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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, June 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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30 June » ARMM trains DA personnel on AI blood sample collection
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
by Mimi Bern-Edaga Zamboanga (June 29) — Blood sampling, handling, storage and transport of suspected avian influenza or bird flu contaminated fowl and …

29 June » Germany Finds H5N1 Bird Flu in Three Additional Wild Birds
Bloomberg - USA
By Eva von Schaper June 25 (Bloomberg) — German authorities found the H5N1 bird flu virus in three more wild birds in the southern state of Bavaria, …

28 June » Bird flu risk still running high
France24 - Paris,France
The fight against bird flu has improved around the world, but the situation remains critical in Egypt and Indonesia where the risk of the H5N1 virus …

27 June » International summit on bird flu amid rising fears of pandemic
Scotsman - United Kingdom
It has been organised by the Avian Flu Task Force under the United Nations’ international convention on migratory species, and includes delegates from …

26 June » Another Vietnam province declared bird flu-free, 15 to go
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A woman died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu last week in the northern Ha Nam Province, the second to die within 11 days, raising the country’s avian flu …

25 June » Deadly avian flu resurfaces in Germany
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
Bird flu has been spreading across southeast Asia, killing two people in Vietnam this month, the first deaths there since 2005. Globally, the H5N1 virus has …

24 June » Bird Flu found in Czech turkeys
Euronews.net - Lyon,France
Experts fear the H5N1 strain of avian flu could mutate and set off a pandemic among humans. The virus killed two people in Vietnam earlier this month, …

23 June » Togo: New Bird Flu Outbreak Confirmed
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Laboratory tests in Ghana confirmed that the H5N1 avian flu virus caused the sudden deaths of 2000 chickens at a farm near Togo’s capital Lome, …

22 June » Indonesian bird flu Tamiflu resistant
Globe and Mail - Canada
TORONTO — An Australian researcher says H5N1 avian flu viruses from Indonesia are markedly less susceptible to the antiviral drug Tamiflu than a previous …

21 June » Japanese to study behavioral effects of Tamiflu
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
In the past few weeks, Vietnam has reported five human cases of H5N1 avian flu, with one death, and since early May, bird outbreaks have been reported in 16 …

20 June » Bird flu found in Siberian ducks
Science Daily (press release) - USA
full story Bird Samples From Mongolia Confirmed As H5N1 Avian Flu (August 19, 2005) — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has positively identified the …

19 June » Bird flu virus sharing dispute raises questions of IP rights to …
Canada East - Canada
… that would see the concerns of developing countries addressed so as to ensure continued sharing of viruses from countries affected by H5N1 avian flu. …

18 June » Togo investigates suspected outbreak of bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
LOME, June 17 (Reuters) - Authorities in Togo are investigating a suspected outbreak of avian flu after the sudden mass death of poultry on a farm, …

17 June » Vietnam reports bird flu death
Disaster News Network - USA
A 20-year-old Vietnamese man has died of bird flu, the first death in that county from the H5N1 strain of avian influenza since late 2005, …

16 June » Bird flu hits Vietnam province
France24 - Paris,France
Bird flu in Vietnam has spread to a mountainous province bordering China, officials said Friday, as animal health workers stepped up vaccinations to limit …

15 June » WHO’s plan of global stockpile of bird flu vaccine gathers momentum
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
… that it is working with vaccine manufacturers to move ahead on plans to create a global stockpile of vaccine for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. …

14 June » Glaxo to donate bird flu shot to global stockpile
Reuters.uk - UK
While H5N1 remains mainly a virus affecting birds, scientists say it is the most likely source of the next global flu pandemic in humans, since it may soon …

13 June » Many Americans confused about avian flu and food safety
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Respondents said they would turn away from chicken products if a wild bird with the H5N1 virus was found in the United States or if poultry outbreaks were …

12 June » Sinovac Biotech Begins Phase II Test of Bird Flu Vaccine
FDA news (subscription) - Falls Church,VA,USA
The vaccine contained a modified version of the whole H5N1 virus. In the Phase II trial, Sinovac will simultaneously conduct a Phase Ib and Phase II test of …

11 June » Two more hospitalized for suspected bird flu
New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia
… monitoring of avian influenza. He said specimens for laboratory examination for the bird flu virus (H5N1) had been sent to the research institute here. …

10 June » EGYPT: Ten-year-old girl becomes 15th bird flu victim
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Another person from the same village as Mayada is suspected of having contracted the H5N1 strain of avian flu. Somaya Hassan, 25, has been taken to Hemayat …

09 June » Five Malaysians in hospital after bird flu outbreak
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
Meanwhile, a magpie found dead in a densely populated residential district of Hong Kong has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, the government said …

08 June » Bird flu strikes in Sungai Buloh :67 chickens die of bird flu in …
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA:The bird flu or avian influenza, carrying the H5N1 virus, has made a comeback with the death of 67 chickens at a village in Sungai Buloh. …

07 June » Agriculture minister warns of bird flu spread
Nhan Dan - Hanoi,Vietnam
Bird flu was discovered in five more provinces last week, bringing to 15 the total number of localities hit by the virus since early May 2007, Bui Quang Anh …

06 June » Soldier death from bird flu confirmed
CCTV - Beijing,China
Further laboratory tests later confirmed he had died of avian influenza. The H5N1 bird flu virus is rare for humans to get from animals, but experts fear it …

05 June » UNICEF puts workers on Avian Flu alert
AntiguaSun - St’ John’s,Antigua and Barbuda
Certain strains of bird flu, particularly H5N1, have been known to cross species and infect humans who have been in contact with infected birds. …

04 June » Bird flu numbers are tailing off
BBC News - UK
The first case of the avian flu was confirmed last month among poultry on a smallholding near Corwen in Denbighshire. The Rhode Island chickens first …

03 June » Bird flu strikes 13th province
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
QUANG NAM — Bird flu has claimed hundreds of poultry in another central province, bringing the total number of infected cities and provinces to 13, …

02 June » Super chook to fight bird flu
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Australia
The research could potentially thwart the H5N1 avian flu, which the World Health Organisation reports has killed 187 people since 2003. …

01 June » Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 78
Earthtimes.org - USA
Jakarta- A 45-year-old man has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country’s world-leading death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 78, …

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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