New Bird Flu Shot Promising

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...

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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.

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Large bird flu cluster emerges

Indonesia says no to bird flu virus sharing

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Indonesia will not share bird flu virus samples unless there is a guarantee developing nations will have control over their use and have access to cheap vaccines, a health ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.

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Warning: Bird Flu Virus’s More Dangerous for Humans

dedu submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (news.independent.co.uk)

Do you know that bird flu virus mutates into a strain more infectious to humans? The bird flu virus H5N1 has mutated into a form that makes it more infectious to humans, increasing the risk of a human pandemic, researchers have found.
Humans have a lower body temperature than birds and the avian virus finds it difficult to grow in the cooler conditions of the human throat. The mutated virus is better adapted to these cooler conditions, making transmission more likely.
"The viruses circulating in Europe and Africa all have this mutation," Dr Kawaoka said

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