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• Reports of Increased Survival in Bird Flu Patients Taking Tamiflu.

  - 2008-03-03

  BASEL, Switzerland, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians from countries worst-affected by the deadly bird flu (H5N1 influenza virus) have reported an increased survival rate in patients treated with the oral antiviral Tamiflu oseltamivir. These data reinforce the World Health Organization WHO advisory...

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• UpTick.com Pandemic Influenza Research Sector Alert -- Major Movements Reported for IRBO.

  - 2007-04-25

  M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2007-StoneRidge Capital: UpTick.com Pandemic Influenza Research Sector Alert -- Major Movements Reported for IRBOC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25042007 Six developing countries in Asia and South America were awarded 2.5 million dollars each to help fund the production of...

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• Flu pandemic may be caused by another virus: WHO official

  - 2006-05-04

  SINGAPORE AFP — A flu pandemic may be caused by a virus strain other than the feared H5N1 and political commitment is needed to prepare for an outbreak, a senior World Health Organization WHO official said. "I think the issue is not as to whether there would be a...

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• Deadly bird flu virus found in Azerbaijan

  - 2006-02-10

  BAKU AFP — The strain of bird flu that is potentially fatal to humans has been found on the shores of the Caspian Sea in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, the country's health ministry announced. "The results from tests on wild birds showed the presence of the H5N1...

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• Avian Flu: Addressing the Global Threat; Hyde Schedules Wednesday Oversight Hearing

  - 2005-12-06

  News Advisory: WHAT: Full Committee Oversight Hearing: Avian Flu: Addressing the Global Threat U.S. Rep. Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 7 WHERE: Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building WITNESSES: Panel I: Anthony F. Rock, acting assistant secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental...

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• US to host international conference on bird flu

  - 2005-10-05

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US government will host an international conference this week, bringing together over 65 countries, on the bird flu virus in a bid to streamline an international response to a possible global pandemic, a government spokesman said. Seven people have died of bird flu, or the...

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• Flu catastrophe fear.

  - 2005-10-02

  Byline: Jason Frenkel and Lachlan Heywood Oct 02, 2005 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The United Nations issued a warning about a new strain of flu on 30 September 2005 as it ...

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• WHO welcomes bird-flu partnership

  - 2005-09-15

  GENEVA AFP — The World Health Organization WHO welcomed proposals for a world partnership against bird flu as a "really important step" in dealing with a potential deadly pandemic. US President George W. Bush announced to the UN General Assembly in New York Wednesday what he called "new international...

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• Avian flu from an occupational health perspective.

  - 2005-03-01

  ABSTRACT. Although a pandemic scenario necessarily involves a situation in which a large number of people become infected in a nonoccupational setting, past infectious disease events have highlighted the unique role that occupational exposure may play in the emergence of disease in humans. While small-scale poultry...

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• SMALLPOX: A DISEASE OF THE PAST OR A WEAPON OF TOMORROW?

  - 2004-10-28

  (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Can this once eradicated killer return as a weapon of mass destruction? Information published in this month's International Journal of Infectious Diseases discusses the potential return of smallpox - one...

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