Thursday, April 14, 2005

Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:15 PM PDT Avian flu could kill 70 million: expert The Hindu News Wed, 13 Apr 2005 2:38 PM PDT LYON (FRANCE): Avian flu b caught directly from birds, and which kills in seven cases out of 10 b could suddenly sweep through the human population, killing 70 million people, according to World Health Organisation estimates, a Nobel laureate warned on Tuesday. Avian flu continues to spread in south-east Asia Australian Broadcasting Corporation Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:10 AM PDT TONY JONES: Health officials in the United States are trying to discover how thousands of vials containing a deadly flu virus were sent in the mail to laboratories around the world. The World Health Organisation warned the accident creates a risk of a global pandemic if the virus escaped. Vietnam Develops Action Plan For Bird Flu Prevention Bernama Thu, 14 Apr 2005 1:57 AM PDT HANOI, April 14 (Bernama) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has devised an action plan to prevent and combat type A of the avian flu caused by the H5N1 virus. Vietnam Finds HIV Carrier Infected with Bird Flu Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 14 Apr 2005 5:28 AM PDT A 21-year-old woman has been infected by both the deadly HIV/AIDS virus and bird flu, the first such case in Vietnam, health officials said Thursday. Vietnam woman infected with bird flu and HIV MSNBC Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:29 AM PDT A 21-year-old woman has been infected by both the deadly HIV/AIDS virus and bird flu, the first such case in Vietnam, health officials said. EU bans imports of feathers, pet birds from N. Korea over bird flu Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:03 AM PDT _ The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, announced Thursday it is banning the import of feathers and pet birds effective immediately in the wake of a bird flu outbreak in the Asian country. Bird flu identified in Indonesian pigs New Scientist Thu, 14 Apr 2005 8:23 AM PDT As pigs can host both human and bird flu strains, experts fear the animals could act as a "mixing vessel" for a human pandemic strain Cambodia Reports Another Human Death from Bird Flu U.S. State Department Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:07 PM PDT Cambodia has reported its third death from bird flu, bringing the total in Southeast Asia to 50, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) April 12. The virus that killed an 8-year-old girl from Kampot province was confirmed to be H5N1, a highly infectious strain that has claimed other human lives in Thailand and Vietnam, and has killed more than 100 million birds in the region. The WHO South Korea, North Korea to Meet in Gaesong for Bird Flu Talks Bloomberg.com Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:18 PM PDT April 14 (Bloomberg) -- North Korean and South Korean officials will meet in the North Korean city of Gaesong to discuss ways to help the communist nation fight an outbreak of bird flu, the south's Ministry of Unification said. Vietnam reports first case of bird flu in HIV-positive patient AP via Yahoo! Asia News Thu, 14 Apr 2005 2:49 AM PDT A 21-year-old HIV-positive woman has contracted bird flu in the first such case in Vietnam, a health official said Thursday. See more news stories that match my keyword You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. 5:00:43 PM    comment []

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