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Health officials have good reason to be concerned. Bird flu is the single biggest threat to the world right now and health officials may not yet have the tools they need to fight it. The head of the CDC, Dr. Julie Gerberding, said exactly that on 2/21/2005.

Gerberding reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science that "this is a very ominous situation for the globe," calling it the "most important threat we are facing right now."

Far more infectious than SARS, the H5N1 avian flu can jump directly from birds to people.

On Mar 29, 2005 WHO announced that all five members of a family of chicken farmers had avian flu!†    

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As of November 2005 an estimated 150 million birds have either died of H5N1 influenza -- or been killed in an attempt to stop its spread. obama s immigration law, k fianc





Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Deaths from Avian Infuenza A/(H5N1)

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BBC Quick Guide to Bird Flu

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Controlling avian flu at the source
... agricultural authorities should harmonize with the public-health (Nature 5/25/05)

Yet Another Vietnam Death ... ducks may be the culprit (CIDRAP NEWS 5/23/05)

Migratory geese in China afflicted
wild goose die-off due to H5N1 (CIDRAP NEWS 5/23/05)

Bird flu virus showing greater chances of pandemic
H5N1 virus, is becoming more capable of human-to human transmission' says WHO 5/19/05

Vietnamese find another case of avian flu
Total cases since December today at 43, 5/17/05

Indonesia tests more pigs for bird flu virus
After 3 pigs test positive in West Java! 5/16/05

Bird flu spreads to India
Strain found in three Indian poultry workers 5/11/05

Are governments complacent about bird flu?
Dr Nigel Higson from Hove, Britain believes so...5/11/05

Bird flu found in Italian turkeys
Low risk form found in ten flocks
180,000 birds destroyed 5/11/05

NEJM article stresses preparing for Next Pandemic
Osterholm says world isn't ready for flu pandemic 5/5/05

Vietnam air passengers carry fatal eggs to China
Health officials in Guangzhou in China found H5N1 chicken, goose, and duck eggs 4/28/05

Fourth Cambodian dies of avian flu
Cambodia may continue to see cases 4/22/05 (CIDRAP)

Vietnam expands poultry restriction
introduces bans to fight avian flu 4/19/05 (CIDRAP)

Virus is changing
3 cases since 4/2, one HIV co-infection (CIDRAP NEWS 4/14/05)

Avian flu claims third victim in Cambodia
8-year-old girl dies in a Phnom Penh hospital 4/7/2005

Feral chickens could be more than a nuisance
Wrangling Chickens in Hawai'i good prevention (4/5/05- Honolulu Advertiser)

N Korea bird flu H7, not H5 (CIDRAP)
Different strain... 4/5/05

Yet Another Flu Case in Vietnam
... and Bush orders border quarantine (CIDRAP NEWS 4/4/05)

N Korea confirms bird flu outbreak( ABC NEWS)
Fowl sacrificed, not passed to humans 3/27/05

Bird flu Kills Second Cambodian
Pasteur Institute confirms test positive for H5N1 3/25/05

Bird flu vaccine testing in U.S.
U.S. prepares to test bird flu vaccines after United Nations
reports Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [CIDRAP NEWS 3/23/05]

Two studies boost hopes for pandemic flu vaccines
[CIDWRAP NEWS 3/25/2005]

Bird flu could kill 2 million Brits
Experts warn pandemic is both imminent and inevitable (3/13/05

Hanoi confirms 4thbird flu case
The source of patient's infection is unclear... is the H5N1 virus now entrenched in the region? (News24.com 3/7/2005)

Vietnam nurse 5th case in two weeks.
Nurse cared for H5N1 patients.The virus
is now deeply entrenched in the region. (CIDRAP News 3/7/05)

Immune-based therapies for the Avian Flu
ImmuneRegen Biosciences may offer hope...

Grandfather survives bird flu
Vietnam 80-year-old tests positive, goose suspected (3/8/05)

Britain Stockpiles Anti-Flu Drugs
14.6 million doses of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu ready 3/4/2005

Hanoi reports on first bird flu vaccine tests
Initial tests of a bird flu vaccine on monkeys successful 3/4/2005

 
Major flu pandemics in the past century: The flu of 1918 [H1N1] killed more than 500,000 Americans and over 20 million worldwide. · The Asian flu (1957-1958) [H2N2] was first identified in China. It claimed 70,000 lives in the United States. · The Hong Kong flu, 1968-1969 [H3N2] caused about 34,000 American deaths. Both the 1957-58 and 1968-69 pandemic viruses were connected to an avian influenza virus..† All are Type A viruses