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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.

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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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