Jul 27 New Bird Flu Vaccine Appears More Effective in Drug Trials By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 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… Continue watching
May 24 Health Officials Investigate Possible Person-to-Person Spread of Bird Flu By Admin, PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
May 03 Watch U.S. Government Releases New Plans for Pandemic Flu The White House released an updated pandemic flu plan as fears continue that the bird flu virus that has infected birds in 48 countries and humans in nine arrives in the United States. A homeland security adviser outlines what the… Continue watching
Mar 21 Azerbaijan Reports Five Human Deaths From Bird Flu By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
Mar 20 Administration Warns Bird Flu Expected in U.S. This Year By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
Feb 13 China, Indonesia Report New Bird Flu Deaths By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
Feb 08 Nigeria Reports First Case of Bird Flu in Africa By PBS News Hour Animal health experts confirmed the first outbreak among poultry of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus in Nigeria. Continue reading
Feb 02 Iraq Gets First Human Case of Bird Flu By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading
Jan 13 Lab Finds Mutation in Bird Flu Virus; EU Pledges $100 Million in Aid By PBS News Hour 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. Continue reading