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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for September 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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29 September » Roche, GSK urge employers to stockpile flu drugs
The Associated Press
According to the World Health Organization, to date there have been 382 people sickened and 245 deaths caused by the H5N1 bird flu strain, mostly in people …

28 September » Poultry cull in Togo capital after bird flu outbreak
AFP
The H5N1 bird flu virus mainly kills animals but scientists fear it could mutate into a disease that is easily transferrable from human to human and spark a …

27 September » Bird flu hits northern Iraq
Middle East Times - Cairo,Egypt
… town (in Dahuk) because of the H9 strain of bird flu,” he said. Though it does not pose a significant health threat to humans, as does the H5N1 strain, …

26 September » Kansai Paint Product Proved to Lower Bird Flu Virus Infections
Japan Corporate News (press release) - Tokyo,Japan
<4613> said Wednesday the firm’s plaster has been proved to lower the infectious ability of a highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. …

25 September » Nice issues strict guidelines for GlaxoSmithKline and Roche flu drugs
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Tamiflu, a pill, and inhaler Relenza have also been seen as potential treatments for H5N1, commonly known as bird flu. However, Nice said that their …

24 September » Japanese NIH Scientists Report Robust Cross-Protection With …
CNNMoney.com (press release) - USA
9, Sept; 2008), published by the Centers for Disease Control (”CDC”), a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1) in whooper swans. …

22 September » Poultry farmers, businesses express mixed reactions over bird flu …
The Punch - Lagos,Nigeria
By Agency reporter Togo?s government has confirmed the H5N1 bird flu virus was responsible for the September 10 outbreak of bird flu that killed 3500 birds …

20 September » Diseases pose big danger to biosecurity
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Public health expert Julie Hall says the most famous EID is H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu. Only 245 people have died after contracting it from chickens, …

19 September » Get a Deep Insight into the World Human Vaccines Market
MarketWatch - USA
… RiVax(TM) II-74 GlaxoSmithKline Starts Clinical Trials to Test H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccines II-74 MedImmune Initiates Phase I Clinical Trial of Avian H5N1 …

18 September » Low Pathogenic Virus No Cause For Concern
Voxy - Wellington,New Zealand
LPAI H5N1 is different to ‘bird flu‘, which is the high pathogenic (HPAI) form of the virus. The samples were taken from healthy birds and there have been …

17 September » Togo: Recent bird flu outbreak is deadly H5N1
The Associated Press
LOME, Togo (AP) — Tests performed after an outbreak of bird flu in the West African nation of Togo have confirmed the presence of the virulent H5N1 strain …

16 September » `Flu Fatigue’ Poses Public Health Threat, WHO Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Health authorities have been monitoring the H5N1 strain of avian influenza for more than a decade for any sign that it is becoming as contagious as seasonal …

15 September » Bird flu outbreak reported in West Africa
USA Today - USA
LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo’s Health Ministry says an outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the West African nation for the first time since last year. …

14 September » Presence Of Bird Flu Confirmed By Authorities In Togo
TopNews - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
Ministry has not revealed any details concerning the type of bird flu. It is not clear whether the birds were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the …

13 September » TOGO: Officials to slaughter more poultry to fight bird flu spread
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
Authorities have already slaughtered about 1500 birds that survived this week’s bird flu epidemic in three poultry farms in Agbata, 10 km from the capital, …

12 September » Another Bird Flu Death Strikes In Indonesia
UKMedix Health News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
In line with proper practice all birds in the area around where the man used to live are being tested for the H5N1 bird flu virus and it is hoped that they …

11 September » Togo quarantines village in suspected bird flu case
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
Togo, one of a string of West African countries to be hit by outbreaks of bird flu over the past two years, reported several cases last year of H5N1 avian …

10 September » Bird flu found in northern Laos
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The WHO says 243 people have died from bird flu worldwide. The H5N1 avian influenza virus mainly kills birds but scientists fear it could mutate to easily …

09 September » Safe-to-eat” campaign prepared by SA poultry industry
Supermarket Online - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
The risk of the bird flu or Avian Influenza, as it is more formally known, cannot be minimised. Nor can the risks. At the moment the virus only infects …

08 September » Bird Flu Suits To Be Worn By Hospital Staff
UKMedix Health News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The Japanese government as well as stocking the Tamiflu drug to prepare for an outbreak of the bird flu virus has also put out tenders for the purchase of …

07 September » Idaho bird farm quarantined after virus found
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The deadly, highly pathogenic bird flu virus found in Asia and parts of Europe is H5N1, Boyce said, and is considered a high-pathogen virus, meaning it is …

06 September » Indonesia hopes agreement on bird flu virus specimen to be settled
Xinhua - China
… transparent and equal virus sharing mechanism. Indonesia is the bird flu hardest hit country with more than 100 people killed by the H5N1 virus. ¡¡

05 September » Bird Flu Vaccine Gives Strong Protection in Mice
Desastres.org - Peru
An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in mice after it is …

04 September » GlaxoSmithKline Offers New Purchasing Options to Help Employers …
CNNMoney.com (press release) - USA
In-vitro and animal modeling data show activity for RELENZA against H5N1 avian flu. Additionally, RELENZA has retained in-vitro activity to influenza viral …

03 September »  Sharp and LU Find Bird Flu Deterrent
TV Envy - Seattle,WA,USA
Sharp Electronics has paired up with London University biologist John Oxford to bring us all H5N1, a defense against the dreaded bird flu. …

02 September »  Bird flu vaccine gives strong protection in mice
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
HONG KONG (Reuters) - An experimental bird flu vaccine that uses DNA from various strains of the H5N1 virus appears to trigger a strong immune response in …

01 September »  Mekong birds duck away from avian flu
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
“The bio-safety measures really helped us avoid the nightmares that bird flu caused last time,” he said. In the last five years, six outbreaks of the H5N1 …

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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