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Suspected swine flu deaths in Mexico top 100
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Mexican government is trying to stem the spread of a deadly strain of swine flu as a new work week begins by urging people to stay home Monday if they have any symptoms of the virus believed to ...
Canada confirms 4 swine flu cases among students
Apr 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Canada became the third country to confirm human cases of swine flu Sunday as global health officials considered whether to raise the global pandemic alert level.
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Hong Kong bird tests positive for H5N1
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
Japan quail farm bird flu 'not H5N1': govt
Mar 01, 2009 |
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The Japanese agriculture ministry said Sunday an outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm was not H5N1, the form of the disease that can be deadly to humans.
CDC: New virus lacks genes of 1918 killer flu
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The new swine flu virus lacks genes that made the 1918 pandemic strain so deadly, a U.S. health official said Friday.
Japan reports bird flu outbreak on quail farm
Feb 27, 2009 |
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An outbreak of bird flu has been reported on a quail farm in central Japan but no animals have died and no humans have been infected, the agriculture ministry said Friday.
Chile ditches 90K turkey eggs in swine flu measure
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Chilean authorities say they have destroyed 90,000 turkey eggs since swine flu was detected in the birds two weeks ago.
Unusual flu vaccine is developed
Jun 14, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists have used reverse genetics to develop an influenza virus with two key proteins on its surface derived from the H5N1 avian virus strain.
Swine flu virus starting to look less threatening
May 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The swine flu virus that has frightened the world is beginning to look a little less ominous. New York City officials reported Friday that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools. ...
Lab will pay to infect people with malaria
Mar 06, 2008 |
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Scientists in Seattle plan to pay people to catch malaria in order to test the safety and efficacy of new vaccines.
Virus has bird, pig, human components: farm trade watchdog
Apr 27, 2009 |
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The top agency for health in farm animals on Monday said Mexico's outbreak of deadly influenza was unleashed by a pathogen mixed from bird, human and hog viruses and branded the term "swine flu" as wrong and harmful to pig ...
FDA: Dough's E. coli strain differs from illness
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday the strain of E. coli found in a sample of raw cookie dough collected at a Nestle USA manufacturing plant does not match the strain that has been linked to a 30-state ...
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