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- 'Bird flu experts meet to fight virus, complacency (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Experts fighting bird flu around the world met on Wednesday to replenish their war chest and plot the next stage of their campaign to control the disease and avert a devastating human flu pandemic.
'Africa: Africa Should Be Top Priority in Battle to Contain Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com)
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus remains a "potent threat around the world - both to animals and humans. The possibility of a human pandemic hangs over us," the UN Food and Agriculture Organization warns in a statement prepared for delivery tomorrow at a major donor conference in Bamako, Mali.
'CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Dec 6 (Reuters) - Experts fighting bird flu around the world met in Mali on Wednesday to replenish their war chest and plot the next stage of their campaign to control the disease and avert a ...
'Africa greatest concern for bird flu experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Experts on bird flu were increasingly concerned for Africa as an international conference heard that three countries on the world's poorest continent continued to record outbreaks of the deadly disease.
'FACTBOX-Bird flu's spread around the globe (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters Dec 6 (Reuters) - Experts fighting bird flu around the world met on Wednesday in Mali to plan the next stage of their campaign to control the disease. The outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian ...
'Africa: Bird Flu Remains Potent Threat With Possibility of Human Pandemic, UN Agency Warns (AllAfrica.com)
The bird flu virus, with its possible mutation into a deadly human pandemic, remains a potent threat around the world, with greater transparency and sharing of information critical to meet the challenge, and Africa emerging as a top priority for resources and technical aid, according to the latest United Nations update released today.
'Bird flu virus 'still smoldering,' U.S. expert says (CNN.com)
A year ago, headlines were screaming about a looming disaster: the rapid spread of bird flu across two-thirds of the globe. The H5N1 strain of the virus was killing more than half its human victims. Experts were urging the government to stockpile medicine and experimental vaccines.
'Bird flu experts gather in Mali to raise billions to fight deadly virus (Pravda)
An estimated US$1.5 billion (¢1.1 billion) will be needed over the next several years to fight a deadly strain of bird flu experts fear could start a human pandemic, the World Bank says.
'Bird flu experts meet to fight virus, complacency (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Alistair Thomson BAMAKO, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Experts fighting bird flu around the world met on Wednesday to replenish their war chest and plot the next stage of their campaign to control the ...
'When to use bird flu vaccine a "tricky issue" (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A vaccine against the killer H5N1 bird flu virus could be licensed for human use in a year, but when to use it is becoming a "tricky issue," a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.
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