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Scientists: Global Warming May Spread "Deadly Dozen" Diseases
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 1 week (www.foxnews.com)
Bird flu is just one of eleven diseases that may worsen with global warming, scientists are warning. Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society have nicknamed twelve diseases the “deadly dozen” and say they are spreading across the globe and becoming dangerous to human an animal populations.
The other eleven diseases include babesiosis, cholera, ebola, lyme disease, plague, red tides, rift valley fever, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis, and yellow fever. Intestinal and external parasites are counted as one problem. 


marry submitted, created time 5 months 1 week (www.time.com)
The first experimental bird flu vaccine made from lab-grown cells instead of chicken eggs shows promise in blocking the highly lethal virus... 
Whatever Happened to... Avian Flu?
Sue Wu submitted, created time 8 months 2 weeks (discovermagazine.com)
For much of 2005 and 2006, headlines about bird flu were sensational (“Virus 911”), fearmongering (“Bird Flu: We’re All Going to Die”), and plentiful, running in major papers daily. The 
Pandemic Hot Spots Map a Path to Prevention
jane2007 submitted, created time 8 months 4 weeks (www.sciam.com)
A new study maps out areas of the world that researchers think are most likely to breed the killer diseases of the future—and the highlighted countries are not the ones getting most of the resources for disease prevention. The analysis is part of a budding effort to identify emerging viruses in particular and prevent future pandemics from reaching their full potential. 


Barrier to bird flu transmission found in humans
jane2007 submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.nature.com)
Umbrella-shaped sugars that decorate proteins in the nose and throat could be preventing widespread human-to-human transmission of avian flu, new research suggests. Whereas normal winter flu viruses easily latch onto these sugars, the H5N1 virus that causes bird flu cannot. This helps to prevent it from colonizing the upper respiratory tract — a key step in triggering an epidemic. 


Bird flu kills 350 ducks in northern Vietnam
Sue Wu submitted, created time 10 months 2 weeks (www.reuters.com)
HANOI, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed 350 white-winged ducks in northern Vietnam this week, the first outbreak in poultry detected this year, the government said on Thursday. 


Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 2nd in week
sumsung submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
A 25-year-old Egyptian woman died of bird flu on Sunday, the second fatality among humans in Egypt in less than one week, the Health Ministry said. 


WHO Confirms Human-to-Human Bird Flu Case
jane2007 submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.abcnews.go.com)
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan but said there was no apparent risk of it spreading wider. 
Regular flu vaccine may help against H5N1
Eric wu submitted, created time 10 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Bird flu nearly breaks out around the world every year. It not only kill many birds,but also a threaten against our mankind.How should we deal with it? This news may open a path toward it. 
Large bird flu cluster emerges
jane2007 submitted, created time 11 months 4 days (www.nature.com)
A team of experts from the World Heath Organization (WHO) is making its way north in Pakistan to investigate a cluster of at least eight cases of avian flu in people living near the Afghan border. They will be seeking to establish whether the disease is spreading, and whether the cases were caused by human-to-human transmission. 


Bird flu virus mutating into human-unfriendly form
oryzasativa submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.reuters.com)
The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday. 


There is a hope for Bird Flu Vaccine
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Experts have long said there is no way to vaccinate people against a new strain of influenza until that strain evolves. That could mean months or even years of disease and death before a vaccination campaign began. 


Pregnant Vietnamese woman dies of bird flu
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (www.reutershealth.com)
Doctors said on Tuesday, a Vietnamese woman who was seven months pregnant has died of bird flu, the country's third human death from the virus this year. 


Bird in Marlborough tests positive for West Nile virus
diefish submitted, created time 1 year 3 months (news.bostonherald.com)
According to the state Department of Public Health, the first bird in the state to test positive this year for West Nile virus - a disease sometimes fatal for humans - was found in Marlborough. 


Germany finds bird flu cases in wild birds
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.reutershealth.com)
More wild birds have tested positive in Germany for the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, German authorities said on Wednesday. 