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STMicro, Singapore Partner Chip Away at Bird Flu  -  25 Mar 2008
BusinessWeekWorldwide, those that die from flu average between 250000 and 500000 a year. "It's a challenge to know which strain will be the next pandemic strain,

US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand  -  25 Mar 2008
AFPJohn MacArthur, infectious diseases advisor with USAID, warned that bird flu remained a serious threat in the region around the Mekong river,

Wings hope to contain flu bug by keeping Hasek at home  -  25 Mar 2008
MLive.com,Hasek was felled by the flu bug making the rounds in his family and the Wings want to keep him away from the team to prevent it from spreading.

Dog Flu May Have Been Active as Early as 1999  -  25 Mar 2008
U.S. News & World Report,TUESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- Canine influenza was first identified in 2004, but it has been circulating in the racing greyhound population since at

Indonesia: Warnings on Failure to Contain Avian Flu and on ...  -  25 Mar 2008
New York Times,By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The avian flu situation in Indonesia is grave, and the risk of mutation into a human pandemic form will worsen if more is not done,

UW gets $1.3 million grant for flu pandemic prevention  -  25 Mar 2008
The Capital Times,Prevention of a flu pandemic is the goal of a $1.3 million grant to the UW-Madison from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant announced today will

Germany declared officially free of bird flu  -  25 Mar 2008
Monsters and Critics.comBerlin - Germany is officially free of bird flu, with no cases of deadly H5N1 avian influenza discovered in wild birds or domestic poultry for the past

Military donates flu vaccine to Pacific islands  -  25 Mar 2008
Honolulu Advertiser,By Audrey McAvoy AP The US military yesterday said it has delivered 30000 doses of surplus flu vaccine from Honolulu to US territories and small island

Flu season memorable  -  25 Mar 2008
Asbury Park Press,By STEVE STERNBERG • USA TODAY • March 25, 2008 Most people may come to remember this as a flu season with two faces. Its most appealing side can be found

SLU Community Invited to Attend Pandemic Flu Workshop  -  25 Mar 2008
Saint Louis University,LOUIS - How prepared would St. Louis be if pandemic flu struck? In an effort to increase local pandemic preparedness, Saint Louis University's Heartland

Region is stuck with a lengthy flu season  -  25 Mar 2008
Green Bay Press Gazette,By Sara Boyd With the seemingly endless winter, residents across Northeastern Wisconsin are fighting a seemingly endless bout of the flu.

Killer flu: It's a disaster in the making  -  25 Mar 2008
Orlando Sentinel,No one thought it was anything more than the flu. And, indeed, that's all it was. But the year was 1918, and this flu was one of the greatest killers

US Military Donating Surplus Flu Vaccine to Pacific Islands  -  25 Mar 2008
KGMB9,Written by AP HONOLULU (AP) - The US military is donating 30000 doses of surplus flu vaccine to US territories and small island states in the Pacific,

Flu bug still bites  -  25 Mar 2008
Sheboygan Press,By Janet Ortegon The snow is melting and the sun is shining, but don't put your hand sanitizer away just yet — the flu season isn't leaving with winter.

Flu kills two in Dublin hospital  -  25 Mar 2008
Irish Health,According to the HSE, a number of patients within the old age psychiatry ward at St Ita’s Hospital in Portrane developed flu-like symptoms between March

Vietnam tests bird flu vaccines on first volunteers  -  25 Mar 2008
People's Daily Online,Vietnam is testing its bird flu vaccines on 10 first volunteers with encouraging results, according to local newspaper Youth on Tuesday.

Flu fear causes Damon to flee  -  25 Mar 2008
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,The last thing the Yankees need this close to the regular season is for the flu to make its way around their clubhouse. So Johnny Damon was sent home

Culling over in Malda, target scaled down by about half  -  25 Mar 2008
Hindustan Times,PTI Mopping up operation was on in two bird flu-hit areas of Malda district on Tuesday as the animal resource development authorities declared the culling

FOX Files - Bird Flu Drug  -  25 Mar 2008
MyFox Saint Louis,By Paul Schankman Despite those dire predictions, there has yet to be a single case of Bird Flu in the United States . But scientists say there is still a

Fluid-intake needs differ between patients with common cold, flu  -  25 Mar 2008
Kansas State Collegian,People who are ill with the flu or common cold should drink different types of liquids and maintain their hydration level, said K-State nutrition and health

RI lost RP4.1 trillion due to bird flu outbreaks  -  25 Mar 2008
Thai News Agency MCOT,Jakarta, Mar 25 (ANTARA) - Indonesia suffered financial losses of Rp4.1 trillion due to bird flu (avian influenza/AI) outbreaks during 2004-2007,

Bird flu confirmed in Bengal, no humans affected  -  25 Mar 2008
Commodity Online,Earlier, the government had culled 3.9 million chickens and ducks in West Bengal last month to control and prevent the spread of the bird flu virus from

Bird flu recurrence in WB, Orissa put on caution  -  25 Mar 2008
Newindpress,BHUBANESWAR: The recurrence of bird flu in West Bengal has triggered apprehensions in Orissa once again. The State has been keeping a strict vigil along the

GBU: Meth, flu and NAU  -  25 Mar 2008
Rapid City Journal,THE UGLY: The ninth influenza death in South Dakota occurred during Week 11 of the 2007-08 flu season. The victim was a woman from Pennington County.

