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Glaxo offers WHO 50 million pandemic vaccines

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created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said it has offered to donate 50 million doses of a pandemic vaccine to the World Health Organization in the event of a global flu outbreak, according to a company spokesman.


Pigeon tests positive for H5N1 in Hong Kong

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created May 02, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Hong Kong authorities said Saturday that a dead pigeon found in the city had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.


Health authorities rush to tackle killer flu in US, Mexico

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created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

World health authorities on Friday rushed to tackle flu outbreaks in the United States and Mexico that have killed at least 60 people and have pandemic potential.


Deadly bird flu virus found in wild goose in Germany

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created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German authorities have discovered the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus this year, the European Commission announced Tuesday.


Hong Kong bird tests positive for H5N1

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.