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Feature articles on bird flu:

How to Beat and Prevent the Avian Flu and Other Influenzas

4/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) Are you worried about the possible outbreak of the Avian Flu among humans? Perhaps you should be! I hope that all of the publicity about the Bird Flu proves to be a false alarm, as well as the theories that it may be a deliberately engineered...

Bird Flu Virus has Mutated into Form That's Deadly to Humans

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...

Blood from bird flu survivors may hold key to human defense

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...

Influenza virus samples, vaccine patents and corporate lies

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...

'Don't become complacent' warns bird flu virus expert, as H5N1 becomes even more deadly

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...

Deadly flu is two mutations away from spreading among humans

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...

Prepping for the worst, government sets guidelines in case of pandemic flu

2/8/2007 - (NaturalNews) New guidelines, to be enacted in the event of a pandemic flu, were set by the U.S. government on Thursday. The advisory guidelines, sent out to cities nationwide, include recommendations of closing schools for three months, canceling...

Bird flu outbreak strikes bird population in Britain

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...

Bird flu virus mutates into Tamiflu-resistant strain in Egypt; WHO does not expect pandemic

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...

Resurgence of human bird flu cases has some countries on alert

1/22/2007 - (NaturalNews) A seasonal resurgence of deadly avian flu in southern Asia has the World Health Organization worried it may spread again to Europe. The number of human infections from the deadly disease has increased in recent months, with outbreaks in...

Bird flu outbreak in Vietnam province

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...

North Korea says it has bird flu vaccine

12/22/2006 - (NaturalNews) North Korea claims it has developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu virus. North Korean officials have also stated that they are inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to prevent the disease from spreading,...

Thousands of mallards found dead in Idaho; experts say bird flu unlikely, but not ruled out

12/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) An Idaho hunter called state conservation officials Friday to alert them to a few dead mallards along a creek near Burley. By Wednesday, more than 2,000 ducks littered the banks. Experts are saying it is unlikely the deadly H5N1 strain of...

In a single year, bird flu caused $5.4 billion in economic losses to global economy

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...

South Korea declares first bird flu outbreak in three years

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...

Scientists discover how bird flu can mutate into form deadly to humans

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...

Tamiflu drug made with cocktail of chemical ingredients, linked with bizarre behavior

11/17/2006 - (NaturalNews) According to a list compiled by Dr. Patricia Doyle at rense.com, a host of strange ingredients are used to make up Hoffman-La Roche's anti-flu drug Tamiflu, which has recently been connected with bizarre behavior, mostly in children. Patients...

Bird flu drug Tamiflu may cause "abnormal behavior," manufacturer warns

11/15/2006 - (NaturalNews) Hoffman-La Roche Inc. issued a warning Monday for its flu drug Tamiflu, stating patients using the drug must be closely monitored in case they develop psychiatric problems such as delirium and suicidal tendencies. Before the announcement,...

WHO accuses China of refusing to share samples of new bird flu strain

11/2/2006 - (NaturalNews) The World Health Organization (WHO) recently accused China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of refusing to share samples of a new strain of bird flu, which has hampered global efforts to track the spread of the virus. The WHO's accusation...

Scientists discover new bird flu strain that evades all vaccines and eradication measures

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...

No one to care for millions of Americans if bird flu pandemic strikes

10/27/2006 - (NaturalNews) While the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu has not yet mutated into a form easily transmittable between humans, a Harvard School of Public Health poll conducted Thursday suggests that many Americans would be left without anyone to care...

Alaskan village may be bird flu bridge to North America

10/23/2006 - (NaturalNews) The 800 Yup'ik Eskimos who live in Kipnuk, Alaska rarely get visitors to their village, but lately a slew of government scientists have been arriving on bush planes to study the birds of the delta, which they say may be carrying the first...

Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic (press release)

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...

Lessons from SARS May Help Prepare for Bird Flu (press release)

10/12/2006 - Lessons learnt from SARS epidemics in China may help us prepare for new epidemics, such as human avian flu, say experts in this week’s BMJ. Mainland China experienced three outbreaks of SARS between November 2002 and May 2004. The first outbreak resulted...

Bird flu study highlights need to vaccinate flocks effectively (press release)

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...

Bird flu cluster in Indonesia may have spread among humans

9/26/2006 - (NaturalNews) A 20-year-old Indonesian man and his 15-year-old sister have been hospitalized after their older brother died with bird flu symptoms Sunday in the West Java capital of Bandung. The surviving brother has tested positive for H5N1. Head...

Bird flu pandemic remains top threat to global health, says WHO

9/22/2006 - (NaturalNews) The World Health Organization held its 57th annual Western Pacific Region meeting in Auckland, New Zealand on Friday, where the organization's Acting Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Richard Nesbit, said the H5N1 strain of bird...

Winter months may reduce Bird flu damage, but risk still high, says WHO

9/18/2006 - (NaturalNews) The H5N1 strain of bird flu -- responsible for killing 144 people worldwide since 2003 -- is expected to be one of the top items discussed at the annual regional meeting of the World Health Organization in Auckland, New Zealand this week....

Air travel a major factor in spread of influenza

9/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) A study by Harvard University scientists has linked air travel with the spread of flu, after the annual winter outbreak of the virus in the United States was delayed by nearly two weeks in 2001 due to flight bans and cancellations in the...

Bird flu may have been mistaken for SARS - doctors (press release)

8/25/2006 - A Chinese man who died of pneumonia in 2003 and was at first classified as a SARS victim might have in fact died of avian influenza, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday. But in a confusing development, at least one of the researchers asked...

Indonesian bird flu death may indicate cluster of human transmission

8/17/2006 - (NaturalNews) After experts confirmed this week that 9-year-old Ai Siti Aminah was Indonesia's 45th bird flu death -- the highest number of bird flu fatalities in any country -- health authorities began investigating whether the girl was part of a cluster...

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