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New Lethal Bird Flu Strain Emerges in Indonesian Ducks

(Environment News Service) Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks over the past few weeks as a virulent type which is new to the country. More than 300,000 ducks in several provinces on the island of Java have died since November, a poultry  Read More »

Experts at NIH meeting say H5N1 research moratorium may end soon

(CIDRAP) As a meeting to discuss issues related to federally funded H5N1 avian influenza research wrapped up today, experts anticipated that a voluntary moratorium on work with lab-modified strains that have increased transmissibility might end soon and said they sensed agreement about lab biosecurity levels. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)  Read More »

Iraqis suffer from effects of US biological weapons: Iran MP – Press TV

Press TVIraqis suffer from effects of US biological weapons: Iran MPPress TV“Water and soil in Iraq have been contaminated by the American biological weapons which have caused various diseases among the Iraqi people,” Abed Fattahi said on Wednesday. The Iranian lawmaker went on to say that Iraq's environment was adversely …

Pigs in southern China infected with avian flu

(EurekAlert) Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but not the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Their research, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, has implications for efforts to protect the public health from  Read More »

Polio workers come under fresh attack in Pakistan