http://www.newstin.com/us/bird-flu Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80772928 An outbreak of bird flu is blamed for Bernard Matthews' woes Brands owned by food producer Bernard Matthews plunged in value by £20m in 2008, a consultants' report claims. The Norfolk and Suffolk based firm has dropped 38... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:23:48 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80772928 2008-10-12T11:23:48Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80645145 When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:24:33 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80645145 2008-10-11T08:24:33Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80662434 CIDRAP News, 10/10/08 (http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/oct1008birds-jw.html) “Animal health officials in Germany today reported an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial farm in Saxony,... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:45:42 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80662434 2008-10-11T11:45:42Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80487914 Double doses of vaccine may be needed if humans are hit by a bird flu epidemic, British researchers have warned. A study in Leicester, UK, has found that a second dose of vaccine has a dramatic impact on immunity and protection... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80487914 2008-10-10T12:00:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80431473 is caused by a type of influenza virus that is hosted by birds, but may infect several species of mammals. It was first identified in Italy in the early 1900s and is now known to exist worldwide. A strain of the H5N1-type of... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:34:15 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80431473 2008-10-10T07:34:15Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80446035 UK - The 2007 Zoonoses Report will be launched at the 'Orphan Zoonoses Conference' in Glasgow. Zoonoses are diseases and infections which are transmitted naturally between animals and humans. The report brings together data and... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:56:06 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80446035 2008-10-10T08:56:06Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80544261 BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Chances of surviving a deadly avian flu pandemic would likely increase with hands-on therapy, even without antiviral drugs, a U.S. health newsletter says. Integrative manual therapy in the... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:36:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80544261 2008-10-10T16:36:56Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80460096 Patients who succumbed to influenza during the 1918 pandemic had severe lung pathology marked by extensive inflammatory infiltrate, indicating a robust immune response in the lung. Similar findings have been reported from... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:00:27 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80460096 2008-10-10T08:00:27Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80509767 Remember avian influenza? And millions did not die, and entire continents were not decimated, and nothing much happened except Bernard Matthews had a very lean year.Cranmer has this feeling over the ‘credit crunch’. A few banks... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:16:47 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80509767 2008-10-10T09:16:47Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80539905 Via Bloomberg: Germany kills 1,400 fowl after first 2008 bird flu. Excerpt: German authorities killed 1,400 domestic fowl after identifying the country's first case of avian influenza this year on a commercial farm in the town... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:31:32 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/80539905 2008-10-10T15:31:32Z