CHENNAI: The development of an avian influenza vaccine by the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory brings India on a par with China, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand. The vaccine, which uses killed H5N1 virus, can be used during a H5N1

The Hong Kong microbiologist who cracked the code that helped identify and control the SARS virus has been made a fellow of Britain's Royal Society, the world's most prestigious scientific academy. Malik Peiris has been inducted into the ancient academy

Health officials say having a good plan in place is the only way the public can be prepared for a possible avian flu pandemic. Recently, New Hampshire public health officials discussed the potential impact a pandemic might have on businesses,

Cash has started to flow from the coffers of the European Commission to help the developing world prepare for a bird flu pandemic, some six months after it was pledged, officials at the EU executive said on Friday. The Commission

The recent strategy laid out by the Bush Administration to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic in the United States is one which the administration hopes it will never need.In case of an outbreak, it has been predicted that

The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Friday another case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Indonesia which was fatal. The case brings the total in Indonesia to 53. Of these cases, 41 have been fatal. Here is

Work on vaccines used to protect against a flu pandemic must start immediately, even though the effectiveness of the treatments might not be known until after a global outbreak ended, the World Health Organization said. Randomized trials of candidate pandemic

Russia's chief epidemiologist said Saturday that Russia had proposed it take the lead in coordinating bird flu monitoring in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Gennady Onishchenko said that Russia had suggested it become a "sub-regional leader" and was already equipped

Bird flu vaccine for humans will be created in Russia by September, the health minister said Sunday. "We expect reports on all the clinical trials to be submitted to the ministry by September 10," Mikhail Zurabov said. The minister said

India has developed a vaccine against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, four months after an outbreak in the country resulted in the cull of tens of thousands of chickens, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Sunday. "It is

For the past two months, Observer Health Editor Jo Revill has been taking part in a clinical trial of the safety of a vaccine for the human form of bird flu. Last week, 42 days after my first shot of

More than 100 companies of all sizes have contacted Roche AG , maker of influenza drug Tamiflu, about getting supplies for their employees in case of a bird-flu pandemic, the company says. Governments around the world have been building stockpiles

Saying chickens are the only known source of bird flu infection in Indonesia so far, animal health experts Thursday urged the government to focus more on combating H5N1 among poultry. Longtime veterinarian and physician Mangku Sitepoe said although veterinarians had

State agriculture officials said Wednesday they aren't sure how much poultry allegedly smuggled into the United States from areas of China affected by the avian flu outbreak made its way into southeast Michigan's Chinese restaurants, Asian markets and residential kitchens.

A World Bank report outlines the dire economic effects avian influenza is having on Europe's poultry flocks and demand for the meat. The report outlines the projected economic consequences and loss of life due to a possible avian influenza pandemic

Preparation will be the most important factor in determining how well the United States will weather a potential pandemic of the Avian (or bird) Flu, hospital officials said Tuesday. Kim Bridge, a King's Daughters Medical Center training officer, and Dr.

PowderMed has submitted an application to UK regulators seeking to conduct human trials of its avian influenza vaccine. Developing an effective vaccine against the next influenza pandemic is a challenging task, but one many companies are taking on. However, until

Shorebird specialists from a Plymouth -based conservation science organization are heading for Alaska this month to look for signs of avian flu in migrating birds. Scientists will be on the lookout for the possibility that migratory shorebirds may take the

Immediate culling of infected birds and detecting the virus early are the best ways to control an outbreak of avian flu on farms, researchers said on Wednesday. The team of French and American scientists developed a mathematical model to assess

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department released another $225 million to states and cities on Tuesday to use in preparing for a pandemic of bird flu or other disease. The allotment is the largest share of $350 million designated