Health Mar 27 WHO Reaches Bird Flu 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. By PBS News Hour
Health Jan 16 Bird Flu Resurfaces Among Birds 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. By PBS News Hour
Science Jul 27 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. By PBS News Hour
Health 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…
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