’s Health Ministry in May confirmed the country’s first human case of bird flu as tests on a 16-month-old girl proved H5N1 positive. …

23 December » Indonesia labors to tackle infections
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
The frequency of infections is also feared to lead to a pandemic, which could sweep through the population as soon as the H5N1 bird flu virus — now only …

22 December » Bird flu teams inspect high-risk villages in Uttaradit
Thai News Agency MCOT – Bangkok,Thailand
Pichai district is also considered a high risk area as it adjoins Sukhothai province where health officers detected the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus in …

21 December » Cambodian survives H5N1 bird flu virus: official
Reuters UK – UK
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – A 19-year old Cambodian man has survived the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed seven other people in the poor Southeast Asian …

20 December » Talking Public Health With Obama
Huffington Post – New York,NY,USA
I think I would distinguish between the particular threat of the H5N1 [avian flu strain], and the threat of pandemic generally. …

19 December » India seals part of Bangladesh border over bird flu
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – India sealed part of its border with Bangladesh on Thursday amid fears the latest outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread …

18 December » COA denies bird flu outbreak, cover-up
Taipei Times – Taiwan
In addition, Indian officials in West Bengal confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu virus 10 days ago and begun massive culling operations. …

17 December » Egyptian teen dies of H5N1 infection
CIDRAP – Minneapolis,MN,USA
(CIDRAP News) – Egypt’s health ministry has announced that a 16-year-old girl died of an H5N1 avian influenza infection, the country’s first …

16 December » Avian Flu In Hong Kong And Indonesia – Disease Jumps From Bird To …
Best Syndication – Pinon Hills,CA,USA
(Best Syndication News) Within a couple days of the announcement in Indonesia concerning human cases of H5N1 bird flu, officials in Hong Kong are announcing …

15 December » Local politics hindering RP govt efforts vs bird flu – experts
GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines
Bird flu, or avian influenza (AI), is an infectious disease caused by the H5N1 virus. All birds are believed to be susceptible to it, although some species …

14 December » India’s Assam State Battling Serious Bird Flu Outbreak
Voice of America – USA
India has sent avian influenza experts to the northeastern state of Assam to diagnose people who are suffering from flu-like symptoms. …

13 December » Bird flu case detected in Cambodia
Monsters and Critics.com – USA
Phnom Penh – Cambodian health workers converged on a town near the capital Phnom Penh after a man was diagnosed with avian flu, officials said Friday. …

12 December » Crucell antibody beats Tamiflu in preclinical test
Reuters – USA
Crucell’s mAb CR6261 was tested against a number of flu strains, including the bird flu strain H5N1, which experts fear has the potential to cause a …

11 December » Indonesia reports two human bird flu cases
Xinhua – China
The cases put the total cases of human bird flu infection to 139, including 113 fatalities, in Indonesia since the virus hit the archipelago country in 2003 …

10 December » New Bird Flu Outbreak In Hong Kong
eFluxMedia – USA
By Alexis Ceck Commonly known as the “bird flu” or “avian flu,” avian influenza is a type of influenza caused by certain viruses that have adapted to birds. …

08 December » Vaccine makers urge speedy accord on pandemic plan
Reuters – USA
Indonesia, the country most affected by H5N1 bird flu, has resisted providing viral samples to the international community because it argues that material …

06 December » Bird Flu Spreads To Barpeta, Nalbari In Assam
TopNews – Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Moreover, the authorities stepped up precautionary measures against the spread of deadly bird flu after such avian influenza cases have been reported in …

05 December » China Bans Thai Poultry Following H5N1 Bird Flu Outbreak
Alibaba News Channel – New York,NEW YORK,USA
China has banned poultry imports and its related products from Thailand following a deadly H5N1 strain avian influenza outbreak there, the official Xinhua …

04 December » People of Assam faces a new danger
Little About – Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
The only reason is that samples in the laboratory tests were found to comprise stresses of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza. It should be remembered that …

03 December » Bird flu makes mallards thin, study finds
Reuters – USA
There are hundreds of kinds of bird flu, and evidence suggests that human forms of influenza originate in birds. Low-pathogenic avian influenza strains …

02 December » India loses bird flu-free status
Hindu – Chennai,India
NEW DELHI:Barely three weeks after India declared itself to be free from the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), the deadly disease showed up in …

Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators. Scanning over the whole year gives you a broad picture of what is going on in the world.

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