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British scientists at Acambis in Cambridge have developed an all encompassing flu shot, two injections of which could provide immunity against a wide variety of flu viruses, including the avian flu.
Poultry farms in Dorset will be checked for any signs of the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus after three swans tested positive for the disease.
Bernard Matthews is to receive nearly £600,000 ($1.2 million) for the approximately 160,000 turkeys that were killed at the farm in Suffolk during the bird flu outbreak there in February.
According to the Food Standards Agency, the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk, which was the site of a recent avian flu outbreak, will not face criminal charges because of “insufficient evidence” for the way food waste products were handled.
It has been revealed that during the outbreak of avian flu at Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk last month, 757 tons of turkey from the UK and 93 tons from Hungary, as well as 50 tons of chicken from Brazil were processed there.
Bernard Matthews may be receiving compensation of almost £670,000 ($1,300,000) for culling turkeys during the avian flu outbreak last month.
An outbreak of avian flu has been confirmed at two chicken farms within 30 miles of Moscow, the first time this virus has been found so close to the capital.
Sales are down 40% on turkey products produced by Bernard Matthews farms, and turkey among all producers is seeing a 30% decline since the discovery of avian flu virus on a Matthews farm in Suffolk.
The 800 mile restriction zone around the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk is due to remain for at least three more weeks, as long as there are no further incidents of avian flu virus.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has come under sharp criticism for not testing wild birds near the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk
A government inquiry into the conditions at the Bernard Matthews factory farm in Suffolk has revealed filthy turkey sheds with roofs in squalid condition, drawing rats and wild birds, and encouraging disease.
Shipments of poultry between Britain and Hungary will resume tonight, after diseased turkeys were discovered on a Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk
Although denying fault, Bernard Matthews has apologized for the avian flu scare at his farm in Suffolk, where the H5N1 strain of the virus was recently found.
The contaminated Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk has been disinfected and has been given government permission to receive turkeys and begin processing them.
Although it appears there is a strong connection between the avian flu virus surfacing in Hungary and that in Britain, it has still not been conclusively determined how the Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk became contaminated with the H5N1 strain.
Poultry imported from Hungary is continuing to come to Britain, despite the discovery of bird flu at a Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk.
The National Farmers Union (NFU) want to stop any import of poultry from countries with confirmed avian flu virus until the source of the British outbreak is established.
An investigation is underway by The Food Standards Agency to determine if any of the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus has got into human food because of security flaws on Bernard Matthews farms.
It appears that the recent avian flu outbreak in Britain may have come from infected poultry imported from Hungary.
The British veterinarian who was hospitalized with respiratory difficulties has been tested for the avian flu virus and has no sign of the disease.
A senior British government veterinarian, who was at the Suffolk farm where the recent outbreak of avian flu occurred, is now in hospital and being tested for the avian flu virus.
The discovery of the avian flu virus and subsequent culling of nearly 160,000 turkeys on a farm in Suffolk may have far-reaching repercussions for British poultry farmers.
Government scientists in Britain are beginning to search for the source of this outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus, which occurred at a Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk last week.
The possibility of a bird flu pandemic in the U.K. is looming closer, as preparation is under way to cull 159,000 turkeys on a Suffolk farm where the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus was detected.
Laboratory tests by government veterinarians have confirmed that hundreds of turkeys on a farm in Suffolk, England, were killed by the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus.
The most recent study of animals infected with the avian flu virus has shown a particularly high incidence of the H5N1 strain of the virus in dead cats in the regions where outbreaks of the disease occurred.
Those at most risk from the avian flu virus appear to be healthy young adults with a strong immune system.
Fred Landeg, deputy chief veterinary officer, said that cold February weather could increase the chance of avian flu in Britain.
British scientists at Cambridge biotech firm Acambis, working alongside Belgium scientists, are close to developing a universal vaccine to protect against all strains of the influenza A virus — and this includes the avian flu.
The avian flu has taken the life of a 26 year old Egyptian man living in the Gharbia province near the Nile Delta.
