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Monitoring For 'Pandemic' Mutations By Examining Bird Flu Infections

01 September 2008

Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to examine what is preventing the H5N1 avian influenza virus from causing a human pandemic and what mutations are required to realise its deadly potential...
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Discovery Offers Potential For Drugs To Fight Bird Flu, Other Influenza Epidemics

27 August 2008

Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza...
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Pitt Scientists Receive $3.6 Million To Test Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu

27 August 2008

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research have been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to conduct animal studies of vaccines designed to protect against the most common...
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Bird Flu / Avian Flu News Articles Archive - Page 1

18 August 2008

Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors

16 August 2008

Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action

14 August 2008

Canopus Biopharma And Leading Chinese Researcher Team Up To Treat Avian Influenza, To Prevent Possible Pandemic

13 August 2008

Experts Closing In On Avian Flu Breakthrough

12 August 2008

New Bird Flu Strain Detected In Nigeria - FAO Calls For Increased Surveillance

30 July 2008

Pandemic Research Receives $1.6M Funding Boost

23 July 2008

More Investment In International Surveillance Of Infectious Diseases Vital To Prevent Future Pandemics - Lords Committee, UK

19 July 2008

Inovio Biomedical's First Proprietary DNA Vaccine Achieves 100% Protection Against Avian Flu In Pre-Clinical Testing

18 July 2008

Vical Announces Breakthrough For Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines With Preliminary Human Data

Indiana Health Officials Examine State's Pandemic Influenza Ethics Planning

17 July 2008

Possible Future Avian Influenza Pandemic May Be Eased By Booster Vaccination

16 July 2008

Newly Described "Dragon" Protein Could Be Key To Bird Flu Cure

15 July 2008

Vical To Present Phase 1 Data For Vaxfectin(R)-Formulated Pandemic Influenza DNA Vaccines

09 July 2008

Report Offers Resources For Home Health Care Response During A Flu Pandemic

08 July 2008

Pandemic Planning Complicated By Political Borders, Health-Care Issues

03 July 2008

Potential New Drug Candidates To Combat 'Bird Flu' Identified By UC San Diego Researchers

02 July 2008

Animal Study Identifies New DNA Weapon Against Avian Flu

01 July 2008

Sinovac Initiates Phase II Volunteer Enrollment For Split Viron Pandemic Influenza (H5N1) Vaccine

26 June 2008

ECRI Institute And IAHSS Offer Guidance On Preparing For Pandemic Flu - July 17 Web Conference

West Nile Virus Threat Reduced By Diversity Among Bird Populations In Surrounding Area

19 June 2008

Biotech Experts Available To Discuss The Critical Role Of Vaccine Adjuvants In Treating Pandemic Bird Flu

18 June 2008

New Study Demonstrates That Lack Of Pandemic Planning Will Affect Bottom Line

17 June 2008

Sanofi Pasteur To Donate 60 Million Doses Of H5N1 Vaccine To WHO Over 3 Years For Its Influenza Vaccine Global Stockpile

13 June 2008

No High Risk Avian Influenza Viruses Found In Canada's Wild Birds

12 June 2008

CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhance Potential To Infect Humans

H7 Bird Flu Increasing Potential To Infect And Spread Among Humans Reports CDC

New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Study Investigating Safety And Efficacy Of Baxter's Cell-Based Pandemic, Avian Flu Vaccine

Hong Kong Culls Market Chickens After Finding More H5N1 Bird Flu

New Human H5N1 Bird Flu Vaccine From Baxter Shows Promise In Trial

10 June 2008

Confirmed H7N7 Avian Influenza In Oxfordshire Poultry Farm, UK

09 June 2008

Canada Strengthens Poultry Avian Influenza Surveillance

05 June 2008

Information Session For Owners Of Backyard Poultry Flocks In New Brunswick And Prince Edward Island, Canada

Trust For America's Health On New HHS Influenza Pandemic Draft Guidance

The Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) Proves Effective In Capturing The Reconstructed Spanish Flu Of 1918 And H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

28 May 2008

Battling Bird Flu By The Numbers

26 May 2008

EFoodSafety Endorses The European Commission's Marketing Authorization Of GlaxoSmithKline's Pre-Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine

23 May 2008

Bird Flu Confirmed In Bangladesh Said WHO

19 May 2008

Bird Flu Pandemic Would Require Multi-Drug Approach, UK

EU Approves GSK's Pre-Pandemic Bird Flu Vaccine

15 May 2008

Detection Of Mortality Clusters Associated With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza In Poultry: A Theoretical Analysis

05 May 2008

Learning From The Influenza Virus' Tricks

28 April 2008

AIBS Annual Meeting In May Will Focus On Climate, Environment, And Infectious Diseases

25 April 2008

Indonesia Runs Large Scale Bird Flu Drill

Heading Off A Bird-Flu Pandemic: We Need Broadly Protective Vaccines That Can Be Rapidly Produced And Administered

18 April 2008

Identification Of The Common Mechanism Underlying Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome May Lead To New Strategies Against Bird Flu

New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms

AirInSpace Is Certified To Protect Aircraft Passengers And Crew From Biological Threats Such As SARS And Avian Flu And Other Air Contaminants

16 April 2008

Iomai Receives HHS Approval To Begin Phase 2 Trial Of H5N1 Influenza Adjuvant Patch

15 April 2008

Thwarting Worldwide Influenza Threat By Creating First Successful Libraries Of Avian Flu Virus Antibodies

South Korea Investigates More Cases Of Bird Flu

14 April 2008

The Aethlon Hemopurifier(R) To Test Against The Partially Reconstructed 1918 Influenza Virus

10 April 2008

Computer Modelling Determines That 1 In 7 Cases Of Bird Flu Could Be Prevented By Closing Schools In Event Of Pandemic

09 April 2008

Examining The Avian Flu: From Pandemic Planning To Vaccine Development

08 April 2008

Human To Human Transmission Of Bird Flu

Fight Against Counterfeit Drugs Advanced By Faster Test Reported For Detecting Fake Tamiflu

04 April 2008

Bird Flu Human Deaths Confirmed, Pakistan

28 March 2008

Arbor Vita Rapid H5N1 Flu Diagnostic Presented At ICEID Meeting

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