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MIT Researchers Study Pandemic Potential Of H5N1 & H7N9 Virus

MIT Researchers Study Pandemic Potential Of H5N1 & H7N9 Virus

MIT studies of the H5N1 and H7N9 influenza viruses reveal genetic mutations that could result in pandemic flu.

June 17, 2013
Takeda Submits NDA Application For Cell Culture-Based H5N1 Vaccines

Takeda Submits NDA Application For Cell Culture-Based H5N1 Vaccines

Takeda Pharma has submitted New Drug Applications for cell culture-based H5N1 influenza vaccines to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan.

April 1, 2013
Indonesian Bird Flu Outbreak “Has Only Infected Ducks”

Indonesian Bird Flu Outbreak “Has Only Infected Ducks”

Indonesian health officials have downplayed concerns over a fresh outbreak of avian influenza which has killed some 160,000 reared ducks since September 2012.

January 21, 2013
Pigs In China’s Guangdong Province Infected With Avian Flu

Pigs In China’s Guangdong Province Infected With Avian Flu

Scientists have made a startling discovery that pigs in China’s Guangdong province are infected with avian influenza viruses.

December 20, 2012
Fab’entech Launches H5N1 Phase I Trial In Singapore

Fab’entech Launches H5N1 Phase I Trial In Singapore

French biotech Fab’entech has launched a Phase I clinical trial in Singapore for its product against the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus.

October 15, 2012
Hong Kong Confirms Boy, 2, Has Bird Flu

Hong Kong Confirms Boy, 2, Has Bird Flu

A two-year-old boy in Hong Kong has been confirmed as having contracted the Avian Influenza A virus.

June 4, 2012
New Bird Flu Test Kit Detects H5N1 Virus Within Hours

New Bird Flu Test Kit Detects H5N1 Virus Within Hours

Scientists in Singapore have developed a new H5N1 bird flu diagnostic kit that detects all known strains of the virus with a single test.

May 29, 2012
Controversial H5N1 Avian Flu Research Put On Hold For 60 Days

Controversial H5N1 Avian Flu Research Put On Hold For 60 Days

The world’s leading avian flu researchers have agreed to suspend avian flu transmission research for 60 days amid growing biosafety and biosecurity concerns.

January 26, 2012
Second Person In China Dies From H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

Second Person In China Dies From H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus

A second person in China who contracted the bird flu virus died on Sunday, reported the official Xinhua news agency.

January 23, 2012
Hong Kong Culls 20,000 Birds At Cheung Sha Wan Market Following Avian Flu Virus Scare

Hong Kong Culls 20,000 Birds At Cheung Sha Wan Market Following Avian Flu Virus Scare

Close to 20,000 poultry were culled in a large-scale operation at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market in Hong Kong following an avian influenza virus scare.

December 22, 2011
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