It is estimated that as many as 62 million people could be dead from an avian flu pandemic.
A new outbreak of avian flu has been discovered on a poultry farm in South Korea, after 6,000 chickens were suspected of dying from the disease.
In a recent study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and MedImmune, experimental vaccines based on live strains of the H5N1 avian flu virus have been demonstrated to protect infected mice and ferrets.
According to the USDA and the Department of the Interior, wild ducks in Pennsylvania have tested positive for a strain of the avian flu virus, but not the lethal H5N1 type.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has noted that two wild swans were found near the shores of Lake Erie in Michigan with a non-lethal strain of avian flu.
GlaxoSmithKline, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, has developed what appears to be a viable vaccine to combat the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $5 million for the establishment of a global network to monitor the avian flu virus via migrating birds, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added an additional $1 million.
A report prepared by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) in the U.K. has emphasized the importance of studying the results of exposure to the avian flu virus on cats, as a way to understand the effect of human contamination.
A flock of domestic poultry, including geese and ducks, located in the south of Hungary are being culled after the H5 strain of avian flu showed up among the birds.
Thousands of government workers throughout Indonesia are involved in a national effort to educated the population about the dangers of avian flu while preparing for a possible pandemic.
Vical will be receiving almost $3 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop a DNA vaccine to combat the avian flu virus.
During the latest World Bank meetings on Friday, Viet Nam was the recipient of $61.5 million from 23 industrialized countries and international agencies over the next two years .
The World Health Organization has found that China, Indonesia and Africa have had many more outbreaks than originally reported.
The latest tally of human deaths from the avian flu in Indonesia is 37, but that number is expected to climb as more people are currently sick from the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus.
The avian flu virus is likely to pass through a brief evolutionary process before mutating into a pandemic.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt emphasized the importance of local emergency planning to combat the avian flu virus.
The avian flu virus resurfaced almost two weeks ago in Romania, and 56 outbreaks have been reported since then -- eleven of them yesterday.
A team of World Health Organization investigators is in Indonesia looking into the recent deaths of seven family members who were infected with the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus, trying to find the source of the disease.
In the wake of a series of additional human deaths from the avian flu last month — seven in one Indonesian family — there is concern that the virus may have mutated to the point where it could be transmitted between people.
Two Iranians have died of the avian flu virus; the first human cases reported in this country.
Although the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus hasn’t yet reached the Caribbean region and North and South America, it is only a matter of time before the disease finds its way there.
During meetings this week, the World Health Organization will ask that members consider implementing the regualtions and guidelines that have been devised to control the spread of the H5N1 strain of virus.
Dead chicken have been found on a farm in Kano, a northern region in Nigeria, and the disease was sighted among 16,000 chickens there.
The H5 strain of the avian flu virus has been spotted in Denmark, and is the first outbreak to affect domestic poultry in the European Union.
Frozen uncooked poultry from China is being smuggled into Europe, increasing the chances that avian flu virus will be found in the fowl.
Five members of an Indonesian family have died from the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus, and it is feared that three other family members are also ill from the disease.
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a vaccine that shows promise against influenza virus.
More than 2,000 birds are being culled in Romania after avian flu was discovered there last week
Canada isn’t expecting help or resources from any other country in the event of a flu pandemic, and will need to develop a strategic plan to contend with an international crisis.
A two year old girl living in the Horn of Africa has been confirmed as having the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus -- the first case for this location.
Although it was forecast that migratory birds flying from Africa to Europe would probably be carrying and spreading the avian flu virus, that hasn't happened.
The U.S. federal government has repeatedly warned that local communities must take responsibility for preparing to respond to an avian flu crisis. Some counties in Illinois are taking this statement to heart.
The U.S. Agriculture Department is distributing and promoting audio and video clips in an effort to calm fears about the avian flu virus.
There are problems in the way that international funding to combat the avian flu is being distributed, and this has been noted by the United Nations.
