Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu found in valley few months after declaration of bird flu free country
Tuesday November 29th 2011, 2:05 am

A few months after the government declared Nepal as the bird flu free country, cases of bird flu have been confirmed in the valley. [News Source]

Scientist that created super contagious version of the deadly bird flu asked not to publish his results
Monday November 28th 2011, 5:10 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how scientists feel that they have some insatiable need to actually create things that will kill us. Not maybe kill us but really, really, kill us. I mean who in their right mind would say to themselves “Hey I think I could create an even more deadly flu and make it [...] Scientist that created super contagious version of the deadly bird flu asked not to publish his ... [News Source]

Engineered Avian Flu Could Kill Half the World’s Humans [Science]
Monday November 28th 2011, 5:07 pm

# science This isn't a movie. It's not a classic Science Fiction book. This is the real story of a scientist who created a virus with the power to litter the Earth with billions of dead bodies. More » [News Source]

Deadly man-made strain of bird flu virus: Should they publish?
Monday November 28th 2011, 3:09 pm

A science team in the Netherlands used genetic modification to create an easily transmissible strain of deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. Now they want to publish. [News Source]

WHO gears up as flu virus spreads.
Sunday November 27th 2011, 9:00 am

The spread of an odd new flu virus that has been jumping from pigs to people in parts of the United States has the World Health Organization gearing up its response planning, a senior official of the agency says. [News Source]

British Columbia poultry industry warned to halt use of antibiotic.
Friday November 25th 2011, 9:00 am

The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning B.C. poultry farmers and veterinarians to stop using a bovine antibiotic on chickens. [News Source]

Indoor ecology.
Thursday November 24th 2011, 9:00 am

We're used to hearing about threats to our outdoor environment, but we rarely think about some of the challenges that we face in our indoor environment. [News Source]

Togo Declared To Be Free From High Pathogenic Avian Flu
Thursday November 24th 2011, 6:08 am

LOME, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Togo is now free from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu (HPAF) which is commonly known as the bird flu (H5N1), according to a report from the country's agriculture ministry which was released to the media here. [News Source]

Debate rages over publishing new bird flu research
Wednesday November 23rd 2011, 2:10 pm

TORONTO - New bird flu research that shows that the dangerous virus can mutate to become easily transmissible among ferrets _ and perhaps humans _ has embroiled the scientific community in a difficult debate. [News Source]

Debate rages over new bird flu research; some argue it’s not safe to publish
Wednesday November 23rd 2011, 2:03 pm

TORONTO - New bird flu research that shows that the dangerous virus can mutate to become easily transmissible among ferrets _ and perhaps humans _ has embroiled the scientific community in a difficult debate. [News Source]

Bushmeat from endangered animals feeds hungry: study.
Tuesday November 22nd 2011, 9:00 am

Despite their best intentions to avoid such conflicts, environmentalists often end up squaring off against those who say protection measures deny them jobs or other resources. Among the most incendiary topics of all is starving children, and how environmental policies may be affecting them. [News Source]

Bushmeat from endangered animals feeds hungry: study.
Tuesday November 22nd 2011, 9:00 am

Despite their best intentions to avoid such conflicts, environmentalists often end up squaring off against those who say protection measures deny them jobs or other resources. Among the most incendiary topics of all is starving children, and how environmental policies may be affecting them. [News Source]