Feature articles on H5N1: | 5/1/2009 - (NaturalNews) When observing the swine flu outbreak happening today, it's helpful to have some historical context. Viral pandemics are not unusual, and talking about one isn't "alarmist." Pandemics are a regular feature of life on earth, and they occur...
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| 4/29/2009 - (NaturalNews) Last week, when what is now called a "swine flu" was first reported to be infecting and killing some people in Mexico, health officials noted it was a strain of flu never before seen. In fact, it is technically incorrect to call this simply...
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 | 3/6/2008 - (NaturalNews) The avian flu has undergone a critical mutation making it easier for the virus to infect humans, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and published in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
"We...
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 | 11/8/2007 - (NaturalNews) An international team of researchers has found that the antibodies produced by mice who have survived exposure to the H5N1 variety of avian flu can be used successfully treat other mice who have been exposed to the virus, according to a...
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 | 6/15/2007 - In this article, I'm going to explain the real story behind the big international push to get Indonesia and other Asian countries to "share" their H5N1 influenza samples with the rest of the world. As you may know, countries like Australia, the United...
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 | 3/12/2007 - (NaturalNews) Health officials are warning that the bird flu pandemic is far from over, contrary to the impression created by many in the media. In fact, more people died from the virus in 2006 that in the previous two years, and its fatality rate has...
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 | 2/19/2007 - (NaturalNews) New research of the H5N1 flu virus shows it is just two mutations away from being highly contagious and deadly to humans.
The research, done by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gives new insight on the threat of...
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 | 2/6/2007 - (NaturalNews) A particularly lethal strain of bird flu, H5N1, has been found on a large turkey farm in eastern England, according to officials from the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. This is the same strain that has killed...
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 | 1/24/2007 - (NaturalNews) Egypt has announced it is on high alert after the World Health Organization found a mutated H5N1 strain of bird flu that was more resistant to the Tamiflu vaccine -- the primary treatment governments are counting on in the event of an outbreak.
The...
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 | 1/16/2007 - (NaturalNews) The H5N1 bird flu virus surfaced in the Vietnamese province of Kien Giang earlier this week, after roughly 70 ducks infected with the virus died the previous weekend.
The local animal health department slaughtered 1,800 ducks in the districts...
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 | 12/6/2006 - (NaturalNews) The bird flu has already caused $5.4 billion in damage to the global economy, according to new estimates that cite $2 billion in direct costs, and $3.4 billion in indirect costs.
But further global efforts to fight the bird flu will required...
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| 11/28/2006 - (NaturalNews) The bird flu has struck South Korea after three years of little to no activity. The H5N1 virus is a highly virulent strain that could potentially spread to and kill humans.
South Korea's Agriculture Ministry said earlier this week it...
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| 11/20/2006 - (NaturalNews) Currently, the deadly H5N1 form of the bird flu virus -- which has infected 258 and killed 153 worldwide since 2003 -- differs from human viruses in the types of receptor proteins it recognizes, but researchers have found a way the virus...
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| 11/1/2006 - When tested in mice and ferrets, experimental vaccines based on live, weakened versions of different strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus were well-tolerated and protected the animals from a deadly infection with naturally occurring H5N1 flu viruses....
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 | 10/31/2006 - (NaturalNews) The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today heard about a previously unknown, dangerous strain of H5N1 bird flu discovered in southern China, which is spreading from birds to people in Southeast Asia and sparking fears of a...
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| 10/16/2006 - Transfusions with blood products taken from people who had recovered from Spanish influenza may have reduced risk for death and improved symptoms of hospitalized patients who contracted Spanish influenza complicated by pneumonia. Early treatment was...
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| 10/12/2006 - Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found. The research shows that even though the available vaccines are effective...
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| 8/24/2006 - Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have announced that a vaccine they developed a few years ago against one antigenic variant of the avian influenza virus H5N1 may protect humans against future variants of the virus. Vaccines based on...
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| 8/3/2006 - Nations are preparing to stockpile vaccines against H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that experts fear could cause the next flu pandemic. But will these vaccines remain effective as the virus mutates? Researchers present good news in the July 15 issue...
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| 7/25/2006 - (NaturalNews) Statements published by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) concerning bird flu outbreaks have not been candid, say critics who accuse the organization of being less than truthful to the public for fear of causing panic.
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| 7/25/2006 - (NaturalNews) News services such as the Bangkok Post are reporting that Thailand has had its first outbreak of H5N1 bird flu since December, and that even more people are displaying flu-like symptoms in areas with sick birds.
According to reports,...
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| 7/20/2006 - (NaturalNews) Indian agricultural scientists have developed a revolutionary new H5N1 vaccine for poultry, according to an announcement by the country's Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
In response to the culling of more than a million chickens...
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 | 2/6/2006 - 412 BC – Major epidemic of a disease (which, although not called influenza, probably was influenza) recorded by Hippocrates.
1357 AD – The term, “influenza,” from the Italian word meaning "influence," was coined. Popular belief at that time blamed...
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 | 3/31/2005 - We've heard some very interesting news recently that countries are stocking up on a bird flu vaccine. And yet the very newspapers in which we see these headlines say the vaccine is currently being beta-tested on small groups of people. I'm curious how...
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 | 11/13/2004 - A global influenza pandemic isn't something that most people think about on a day-to-day basis. But it could soon become front-page news, if the fears of the World Health Organization are realized. The group is concerned about the ripening conditions...
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 | 11/9/2004 - The World Health Organization is to be applauded for its efforts to try to ramp up product of vaccines to protect people from the coming flu pandemic. Despite their best intentions, however, the world isn't ready for such a viral outbreak. Should such...
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 | 11/2/2004 - A Russian scientist has alarmingly announced that one billion people stand to die from the coming global flu pandemic. In the United States alone, as many as 700,000 people are expected to die in as little as six months following the outbreak. Are these...
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