The spread of the avian flu virus could jeopardise the economies of Asia and end up costing up to $300 billion.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Group met last week in Vietnam, and Ministers have approved a plan to contain the avian flu virus.
Testing of thousands of samples is underway by experts from Cornell University in an attempt to identify potential birds that may carry the avian flu virus.
It is thought that farmers are the key to preventing the spread of avian flu, so local farmers in North Carolina are learning to identify the early signs of the disease and are testing birds in vast numbers.
To bring home the possible consequences of a pandemic brought on by the avian flu virus, ABC television is showing “Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America” on Tuesday evening.
A New Jersey poultry market was the site of a mild case of avian flu, but not the lethal H5N1 strain.
The National Academy of Sciences has stated that the disposible masks now sold as a precaution for avian flu cannot be worn more than once, and in fact, may not be effective in preventing the spread of the virus.
Two more poultry farms near the vacinity of the earlier sighting in Norfolk, England have now been confirmed to be infected with the H7N3 strain of avian flu virus.
One of the workers on the poultry farm in Norfolk, England where a case of avian flu was recently reported, has an eye infection from the H7 strain of avian flu virus.
A new case of bird flu was reported on a farm in Norfolk, England, where 35,000 birds were destroyed to prevent further spread.
A computer simulation portrays how a pandemic in the U.K. may play out over a four month period once a pandemic caused by the avian flu virus were to strike.
The U.S. Congress has designated $7.1 billion to prepare for the possibility of an international pandemic, should the avian flu virus mutate and begin to spread among the population.
The World Bank will be loaning Turkey $34.4 million to use in combatting the avian flu virus, which killed four Turkish children in January.
More than half the people who responded to a recent poll by Associated Press-Ipsos Public Affairs have no confidence in the ability of the U.S. Government to handle an outbreak of avian flu or a pandemic.
The U.S. is still not prepared should the lethal strain of the avian flu virus mutate and a pandemic strike.
Since a dead swan contaminated with the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus was found in Fife, Scotland several weeks ago, there have been no further positive testings, so restrictions are being lifted for the movement of poultry.
Experts have emphasized the importance of including what was learned from earlier experiences with the avian flu virus as the U.S. federal government compiles plans and guidelines for dealing with the potential of an outbreak of the bird flu in poultry.
An assessment by the International Monetary Fund has shown that governments throughout the world are still not adequately prepared should a pandemic occur.
The avian flu virus is such an important issue that a movie made about it is to be shown on the ABC network on May 9, 2006.
The avian flu virus is heading for the U.S., and it's important that preparations to combat the disease are in place before it arrives.
U.S. federal agencies are waiting for the President to approve a plan which designates tasks in case of a flu pandemic.
There is no current evidence to indicate that people can become ill with the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus by eating poultry or eggs if they are cooked properly.
Japan now views the avian flu virus as a designated infectious disease, according to officials at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the government is determined to prevent its spread.
A group of international travel organizations have banded together to establish a system to effectively deal with travel issues should the avian flu virus cause a pandemic..
Farmers from 25 kibbutz have already received payment, after more than 1,300,000 birds were culled.
Since the avian flu virus hasn't killed as many people as originally expected, the United Nations experts have sensed that some Asians have become relaxed about the potential threat.
Within the next few days, the World Health Organization will announce that Jordan no longer has signs of human infection from the avian flu virus.
The British Government has been drafting plans should it be necessary to close schools and enact emergency measures if the avian flu virus mutates into a form that becomes transmissible between people.
Tests are now underway to examine hundreds of birds for the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus from 22 locations in the vicinity where the dead swan was found in Scotland.
In response to the discovery of the H5N1 virus in Scotland, the British Government have issued some guidelines for the safe handling of birds.
The British Government is testing out proposed plans should the lethal strain of avian flu virus strike.
The H5N1 strain of avian flu virus has been reported on a poultry farm in Saxony, Germany.
The Indian government is taking steps to compensate farmers who have been affected by the avian flu virus.
Scientists have developed a computer model to forecast what a pandemic caused by the avian flu might be like.
