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- 'INTERVIEW-Glimmers of hope seen in Africa bird flu gloom (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Alistair Thomson BAMAKO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - With weak surveillance and grinding poverty, Africa is being declared the new frontier in the fight against bird flu, but some of its states should be ...
'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.
'Bird flu experts meet to fight complacency (africast.com)
BAMAKO, December 07 -- 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.
'UN Bird Flu Chief Calls For More Cash To Combat Virus (CattleNetwork.com)
BAMAKO, Mali (AP)--The U.N. bird flu chief called on donors Thursday to pledge at least half a billion dollars annually over the next three years to combat the H5N1 virus and prepare for the possibility it could mutate into a form that would ignite a human flu pandemic.
'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.
'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.
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