Expert says bird flu is a still a threat HONG KONG - A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak.A World Health Organiza... [News Source]

Import of H1N1 flu vaccine suspended The Nepal government has suspended the import and use of over 2.7mn pandemrix vaccines manufactured by a global company for protecting people from influenza - A/H1N1, generally known as swine flu. [News Source]

Stay Vigilant, Bird Flu Could Spark Next Global Outbreak, Urges Expert Robert Webster, an influenza expert, says health authorities worldwide need to remain watchful for possible influenza outbreaks, despite swine flu being much less deadly than people had originally feared. Webster, chairman of the virology and molecular biology department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, says that bird flu remains a possible threat and could be ... [News Source]

Bollard reveals tale of deposit guarantee scheme The Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme that picked up the tab for the collapse of South Canterbury Finance was hastily crafted in a war room in Wellington on a Sunday in October 2008 in response to fears of a run on banks. The story of the creation of this "massive intervention" in the economy pushed through under emergency provisions of the Public Finance Act while an election was under way ... [News Source]

Swine flu not over yet – virus expert A leading virus expert urged people to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected. [News Source]

Expert: Bird Flu Still a Pandemic Danger HONG KONG (AP) — A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak. [News Source]

Expert Warns Of Complacency After Swine Flu Fizzle A World Health Organization official is defending the agency's actions during last year's swine flu outbreak. [News Source]

Expert warns of complacency after swine flu fizzle A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak. 2009 flu pandemic - Pandemic - Influenza - Health - Infectious Diseases [News Source]

Satellite Data Reveals Why Migrating Birds Have A Small Window To Spread Bird Flu In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic. Such fears were never realised, and now research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology reveals why the global spread of bird flu by direct migration of wildfowl is unlikely ... [News Source]

Expert says bird flu still a pandemic danger, warns against complacency after swine flu fizzle HONG KONG - A leading virus expert urged health authorities around the world Sunday to stay vigilant even though the recent swine flu pandemic was less deadly than expected, warning that bird flu could spark the next global outbreak. [News Source]

Nepal suspends import of A/H1N1 flu vaccines following reports of complications Nepali government has suspended the import and use of over 2.7 million pandemrix vaccines manufactured by a global company for protecting people from influenza - A/H1N1, generally known as swine flu. [News Source]