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 …

29 July » Fast-tracked swine flu vaccine will be safe, officials insist
guardian.co.uk
It let companies submit data for a “mock-up” vaccine, using H5N1 avian flu. The idea was to do most of the testing before a pandemic, so that when it hit, …

28 July » Indonesia to Intensify H1N1 Swine Flu Measures After First Death
Jakarta Globe
Although not as deadly as bird flu, swine flu has a faster rate of infection. Unlike the avian influenza H5N1 virus, H1N1 can spread from human to human. …

27 July » Flu is not the Biggest Danger it’s the Vaccine
Pakistan Daily – Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan
Madsen was told that genetic material from the corpse provided the basis for the development of the H5N1 avian, or ‘bird flu‘, strain at the US Army Medical …

26 July » In 2 years, 2 billion will get swine flu: WHO
Times of India – India
Almost 800 people have died from it in the past four months — more than what the H5N1 bird flu strain has killed in six years. India is now worried and says …

25 July » AP Interview: Flu chief: Pandemic in early stages
The Associated Press
This is more than the H5N1 bird flu strain has killed in six years. One question that scientists and health officials have disagree on is whether pregnant …

24 July » Swine flu: intensive care beds will be swamped experts warn
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… update are reached the situation may be even more demanding than had been anticipated in preparation for an H5N1 (more dangerous bird flu) pandemic. …

23 July » Arab ministers agree to bar vulnerable from hajj
Reuters – USA
Egypt, which has struggled to contain the more deadly H5N1 bird flu virus and on Sunday reported its first H1N1 death in a woman returning from umra, …

22 July » H1N1 Virus Confusion in Britain
NTDTV
But I think one of the problems that has emerged this weekend is that people were looking at the old advice for H5N1 bird flu, which potentially would have …

21 July » France-New Vaccine for bird flu.
Farming UK – Brighouse,England,UK
Marasco and colleagues turned up 10 of the artificial antibodies that bound to the H5N1 avian flu, said the study, published in the Nature Group’s journal …

20 July » Swine flu: prepping for tough times [Effect Measure]
ScienceBlogs – USA
… prospect the next pandemic could come from H5N1 avian influenza. The relatively rare cases of human bird flu showed a virus even more virulent than the …

19 July » Big Pharma: Baxter Files Swine Flu Vaccine Patent a Year Ahead of …
Center for Research on Globalization – Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Baxter admits sending live avian flu viruses to subcontractor –Baxter admits contaminated seasonal flu product contained live bird flu virus 27 Feb 2009 …

18 July » Swine flu: The truth
Yorkshire Evening Post – Leeds,England,UK
“Initally when our pandemic flu plans were devised the fear was that it would be an avian flu virus – H5N1 rather than H1N1 – which tends to be more serious …

17 July » Novartis ramps up swine ‘flu production
Liverpool Daily Post – Liverpool,England,UK
However, the group revealed that the absence of an anticipated pandemic outbreak of the H5N1 bird ‘flu strain has hit its vaccine sales. …

16 July » China confirms Sscond human bird flu fatality since February
eGov monitor – London,UK
H5N1 bird flu claimed its second human fatality in China this month when the Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region …

15 July » Sudden deaths of girl, 6, and GP raise fears over swine flu
Times Online – UK
… the virus inflicts significantly more lung damage in animals than seasonal flu strains, in similar fashion to the highly virulent H5N1 bird flu virus. …

14 July » Experts unearth history of pandemic flu viruses
Reuters – USA
By Tan Ee Lyn HONG KONG (Reuters) – Flu viruses that sparked the three worst … bird to human (and cause a pandemic), which may explain why the H5N1 virus …

13 July » Indonesia’s A/H1N1 flu cases rise to 64
Xinhua – China
The avian A/H1N1 influenza virus has a fatality rate of 0.4 percent. Experts fear that the multiple combine of the A/H1N1 virus with avian influenza H5N1 …

12 July » Be prepared for swine flu’s return in more deadly form, says …
Scotsman – United Kingdom
Most nations’ pandemic flu plans were produced on the assumption that bird flu – the H5N1 virus – would be the most likely type to emerge. …

11 July » The only way to fight the flu
Bangkok Post – Thailand
… and developed strategies in case an outbreak of bird flu or any mutated form of the H5N1 virus led to human-to-human transmission of avian influenza. …

10 July » Health Officials Find Flu Virus Resistant to Vaccine
AHN – USA
Tamiflu was widely used in 2005 to combat the H5N1 bird flu in Southeast Asia. As of June 6, more than 94500 cases of swine flu worldwide had been reported …

09 July » 2800 new A/H1N1/ cases reported worldwide over past 24 hrs
ITAR-TASS – Moscow,Russia
“The ’swine flu‘, unlike the H5N1 ‘bird flu‘, which was characterised by a death rate of 50 percent, has a different clinical picture that remains light and …

08 July » CEL-SCI Corporation Releases Letter to Shareholders
PR Newswire (press release) – New York,NY,USA
On July 1st , WHO reported that there have been 81 confirmed human cases of H5N1 bird flu in Egypt , of which one-third (27 cases) have been fatal. …

07 July » Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a Global Pandemic
The People’s Voice – Nashville,TN,USA
“Baxter mixed a virus which has a hard time infecting people (H5N1 Avian flu) with one that infects them easily (“Seasonal Flu“) in a medium which can …

06 July » There are many simple ways to help prevent the spread of flu
Chillicothe Gazette – Chillicothe,OH,USA
Now a pandemic finally is upon us, but it’s H1N1 (swine flu) as opposed to H5N1 (bird flu). Unfortunately, H1N1 has caused deaths and a significant number …

05 July » The funny side of the flu
Times of Malta – Valletta,Malta
What is the difference between Bird Flu and Swine Flu? I say Mike Farrugia ol’chap do you still think that its a storm in a cup still, remember its 16 now …

04 July » Hong Kong finds 1st case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1
Reuters – USA
Resistance to Tamiflu has been previously documented in the deadly bird flu virus H5N1 and seasonal H1N1 flu. “You can always expect a certain number of …

03 July » LANXESS disinfectant effective against swine flu viral strain
Chemie.de (press release) – Germany
Our unique combination of three active ingredients has already proven extremely effective against other enveloped viruses such as the H5N1 bird flu virus,” …

02 July » Spanish flu created a viral dynasty: study
AFP
Other combinations such as the H5N1 bird flu virus have only occasionally infected small numbers of humans. “The eight influenza genes can be thought of as …

01 July » Swine flu deaths top bird flu toll
Financial Times – London,England,UK
That contrasts with 262 human deaths and 433 confirmed infections from H5N1 , the flu virus that has killed millions of wild birds, poultry and other …