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In a worrisome sign, a bird flu in China appears to have mutated so that it can spread to other animals, raising the potential for a bigger threat to people, scientists said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-bird-flu-mutates-infect.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:04:24 EST news284227458 Phnom Penh on Friday ordered urgent action to stem the "worrying" number of bird flu deaths in Cambodia, following a surge in the number of fatalities from the virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cambodia-action-deadly-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:28:16 EST news281338087 A 35-year-old man has become Cambodia's eighth bird flu fatality this year, prompting concern about the spread of the virus in the country, a health official said Tuesday, http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cambodia-eighth-bird-flu-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:11 EST news281090198 A man in southwestern China has died of bird flu, health authorities said Saturday, becoming the second fatality from the H5N1 virus this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-china-year-fatal-case-bird.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:57:03 EST news280821415 (AP)—A 20-month-old boy has become Cambodia's seventh bird flu fatality this year, as authorities warn the virus remains a serious health threat, especially to children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-toddler-cambodia-7th-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:30:04 EST news280667839 (AP)—A 3-year-old Cambodian girl has become the sixth person to die from bird flu in the country this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-toddler-cambodia-6th-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:08:50 EST news279950921 The UN food agency on Tuesday warned the world risked a surge in bird flu outbreaks unless countries strengthen their monitoring against dangerous animal diseases despite economic hardship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-agency-global-bird-flu-threat.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:10:01 EST news278668335 Cambodia on Friday reported three new human cases of bird flu, two of them fatal, in the first three weeks of this year. That's as many cases as the Southeast Asian country reported in all of 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cambodians-die-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:19:08 EST news278317139 Controversial research into the H5N1 virus, more commonly known as bird flu, is set to recommence, after it was delayed in 2011 following a request from the US government. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bird-flu-lab-year-long-debate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:36:40 EST news278238992 A four-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, the health ministry said Tuesday, the 10th fatal case in the country this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-four-year-old-dies-bird-flu-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:00:01 EST news275028459 Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in recent weeks as a more virulent type which is new to the country, according to a letter seen Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-indonesia-virulent-bird-flu-strain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:40:40 EST news274419633 Health workers in Nepal on Monday culled hundreds of chickens and destroyed eggs following an outbreak of bird flu in the capital Kathmandu, a government official said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-nepal-culls-chickens-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:30:28 EST news269508620 How can scientists safely conduct avian flu research if the results could potentially threaten, as well as save, millions of lives? In a series of commentaries appearing on Tuesday, October 9 in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, prominent microbiologists and physicians argue the cases both for and against lifting a voluntary moratorium on experiments to enhance the ability of the H5N1 virus to move from mammal to mammal, so-called "gain-of-function" research, and discuss the level of biosecurity that would be appropriate for moving that research forward. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-transmissibility-h5n1-influenza-moratorium.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:06 EST news268914388 A new highly-toxic strain of the potentially deadly bird flu virus has appeared in Vietnam and is spreading fast, according to state media reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-vietnam-highly-toxic-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:50:07 EST news266223000 An Indonesian man has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Saturday, in the country's ninth fatal case this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-bird-flu-ninth-victim-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:27:13 EST news263881573 Dozens of pet birds smuggled from southern China into Taiwan tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus and were destroyed, Taiwanese authorities said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-taiwan-h5n1-virus-birds-smuggled.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:41:23 EST news261726078 A 10-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization said Monday, the country's third fatality from the virulent disease this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cambodian-girl-dies-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 28 May 2012 08:21:25 EST news257412063 The Dutch government on Friday gave a top scientist the green light to publish a research paper in the United States on a mutant killer flu virus, following approval by a US panel of experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-dutch-okays-mutant-bird-flu.html Medical research Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:48:03 EST news254753274 A 17-year old construction worker has died of bird flu on Indonesia's Lombok island, the sixth death from the virulent disease this year, a health ministry official said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-bird-flu-sixth-victim-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:25:42 EST news252041134 A 24-year-old woman has died of bird flu on Indonesia's Sumatra island, the fifth human death from the virus this year, a health ministry official said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-bird-flu-victim-year-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:32:17 EST news250317089 In the controversy surrounding the newly developed strains of avian H5N1 flu viruses, scientists and policy makers are struggling with one question in particular: what level of biosafety is best for studying these potentially lethal strains of influenza? In a pair of commentaries, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and the University of Michigan argue their different views of how to safely handle H5N1 flu viruses. The commentaries will be published in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, on Tuesday, March 6. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-h5n1-viruses-benefits.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:51:57 EST news250228309 A 12-year-old boy on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has died from bird flu, the fourth human death from the virus this year, an official said Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-indonesia-fourth-bird-flu-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:08:37 EST news249397706 Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia's third human death from the deadly disease this year, the health ministry said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bird-flu-victim-year-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:10:01 EST news249029944 (AP) -- Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bird-flu-menace-asia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:35:04 EST news248675695 Last year, in an effort to understand the biology of H5N1, two independent research groups successfully engineered the lethal avian flu virus to be transmissible between mammals, and perhaps among humans. At the end of January, the research community, including the authors of the two studies, agreed to a 60-day moratorium on sensitive H5N1 experiments. In the meantime, the World Health Organization will hold international discussions regarding the future of such research and its availability in the community. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-3qs-potential-impact-h5n1-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:40:02 EST news248599368 Scientists met behind closed doors in Geneva Thursday to discuss whether controversial research on a mutant form of bird flu capable of being spread among humans can be made public. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-scientists-debate-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:17:48 EST news248595456 The World Health Organization said Friday it will meet next week to determine whether scientists can publish research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-health-experts-scientists-discuss-bird.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:02 EST news248102357 In response to recent actions of the U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), which recommended that two scientific journals withhold crucial details in upcoming reports about experiments with a novel strain of the bird flu virus, H5N1, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will publish a special series of commentaries by prominent scientists, including the acting chair of the NSABB, weighing in on whether the recommendations were necessary and what role biosecurity considerations should play in the dissemination of research findings. The commentaries will be published in the Society's online, open-access journal, mBio, on January 31. The commentaries are accompanied by an editorial from Editor-in-Chief Arturo Casadevall and ASM Publications Board Chair Thomas Shenk who introduce the problem as the H5N1 manuscript redaction controversy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-nsabb-h5n1-redactions-biosecurity-scientific.html Other Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:25:31 EST news247227813 Scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1 (commonly known as bird flu) to be readily transmitted between humans. Two perspectives being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, raise concerns about if and how this research should be continued, and how the data should be shared for the benefit of public health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-newly-highly-transmissible-h5n1-strain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:45:32 EST news246822319 The author of an upcoming Nature paper about H5N1 argues in a Nature Comment article today that research into deadly pathogenic viruses must continue if pandemics are to be prevented. Yoshihiro Kawaoka suggests, after reviewing many factors, that pursuing studies of highly pathogenic viruses must be done with urgency. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-flu-transmission-urgent-nature-comment.html Medical research Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:14:36 EST news246730461