If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the first approval in the United States of a vaccine for humans against the H5N1 influenza virus, commonly known as avian or bird flu. Here is the report:
“The vaccine could be [...]

In a paper from Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report the first ever large-scale sequencing of western genomes of the deadly avian influenza virus, H5N1.
Their study of 36 genomes of the virus collected from wild birds in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA), and Vietnam confirms not only that the virus [...]

An interesting report has been released from Indonesia, by far the worst hit country from H5N1 or Avian Bird Flu. The report admits the governments handling of bird flu as “unsatisfactory”. Lack of funds and lack of cooperation from the public were called into focus. What was omitted was Jakarta’s fight with the World Health [...]

Last month was a busy month!
While media interest wanes somewhat on the issue of H5N1 Avian or Bird Influenza, the last month was actually a busy month. It was also a very sad month for the families who lost lives due to the virus. And for many people, the economic toll of having to cull [...]