The Philippine government has advised that, should avian flu appear on domestic poultry farms, any birds within a three kilometer radius will be culled by the military and agriculture officials. But they could find resistance from farmers.
The British Home Office has produced a document detailing how the dead could be handled should a pandemic resulting from the avian flu virus arise.
Representatives from the Inter-American community met in Washington yesterday to discuss plans for preventing an avian flu epidemic.
Most businesses are not yet prepared for a flu pandemic, although there is evidence that this will have a significant economic impact should it occur.
A vaccine to combat the avian flu virus has been developed, and preliminary results appear promising.
A pilot project is underway to test the use of equine antibodies in developing an effective vaccine to combat the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus.
Avian flu is continuing to spread in Gaza, and there is concern that it will infect neighboring regions. There have been difficulties in getting cooperation for culling the birds.
A woman from Shanghai was the 11th fatality from the avian flu virus in China, and it appears that the virus has returned to Hong Kong.
It is thought that a young girl in Indonesia has died from the avian flu virus. If confirmed, she would be the 23rd person to die from the virus there.
The lethal H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus has been confirmed in dead birds in a number of towns in Gaza, the Jordan Valley, and surrounding areas
If the avian flu virus should mutate into a human pandemic, this will present an enormous challenge for the insurance industry.
Researchers seem to be making headway into understanding how the avian flu virus is being spread.
A second subtype of the H5N1 strain of avian flu virus has been detected, making the development of an effective vaccine more difficult.
The Bush Administration has conceded that avian flu will probably spread to the United States this year.
The H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus was found in six flocks of poultry in Israel, so 800,000 fowl are to be culled to prevent any possibility of spread, and to ease public fears.
Farmers and veterinarians in Israel have been upset at the way a possible avian flu incident on a kibbutz there was addressed. There was disappointment that the government hadn't taken a more pro-active approach.
Tests are now underway to determine if birds from Orkney, Scotland died from avian flu.
U.S. officials feel that the avian flu virus may be appearing in this country as early as the autumn, and effective measures to deal with it need to be developed.
Lab tests have confirmed that three people in Azerbaijan have died from the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus.
A pandemic caused by the H5N1 strain of flu virus could have dramatic global economic consequencesas well as cause millions of deaths, particularly in the less developed countries.
Avian flu is quickly spreading through many regions of Nigeria. Unfortunately, the country lacks the resources and a centrally coordinated disease control strategy to adequately contain the lethal H5N1 virus.
Although most of the focus for the past few weeks has been on the spread of avian flu in Europe, the number of cases in southeast Asia has continued to climb..
During the past few months, the avian flu virus has spread quickly. To date , 31 countries have reported outbreaks. There is serious concern that viral mutation and transmission from person to person could occur at any time.
Surveillance is increasing throughout Europe, as more dead wild birds have been found, having died from the H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus.
With the spread of the avian flu virus across Europe, countries are getting ready for the return of birds after winter migration ends.
The avian flu virus has spread to Nigeria, and a prompt, effective response is critical.
The World Health Organization has expressed concern over the rapid spread of the avian flu virus throughout Turkey.
A vaccine to combat avian flu is being developed by the Sanoft-Pasteur pharmaceutical company.
U.S. borders are being monitored for signs of travellers entering the country with contageous diseases, particularly avian flu. Quarantine stations have been set up around the country staffed by health officials from the Centers for Disease Control.
Tomorrow on Oprah Winfrey's television program, the topic for discussion is avian flu. It will be interesting to hear what her experts have to say.
Visit www.blog-podcast.com for avian flu updates.
Concern is increasing in Turkey over how the avian flu is being spread and how efforts are being made to control it. This podcast was first posted earlier in January.
Recent events in Turkey as the country tries to deal with the problems of containing the avian flu virus. This podcast was first posted earlier in January.
Recent events in Turkey as the country tries to deal with the problems of containing the avian flu virus. This podcast was first posted earlier in January.