2007 April 23 | Bird Cause Flu

Bird flu update: 23 April 2007 (SciDev.net)

Monday April 23rd 2007, 9:27 pm

Below is a round-up of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

Human Bird Flu Deaths Reported in Egypt, Cambodia (U.S. Department of State)

Monday April 23rd 2007, 7:58 pm

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirms two new human cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Egypt and another case in Cambodia, and Indonesia’s failure to resume providing potential H5N1 virus samples despite a March 27 agreement to do so. Withholding viruses from WHO collaborating centers poses a threat to global public health security and the ongoing risk ... [News Source]

Statement By Mike Leavitt, Secretary Of HHS, On Approval Of First U.S. Vaccine For Humans Against The Avian Influenza … (Medical News Today)

Monday April 23rd 2007, 6:15 pm

The approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first U.S. H5N1 influenza vaccine for use in humans is a sign of progress in our ongoing efforts to protect the American people from a pandemic. We have the opportunity to be the first generation that prepares for a pandemic, and we are working to that meet that challenge. [click link for full article] [News Source]

FDA Approves Bird Flu Vaccine For Humans (WHIO-TV 7 Dayton)

Monday April 23rd 2007, 5:55 pm

XENIA, OHIO -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the first approval in the United States of a vaccine for humans against the H5N1 influenza virus, commonly known as the avian or bird flu. [News Source]

Coalition asks state lawmakers to prepare now for possible bird-flu pandemic (Sun-Sentinel)

Monday April 23rd 2007, 3:41 pm

TALLAHASSEE A coalition of first responders and public health experts on Monday issued a plea to state legislators for money to prepare against a bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

The Coalition to Prepare Florida Now Calls on Legislature to Prepare Florida for Avian Flu Threat (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)