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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, July 2007 - (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 July » Suspected bird flu patient refused isolation ward seat at hospital
KanglaOnline - India
S Irananda, the farm owner, said his brother appear to be suffering from all the symptoms of bird flu which were publicized in the media. …

30 July » Govt dispatches aid as 10000 more birds culled
Times of India - India
The state health department’s 40 rapid response teams were putting countless chickens to death within a five-km radius at Chingmeirong, where bird flu was …

29 July » Bird flu outbreak reported in eastern India - Summary
Earthtimes.org - USA
India’s Manipur state, where the latest outbreak is reported, borders Myanmar which has reported bird flu cases in 2007. The virulent H5N1 strain of avian …

28 July » Bird flu vaccines doing their job: experts
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Vietnam’s anti-H5N1 vaccination campaign is its strongest weapon against the avian virus, according to bird flu experts at a conference in Hanoi Friday. …

27 July » US not ready for bird flu pandemic
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands
Although the US has helped several countries prepare for a bird flu pandemic, the country lacks the rapid tests and hospital capacity to cope with the …

26 July » Bird flu in Manipur, only one farm so far, no human cases
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
And H5N1 overwhelmingly affects birds — not humans. Humans have been infected in bird-flu outbreaks but almost all were poultry workers who came in intimate …

25 July » US Issues One Year Summary of Nation’s Pandemic Flu Plan
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
According to the “Summary,” the threat of H5N1 (avian or bird flu) has been reduced in the past year by containing outbreaks at their source and quickly …

24 July » Bird flu strikes central province again
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
Two southern provinces have reported H5N1 virus resurgences since the beginning of the month. The southernmost province of Ca Mau reported bird flu in early …

23 July » Bangladesh gets World Bank fund to fight bird flu
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
The first officially announced avian influenza outbreak in Bangladesh occurred in February 2007. FLU COMBAT: The World Bank has approved a $16 million …

22 July » Pandemic flu to be topic of Red Bluff meeting
Red Bluff Daily News - Red Bluff,CA,USA
By SHIRLEY FAY-Corning Healthcare District CORNING - A member of a family came down with H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as the “bird flu” on April 24. …

21 July » Bird Flu Found In Virginia
Scott County Virginia Star - Gate City,VA,USA
USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed that the North American strain of low pathogenic H5N1 virus was present in samples …

20 July » Bird flu batters the south; pig disease continues to spread
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
At a meeting with the National Steering Committee for Avian Flu Control and Prevention on Tuesday in Ha Noi, delegates discussed the importance of …

19 July » Bush’s Biodefense Advisor: We’re Not Ready for Pandemic Disease
Wired News - USA
This is seriously disturbing, scary stuff — and not just because of avian influenza, which some say is an overblown threat. Whether or not bird flu makes …

18 July » WHO: Still Time to Prevent Bird Flu Pandemic
Voice of America - USA
But, Dr. Chan says there is a global shortage of medical and other supplies that would be needed to fight the H5N1 bird-flu virus. She says populations that …

17 July » DelSite Biotech Prepares To Test Powder Bird Flu Vaccine
Vaccine Rx (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The H5N1 is more commonly known the most common strain of the avian flu. DelSite intends to unite the antigen with the dry powder system that the company …
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16 July » Chief vet warns farmers of new bird flu threat
Times Online - UK
The Government has given warning that wild birds migrating to Britain over the next few weeks may be carrying the H5N1 strain of avian flu. …

15 July » Wealthy countries should fund bird flu aid, says director-general
ABC Online - Australia
Director-General Bernard Vallat is visiting Melbourne and he says Australia’s biggest threat from bird flu is from Indonesia. Dr Vallat says it there is no …

14 July » 6-year-old dies of bird flu
Disaster News Network - USA
BY STAFF REPORT | JAKARTA | July 13, 2007 A 6-year-old Indonesia boy has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll from avian influenza in the country to 81 …

13 July » Infectious Diseases in Abkhazia Pose Threat to Regional and Global …
Abkhazia - Los Angeles,CA,USA
With the global spread of bird flu, there is a fear that if a human form of H5N1 were to take hold in Abkhazia, it could potentially spread unchecked for …

12 July » US inspectors say turkeys in Virginia do not show signs of highly …
International Herald Tribune - France
… possible prior exposure to an H5N1 avian influenza virus that does not pose a threat to humans, the department said in a statement. Bird flu has killed …

11 July » Japan bans German poultry imports due to bird flu
Forbes - NY,USA
The embargo took effect Monday after Germany, one of Japan’s top suppliers, said last week that the H5N1 strain of avian influenza had spread from wild …

10 July » Indonesia boy is bird flu victim 82
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Jakarta (dpa) - An Indonesian boy died of bird flu on Sunday, bringing the country’s world-leading death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 82, …

09 July » Germany bird flu threat level high
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
The deadly bird avian flu virus H5N1 has spread to German poultry. A domestic goose died of the bird flu virus H5N1 in the village of Wickersdorf, Germany. …

08 July » Europe puts safeguards in place against avian flu
The Brunei Times - Bandar,Brunei,Brunei Darussalam
France confirmed on Thursday that three swans found dead in eastern France had been killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus. It is France’s second outbreak of the …

07 July » US poll shows waning concern about avian flu
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The survey questions used the terms “bird flu” and “avian flu,” but not “pandemic flu.” In a press release on the survey, Ipsos said the apparent drop in …

06 July » French ‘observation zone’ set up after swans found with H5N1 bird …
Forbes - NY,USA
… the place where three dead swans were found to have been infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, said regional prefect Pierre-Rene Lemas. …

05 July » New bird flu cases confirmed in Germany, suspected in France, Austria
Xinhua - China
These latest wild bird cases follow the confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza on two poultry farms and in a wild swan in the Czech Republic, as well as cases …

04 July » Two New Human Cases Of Avian Flu Infection In Viet Nam
Medical News Today - UK
Two people have become infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain, according to Viet Nam’s Ministry of Health. Viet Nam last had a confirmed human …

03 July » H5N1 virus remains entrenched in several countries
SpiritIndia - New Delhi,New Delhi,India
–AP Scientists trying to combat avian flu are being brought together in the Highlands by the UN. –BBC News - UK Bird flu has resurfaced with a vengeance …

02 July » Hong Kong Bird Market Closed After Discovery of Avian Flu
Voice of America - USA
Hong Kong’s health officials closed the bird market about two weeks ago after a starling there was found to be carrying the H5N1 avian flu virus. …

01 July » Avian Flu Seen in Others Birds too
MedIndia - India
Just when the experts are happy about the significant improvement in containing the bird flu AUSTRALIAN scientists have reported the discovery of a new …

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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