Medicago's H5N1 VLP Vaccine Provides Protection Against Multiple ...  -  25 Mar 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),Medicago Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MDG) today announced that its H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine ("H5N1 VLP vaccine"), made from the Indonesian strain,

Ill-advised plan for flu medicine  -  25 Mar 2008
The Standard,Health officials in Hong Kong, trying to contain seasonal flu outbreaks that caused the deaths of at least two children this month, recommend doctors

Pandemic flu training to be offered April 1  -  25 Mar 2008
Wicked Local Gloucester,The Pandemic Flu training describes the characteristics and impact of pandemic influenza from a historical and current perspective with heightened emphasis

Peacock deaths cause flu scare  -  25 Mar 2008
Howrah News Service,24: The inexplicable sudden death of 13 adult peacocks have predictably set off another Bird Flu scare in Haryana’s Jind district.

Bird flu: Two lakh chickens culled during last two weeks  -  25 Mar 2008
The New Nation,Bird flu has caused losses of about 45 billion taka to the poultry sector, which accounts for 1.6 per cent of the domestic product, according to the

Indonesia limits sharing of bird flu samples  -  Mar 24, 2008
Reuters India,JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will not fully share bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization until a new global mechanism is in place,

Bangladesh kills 200000 fowl to stop bird flu  -  Mar 24, 2008
ReutersIndustry officials said bird flu has caused losses of about 45 billion taka ($650 million) to the poultry sector, which accounts for 1.6 percent of the poor

Girl's death in bird flu-hit district reignites fear  -  Mar 24, 2008
Sify,Behrampore (WB): Although culling of chickens has officially been declared complete two weeks after bird flu resurfaced in several blocks of Birbhum

Flu flattens part of workforce  -  Mar 23, 2008
USA TodayBy Erin Kutz, USA TODAY Many workplaces have been working more feverishly than usual this flu season amid widespread infections that have left almost no

March 24, 1976: Ford Orders Swine-Flu Shots for All  -  Mar 23, 2008
Wired NewsBy Tony Long 03.24.08 | 12:00 AM October 12, 1976: Nurse Jacqueline Spaky administers a swine-flu injection with an injector gun on the first day of the

Bird Flu Scientists Say Mallards May Carry Virus Long Distances  -  Mar 23, 2008
BloombergBy Jason Gale March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Scientists in the Netherlands tracking the spread of bird flu in wild ducks say mallards may be the best long-distance

Mutis Flu Leads to Philharmonic Debut  -  Mar 23, 2008
New York Times,Flu has forced Riccardo Muti out of concerts with the New York Philharmonic this week. He will be replaced by Michael Christie, right, who will make his

Two in Minnesota die from flu-like illness  -  Mar 24, 2008
Wahpeton Daily News,A father and son who lived in a northern Minnesota town died within days of each other this past week from flu-like symptoms. It is not clear if the two men

Longer flu season and unexpected strains make prevention plan key  -  Mar 24, 2008
EurekAlert (press release),March 24, 2008 WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans took the advice to get a flu shot this season, but many are still becoming infected with the flu.

Cantel Medical Corp. and National Safety Council Launch Joint ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
WELT ONLINE,The World Health Organization continues to track the incidence of avian bird flu throughout the world and warns of the potential of mutation of the H5N1

The flu season that wouldn't end: Vaccine less effective this year  -  Mar 24, 2008
Allentown Morning Call,By Brian Callaway | Of The Morning Call March 24, 2008 A spike in flu cases has health officials continuing to urge preventive measures at a time of the

ImmuneRegen(R) BioSciences and DelSite Biotechnologies Collaborate ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
InfoBolsa,Noting that pandemic flu is one of the most significant healthcare risks facing our nation today, he added, "Viprovex has already shown strength in fighting

Cat flu not transmittable to humans, says Department of Disease ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Thai News Agency MCOT,BANGKOK, March 24 (TNA) – 'Cat flu' is not transmittable to humans, according to the Department of Disease Control after a large number of felines were

Flu season hitting its peak in Iowa  -  Mar 23, 2008
Sioux City Journal,By Molly Montag, Journal staff writer SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City-area residents, and those around the state, are still not free from the flu bug,

ImmuneRegen ® BioSciences and DelSite Biotechnologies Collaborate ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Business Wire (press release),Noting that pandemic flu is one of the most significant healthcare risks facing our nation today, he added, “Viprovex has already shown strength in fighting

Flu casessubsiding,not gone  -  Mar 23, 2008
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription),No culture-confirmed local cases have been reported during that time, she said, but flu season extends into April. "We know it's on a decline,

Turkey quarantines village after bird flu confirmed  -  Mar 22, 2008
ReutersThe report did not specify the strain of the bird flu virus. Private broadcaster CNNTurk said close to 1000 chickens had been culled in the province of

Flu could mean a trip to the doctor  -  Mar 23, 2008
Go Blue Ridge,Flu isn’t something to mess around with- at least that’s what High Country health officials say. If you have the achiness, the fever and the congestion,

Roll up your sleeves it's flu shot time again  -  Mar 23, 2008
Markdale Standard,With the winter flu season coming up, it is time for flu shots. Free flu shot clinics are being held at the Centre Grey Hospital in the Hospital Activity

What if a Flu Like 1918’s Broke Out Now?  -  Mar 21, 2008
New York Times,By AVI SALZMAN WHEN an outbreak of the Spanish flu spread worldwide in 1918, a doctor in Newark advised his patients that they could cure their illness with

Flu season hits schools in the pocketbook  -  Mar 23, 2008
Times-Standard,There's few things more pitiful than a child laid low by the stuffy-nosed, sick-stomached flu. But his or her parents aren't the only ones feeling the pain.

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