1. Предстои ли пандемия от птичи грип?Краткият отговор: може би не, но има твърде много въпросителни, които правят невъзможна точната преценка.Грипна пандемия ще има - рано или късно. Тя обикновено възниква, когато се появи нов, силнозаразен грипен щам, защото хората

Нови данни, публикувани в престижното медицинско издание "Антимикробни агенти и Химиотерапия", доказват, че пероралният антивирусен медикамент Tamiflu (oseltamivir) е ефикасен при сега разпространяващите се щамове на вирусите на птичи грип (H5N1). Tamiflu предотвратява смъртните случаи, ако лечението започне в рамките

Първата ваксина срещу птичи грип за хора бе одобрена в САЩ като временна мярка в случай, че избухне пандемия преди да бъде намерено по-добро средство за предпазване на населението, предаде Ройтерс. Ваксината, разработена от френската компания "Санофи-Авентис", няма да се

Can wearing a face mask and regularly cleaning hands stop the spread of deadly bird flu? Students at the University of Michigan have started a living experiment to find out. They are using the peak of influenza season to see

Production was due to start again today at the Bernard Matthews factory farm hit by Britain's first major outbreak of bird flu. Just 10 days after the infection was confirmed, the food company was given permission to start bringing live

Similarity of H5N1 strains indicates transmission between poultry Tests on H5N1 bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary showed they are "essentially identical" and the most likely transmission route was from poultry to poultry, Britain said on Tuesday. The

Could some people have a little immunity to the H5N1 bird flu virus? One study in mice published Monday suggests it is, in theory, possible. They found mice inoculated with a human virus known as H1N1 were less likely to

Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection. A study by scientists based in the

Making a small change in the outer coating of the lethal 1918 flu virus was enough to stop it from spreading — a discovery that may help scientists monitor today's bird flu and other influenza strains for signs of the

If you've kept up with the news lately, you've probably heard dire warnings about avian flu, or bird flu. It's a highly infectious disease that has swept through bird populations in many parts of the world. In October of 2005,

Researchers Uncover Key Mutations in Virus That Allow Human Infection "Know thy enemy" — many would consider that one of the most crucial rules of engagement in any war. Now those waging war against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus

A common question asked at current scientific conferences is: "Where did bird flu go?" The recent decrease in reported H5N1 human cases and bird outbreaks might indicate that the virus has become dormant. However, quantitative analysis by Replikins, Ltd. released

A bird flu pandemic could kill up 62 million people with developing countries bearing the brunt of the deaths, according to a new forecast. Researchers based the prediction on data from the 1918-20 influenza pandemic, which caused more deaths than

Many health workers say it's not a matter of if but when a pandemic flu will hit the United States. While some pandemics have been relatively small, others predict a flu breakout could be catastrophic in the United States. According

State getting praise for its own disaster response preparations If a serious health disaster — like a mass outbreak of bird flu — hits, not all emergency plans are smart ones, experts say. That's why state disaster preparedness officials are

Many experts predicted the bird flu would spread to North America this year. But the virus, which has already migrated from Southeast Asia to three other continents since 2003, has not yet reached the United States. Some scientists now say

With the public interest in Tamiflu continuing, Roche keeps interested physicians and governments updated on current developments and today informs on the topic of resistance. There have been no new cases of resistance seen in patients infected with H5N1 virus

The Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines and Biological Products has announced that it has successfully produced 5,000 doses of a H5N1 vaccine for humans from chicken embryos. The vaccine gave similar results after being tested on white mice, guinea-pig and

GSK one of the world's largest vaccine manufacturers, todayannounced it has been awarded a contract to supply pre-pandemic vaccines tothe US strategic national stockpile. The company has received an initial$40 million order under the contract from the U.S. Department of