Bird Flu Hits Western Europe
Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 13, 2006
Reports of avian-influenza outbreaks in poultry came from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania, Greece and Italy this weekend, marking the disease's arrival in Western Europe.
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Bird Flue Hits Africa
Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 09, 2006
Bird flu has hit Africa, and it may have been there for some time. The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) confirmed Wednesday that samples taken from the thousands of chickens found dead in northern Nigeria tested positive for H5N1 infection. A poultry farm in Kaduna owned by the country's sports minister, Alhaji Saidu Samaila Sambawa, saw 46,000 birds die from avian flu, Nigeria's VanguardOnline reported.
1,500 Cholera Cases In Flood-Hit Mozambique
Maputo (AFP) Feb 07, 2006
More than 1,500 cases of cholera have been recorded in flood-stricken Mozambique, especially in the worst-hit central region, a senior health official said Tuesday.
Deadly Meningitis Outbreaks In Drought-Stricken Kenya, Uganda
Nairobi (AFP) Feb 07, 2006
At least 12 people have died in the past two weeks from an outbreak of meningitis in drought-stricken northern Kenya, officials said Tuesday, warning of an epidemic of the fatal disease.
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Hong Kong Steps Up Bird Flu Searches
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 06, 2006
A magpie has been found to have died with the lethal-to-humans H5N1 bird flu in Hong Kong, experts said Monday, bringing to five this year the number of birds found with the killer disease.
Flood Hit Mozambique Braces For Rise In Cholera Deaths
Lisbon (AFP) Feb 06, 2006
Flood-stricken Mozambique is bracing for a nationwide outbreak of cholera, which has already claimed two lives in the central Sofala region, the nation's ambassador to Portugal said Monday.
Seventeenth Avian-Flu Death In Indonesia
Oxford UK (UPI) Feb 06, 2006
Indonesia reported its 17th death from avian influenza this weekend.
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Hong Kong Bird Flu Finds Raise New Fears About China Reporting
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 02, 2006
Suspicions that China is not fully declaring data on bird flu resurfaced Thursday after two more cases were discovered in Hong Kong - one of them in a chicken smuggled from a part of the mainland declared free of H5N1.
In Indonesia, 2 More Flu Deaths Suspected
Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 02, 2006
Indonesia has suffered two more avian-influenza fatalities, local tests indicate.
Climate Scientists Predict Malaria Epidemics In Advance
Paris (AFP) Feb 01, 2006
Big outbreaks of malaria can be predicted several months in advance by a look at the weather, says a study published on Thursday in Nature, the British science weekly.
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Mathematics And Statistics Combat Epidemics And Bioterror
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 02, 2006
A Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care�led research team was today awarded one of four new national Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study (MIDAS) grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health.
New Teams Join Network to Model Pandemic Flu, Other Infectious Outbreaks
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2006
Four new scientific teams joined an international research network developing computer-based simulations of pandemic flu and other infectious disease outbreaks, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health announced today.
Bird Flu Strain Found In Hong Kong Same As In China Outbreak
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 31, 2006
The bird flu strain found recently in a dead bird in Hong Kong was the same as that menacing poultry in China, a media report said Tuesday, suggesting a possible source for the infection.
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