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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, May 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 May » Warning about the danger of yet another bird flu virus
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Scientists in the United States have identified a second H strain of bird flu that could cause a pandemic, they say the H5N1 strain of bird flu currently …

30 May » Some avian flu H7 viruses growing more human-like
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Previous research has established that avian flu viruses prefer to link up with cell receptor molecules known as alpha 2-3 glycans, whereas human flu …

29 May » Vaccine developer Medicago shrinks Q1 loss to $326K as revenue …
The Canadian Press - QUEBEC
During the quarter the company’s H5N1 avian influenza VLP vaccine was shown to provide complete protection in mice. “We are highly encouraged by these …

28 May » New H7 bird flu strain hikes risk of pandemic
FierceBioResearcher - Washington,DC,USA
Most of the research in the field has centered on the lethal H5N1 bird flu strain, which has yet to mutate into a virus that can be easily transmitted among …

27 May » North American Bird Flu Viruses Becoming More Adapted to Humans: Study
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
TORONTO - North American avian flu viruses of the H7 subtype - like the one responsible for British Columbia’s massive poultry outbreak in 2004 - seem to …

26 May » Bangladesh Bird Flu Update -Infected Child Recovers
The Money Times - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
… that a toddler who became infected with the extremely infectious H5N1 bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, has recovered after treatment. …

25 May » DG Health reports: Child infected with bird flu
The New Nation - Bangladesh
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday said that a child was infected with H5N1, a deadly strain of the bird flu virus, in January but …

24 May » WHO confirms first bird flu case in Bangladesh
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday confirmed the first human case of bird flu in Bangladesh, a baby boy who has recovered, …

23 May » E Nepal’s 6 districts at risk of bird flu
Xinhua - China
KATHMANDU, May 23 (Xinhua) — Avian Influenza Control Project in Nepal has said six districts bordering India are at risk of bird flu, reported the local …

22 May » S. KOREA SET TO UPGRADE BIRD FLU COUNTERMEASURES
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
South Korean quarantine officials confirmed 42 cases of the virulent H5N1 bird flu strain since April 1, which have resulted in millions of birds being …

21 May » Europe approves new bird flu vaccine
ABC Online - Australia
Fears of a bird flu pandemic have eased somewhat in recent months, but experts are warning that the risk is far from over. BARBARA MILLER: It may have …

20 May » Emergency planners brace for bird flu pandemic
Shelbyville Times-Gazette - TN,USA
Johnson said the state health department has devised a plan that specifies what the local responsibilities would be when an avian flu outbreak occurs. …

19 May » Glaxo Wins European Approval to Sell Pre-Pandemic Flu Vaccine
Bloomberg - USA
Governments are trying to prepare for a possible pandemic caused by the fatal strain of bird flu that has spread across Asia to Africa, the Middle East and …

18 May » Bird flu back in Bengal, culling to begin
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Bird flu resurfaced at the nearby Sukna block in the district May 9 and then it spread to Bijanbari block. Avian flu had broken out in West Bengal in …

17 May » DoH gets R60M for anti-bird flu drive
Tempo - Manila,Philippines
He noted that bird flu or the H5N1 avian flu is spreading through Africa, Europe, and Asia but Brunei, Singapore and the Philippines are still spared this …

16 May » SKorea to build bird flu vaccine factory next year: ministry
AFP -
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea will build its own factory to produce human bird flu vaccine, health officials said Thursday as authorities battled the country’s …

15 May » Research questions stockpiling of bird flu drugs
ABC Online - Australia
The team examined the most common mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus - one that has emerged in a human form of influenza, known as H1N1, and is widely …

14 May » Avian flu: all poultry culled in Seoul
AsiaNews.it - Italy
Seoul (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Seoul’s entire poultry stock has been culled to stop the spread of bird flu following a fresh outbreak of the disease in the …

13 May » India Under ‘Bird Flu’ Virus Turmoil
TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Bird flu had broken out in West Bengal in January this year. Avian flu had hit 13 of 19 districts in the state leading to around four million poultry birds …

12 May » Positive results for Vietnam’s bird flu vaccine
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam is hoping to prevent bird flu in humans following good results from the first tests of made-in-Vietnam H5N1 influenza vaccine. …

11 May » SKorea doubles Tamiflu stockpile over bird flu fears
AFP -
South Korea has not recorded any human cases, however the deadly H5N1 strain was detected in an aviary in Seoul this week, the first time bird flu has been …

10 May » New outbreak of bird flu hits India: minister
AFP -
KOLKATA (AFP) — Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, …

09 May » Risk of Pandemic Flu Still Acute
Daily Green - USA
Despite being primarily a wildlife disease, the H5N1 strain, or so-called bird flu, has killed 382 people since 2003. This year, victims have been …

08 May » Bird flu fears incite hospital visits in Seoul
한겨레신문 - South Korea
One day after the highly virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza, known to pass from infected poultry to humans, was found in two dead pheasants from a …

07 May » H5N1 bird flu found in S. Korea’s capital city
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) — The deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected on Tuesday in dead chickens from a bird vivarium in Seoul, …

06 May » Risk of bird flu pandemic probably growing
Reuters - USA
The H5N1 avian flu virus has infected flocks in much of Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. Experts fear it could mutate into a form that passes easily from …

05 May » Bird flu spreading in SKorea, officials say
AFP -
SEOUL (AFP) — Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea’s nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million …

04 May » Gov’t takes drastic action to check bird flu spread
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
The first case was in Pyeongtaek near Anseong, when birds tested positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu. The ministry, meanwhile, said that …

03 May » Bird flu virus detected in dead swans found in northeast Japan
International Herald Tribune - France
AP TOKYO: Dead swans found recently in northeast Japan carried the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the government said Tuesday. …

02 May » SKorea probes another suspected bird flu outbreak
Radio Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
South Korea has reported a new suspected bird flu outbreak, as officials confirm two more cases of the virus despite a big poultry cull. …

01 May » Indonesian boy dies of bird flu
Xinhua - China
JAKARTA, April 30 (Xinhua) — The Indonesia Health Ministry said Wednesday a three-year-old Indonesian boy died of avian influenza, bringing the total …

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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