March 27, 2007

WHO Reaches Vaccine Deal with Developing Countries
The World Health Organization and 18 developing nations agreed Tuesday to provide fair access to bird flu vaccines after solving a problem with Indonesia over sharing virus samples.

January 16, 2007

Bird Flu Resurfaces in Asia; Indonesia Death Toll Rises
Concerns over the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu surfaced again across Asia Tuesday after scientists confirmed outbreaks among birds in Japan, Thailand and Vietnam, and a woman in Indonesia died.

July 27, 2006

New Bird Flu Vaccine Appears More Effective in Drug Trials
A new vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline to combat the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, has shown to be more effective than any other version in clinical trials, the company announced Wednesday.

July 3, 2006

Experts Race to Understand Bird Flu's Spread in Indonesia
After scares that an Indonesian family died from human-to-human transmission of the bird flu, a team of United Nations veterinary experts are working to set up a countrywide surveillance system to monitor the disease's spread and train local people to participate.

May 24, 2006
Health Officials Investigate Possible Person-to-Person Spread of Bird Flu
The World Health Organization launched an investigation Wednesday into the deaths of six family members in Indonesia who may have died as a result of human-to-human transmission of the bird flu.

May 3, 2006
Homeland Security Adviser Townsend Advises Common Sense Measures
President Bush's homeland security adviser Frances Townsend discusses the updated bird flu plan that details how the United States should react if the bird flu virus that has infected birds in 48 countries and humans in nine reaches the United States.

March 21, 2006
Azerbaijan Reports Five Human Deaths From Bird Flu
The World Health Organization confirmed seven human cases of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in Azerbaijan. Five of the victims died, bringing the human death toll to 103 out of 184 recorded cases since late 2003.

March 20, 2006
Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year
Bush administration officials Monday said the likelihood of bird flu arriving on U.S. shores this year is "increasingly likely" but that its arrival does not increase the chances of a human pandemic.

March 2, 2006
Experts Track Bird Flu Outbreaks
Bird flu has spread to Bosnia, Niger, Georgia and France over the last few weeks. Ray Suarez speaks with Canice Nolan, head of Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs for the European Union Delegation in Washington, D.C., and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, about the status of bird flu in Europe and around the world.

February 13, 2006
China, Indonesia Report New Bird Flu Deaths
The World Health Organization confirmed new human cases and deaths of the H5N1 strain of the bird flu in China and Indonesia following the discovery of the deadly virus among birds in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria over the weekend.

February 8, 2006
Nigeria Reports First Case of Bird Flu in Africa
Animal health experts confirmed the first outbreak among poultry of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus in Nigeria.

February 2, 2006
Iraq Gets First Case of Human Bird Flu
The World Health Organization confirmed Thursday that a teenager who died on Jan. 17 in northern Iraq tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus, making the war-torn country the seventh to report a human case of the deadly disease.

January 13, 2006
Lab Finds Mutation in Bird Flu Virus; EU Pledges $100 Million in Aid
A British laboratory has found that two victims of Turkey's bird flu outbreak died from a slightly mutated strain of the H5N1 virus, raising fears the virus could start spreading more easily.

January 10, 2006
New Human Cases of Bird Flu in Turkey, China, Japan
Turkish health authorities confirmed the 15th human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu and have said a third child in the same family died from the virus, though the World Health Organization has confirmed only two deaths and four cases.

January 6, 2006
Turkey Confirms Third Human Death From Bird Flu
Turkey announced Friday the third death from bird flu, the deadly virus that experts say is still an animal disease but has proved fatal in over 70 human cases. The three deaths in Turkey, all children from the same family, mark the virus' first occurrence in people outside Southeast Asia and China.

November 16, 2005
China Confirms First Human Cases of Bird Flu
China's Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday its first human cases of bird flu, heightening fears of a global flu pandemic that could kill millions. Two of the three cases in China have already killed those infected.

November 9, 2005
Health Experts Unveil Global Strategy to Tackle Bird Flu
International health experts met for three days ending Wednesday in Geneva to hammer out a global strategy against bird flu, focusing on controlling the spread of the H5N1 virus in animals as well as preventing a possible human pandemic.

November 1, 2005
President Bush Releases Flu Preparedness Plan
President Bush unveiled a flu response plan for the United States amid concerns that the H5N1 strain of the bird flu that has infected birds and on rare instances humans in Asia and Europe, will become a worldwide pandemic.

Health and Human Services Pandemic Flu Plan

October 20, 2005
Experts Assess Spread of Bird Flu
Following a report about the growing concerns in the international community about the bird flu, two experts discuss the bird flu threat, the possibility of transmission between humans and the chances of the virus spreading from Southeast Asia to Europe or North America.

October 5, 2005
Nations Prepare for Avian Flu
Following a background report, two experts discuss the threat posed by the avian flu and ways of preparing for it.

May 26, 2005
Disease Experts Discuss Bird Flu Outbreak in China
The Chinese Health Ministry announced Thursday that no human cases of the avian flu exists after investigators discovered 519 dead geese last Saturday in China's Qinghai northwest province. Two infectious disease experts discuss the outbreak with Ray Suarez.

April 7, 2005
Thailand Fights Bird Flu Threat
Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television looks at the impact of avian flu on Southeast Asia.

January 27, 2004
China Joins Nations with Bird Flu
The spread of Asian bird flu to China brought the number of countries reporting the virus up to 10 today. Margaret Warner discusses the deadly virus and efforts to combat it with Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.