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- 'Baxter Says Early Bird Flu Data Promising (KiplingerForecasts.com)
(AP) DEERFIELD, Ill. Diversified health care products maker Baxter International Inc. said Wednesday its bird flu vaccine candidate proved to be safe and produced an immune response in human subjects.
'West Nile Found In Dead Bird (KXAN 36 Austin)
Tuesday, officials said that a dead blue jay has tested positive for West Nile Virus in Travis County. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services Web site , so far this year we have had four mosquitoes, one bird and one person in Travis County test positive for West Nile. The human survived.
'Baxter unveils bird flu vaccine (Chicago Tribune)
Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said today it has produced an effective bird flu vaccine, based on preliminary results of an early stage trial of the experimental product in humans.
'Bird flu drill: Singapore kills healthy chickens (NDTV)
Singapore slaughtered a few hundred healthy chickens on Wednesday in an exercise to test the operational readiness to deal with a bird flu outbreak.
'Baxter says bird flu vaccine safe in early trial (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Baxter International Inc. said on Wednesday preliminary results from an early trial of its vaccine for pandemic bird flu using modern cell-based manufacturing techniques suggest the vaccine is safe and well tolerated.
'Baxter reports good news on bird flu vaccine (Crane's Chicago Business)
(AP) -- Baxter International Inc. said Wednesday its bird flu vaccine candidate proved to be safe and produced an immune response in human subjects. Preliminary results from the early- to mid-stage clinical trial showed that four different doses of its vaccine candidate for H5N1 bird flu only ...
'Philippinos Asked to Ready for Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Philippine health secretary asked town mayors Wednesday to prepare bird flu containment plans to control any local outbreak and safeguard the country -- among the few in Asia that have stayed free of the disease.
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