Boston (eCanadaNow) - The Indonesian government banned poultry farms in residential areas of the capital Jakarta and two other provinces to fight the bird flu. This comes as a response when a sudden outbreak of the bird flu took place last week killing four people.

Bird Flu Update

Bird Flu Facts
Everyone seems worried about bird flu. Is there reason for the concern? Why are governments doing about it? What exactly is bird flu? Does bird flu carry a risk to human health ? Here are some facts about bird flu. Avian influenza, or “bird flu”, is a highly contagious disease caused by viruses that normally only infect birds and, sometimes, pigs. Avian influenza viruses have, on rare occasions, crossed the species barrier to infect humans. That is the current concern.
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Bird Flu Vaccine
Effective bird flu vaccines against a pandemic virus are not yet available to the public. Some clinical trials are now under way to test effectiveness of different possibilities. Vaccines are produced each year for seasonal influenza but will not protect against pandemic influenza. Although a vaccine against the H5N1 virus is under development in several countries, no vaccine is totally ready for commercial production and no vaccines are expected to be widely available until several months after the start of a pandemic.

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Bird Flu Danger
Reports about human's infected with Bird Flu are alarming. More cases of human contamination are being reported. What exactly is the risk with bird flu ? Isn't it over? No.
As more reports of Bird Flu spread, the risk of a World wide epidemic (Pandemic)increases.
Here is what is involved:
• Bird flu is caused by the H5N1 virus. The strain thats spreading is one of the deadliest versions known.
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Bird Flu Spreading
Do migratory birds spread bird flu viruses? It seems to be the case. Wild waterfowl are considered the natural reservoir of all influenza A viruses. They have probably carried influenza viruses, with no apparent harm, for centuries. They are known to carry viruses of the H5 and H7 subtypes, but usually in a mild form. Considerable circumstantial evidence suggests that migratory birds can introduce mild H5 and H7 viruses to poultry flocks, which then mutate to the highly virulent form.

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Preventing Bird Flu

Can a bird flu Global Epidemic (Pandemic) be prevented? Hopefully, but one never knows for sure. The best way to prevent a pandemic would be to eliminate the virus from birds, but it has become increasingly difficult. It's becoming doubtful if this can be accomplished in the near future. But, plans are being made, for all possibilities.

In Brief: New plan to fight bird flu in Egypt
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?Bird flu has become endemic in this country? The fear now is that the virus can assume more dangerous forms in the days to come,? he said. ...

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HK bourse strategic plan a wake-up call for SGX - Business Times (subscription)

HK bourse strategic plan a wake-up call for SGX
Business Times (subscription)
For example, at the onset of the bird flu a few years ago, the Singapore government (or, more specifically, the Singapore Ministry of Health) was lauded and ...

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Experts call for bird flu control strategy - Viet Nam News

Experts call for bird flu control strategy
Viet Nam News
HA NOI ? The latest outbreak of bird flu has affected the provinces of Dien Bien and Nam Dinh in the north, Nghe An and Khanh Hoa in the central region, ...

Study Finds Alternative Antiviral for Bird Flu Prevention and Treatment - VetPracticeNews.com

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Study Finds Alternative Antiviral for Bird Flu Prevention and Treatment
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It suggests that the compound CS-8958 is a promising alternative antiviral for prevention and treatment of bird flu. Antiviral drugs are a key ...
Bird flu kills Vietnam womanStraits Times
Virus hybridization could cause pandemic bird fluExaminer.com
First Vietnam bird flu death in 2010New Straits Times
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Tide is turning on global warming - Business Day

Tide is turning on global warming
Business Day
The smart money is on global warming going the same way as bird flu, swine flu, Y2K, the ozone layer, the population explosion, the food crisis, ...

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Google Videos - bird flu

A radio caller calls in with information pertaining to the distribution of bird flu on American highways to secret labs.

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In recent years, the specter of the Avian Bird Flu has been hanging over mankind like a sharp sword. 'Experts' have repeatedly stepped to ...

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MIA - Bird Flu

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MIA - "Bird Flu" at Coachella Music & Arts Festival (April 18, 2009)

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