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Scientists have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu -- and urging the US to do more

Bird Flu Found In Georgia Poultry Flock: 'Serious Threat'

The Department of Agriculture has suspended poultry production at a facility in Georgia after the bird flu virus was detected.

H5N6 Avian Flu: China Reports New Case, Patient In Critical Condition

H5N6, which causes a high death rate among poultry, does not transmit easily between humans.

Kansas State University Scientists Develop Vaccine For H5N1, H7N9 Avian Influenza Strains

Kansas State University scientists have developed a vaccine for two strains of avian flu.

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Birds To Be Culled After Highly Contagious Flu Strain Detected In Netherlands

While the virus detected in the Netherlands was identified as H5N8, the strain of the virus in the U.K. has so far not been identified.

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Australia Slaughters Thousands of Duck to Contain Avian Flu Spread

U.S. Panel Defends Call to Censor Bird Flu Studies

A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and justifies an unprecedented call to censor the research that produced it, a top U.S. biosecurity official said on Tuesday.

Bird Flu Death Reported in Southwest China

A man in southwest China died of bird flu on Sunday after three days of intensive care treatment in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health as saying.

Scientists Create Contagious Killer Flu Virus: U.S. Funded Research, Now Wants it to be Kept Secret

Two teams of researchers, involved in the creation of a modified version of the contagious H5N1 virus (an act funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, according to The Independent) have been asked by the administration to withhold key information to prevent potential bio-weapon threats.

Hong Kong also suspended imports of live chickens from mainland China and the trading of live chickens for 21 days in a bid to prevent any spread of the disease, which is normally found in birds but can jump to humans.

H5N1 Discovered in Hong Kong Market: China Bans Chicken Trade

Workers began culling 17,000 chickens at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong on Wednesday after a dead chicken there tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian virus, a government spokesman said.

Chickens peer out of their cage at a poultry wholesale market outside Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Changing Attitudes in China over H5N1 Bird Flu

Two surveys released Wednesday concludes that poultry workers in China still need H5N1 avian flu education and that people in China have changed their eating habits in response to bird flu.

New Study Warnings On Annual Influenza Vaccine

Annual Flu Vaccines Could Leave People Vulnerable to Novel Pandemics: Study

According to a new research paper published in the November Journal of Virology, vaccinating children annually against influenza virus could interfere with their development of cross-reactive killer T cells to flu viruses.

Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Available by 2014, Scientists Say

Scientists are scrambling to develop a universal flu vaccine that will protect against all strains of influenza. Some pharmaceutical companies say that vaccine could be available as soon as 2014.

Bird Flu Returns with Deadlier Strain, Warns UN

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a warning, looking at the situation that it a mutant strain of deadly flu is already spreading in China and Vietnam, according to CBS News report. Fears of an outbreak of bird flu this winter have been raised by the United Nations. Bird flu was in decline, but FAO warns it appears to be on the rise again and the new bird flu strain is even deadlier.

China's feedmeal demand to rise with meat

Bird Flu Fears Mount with New Deaths, Mutant Virus Strain

Public health officials are warning that bird flu once again poses a growing threat, as the virus spreads across parts of Asia and has developed a dangerous new mutation.

Bird Flu Could Strike Again, New Mutant Strain Spreading in Asia: FAO

The United Nations on Monday urged greater preparedness and surveillance against a possible resurgence of bird flu, warning that the new mutant virus H5N1 - 2.3.2.1 might affect Asia the most.

The Return of Bird Flu?

There's evidence that avian flu is mounting a comeback.

Roosters play with a rubber ball in Shenyang

Bird Flu Mutation Spurs Fears of Epidemic

A rise in the number of reported cases of avian flu, coupled with the appearance of a mutation that could be resistant to vaccines, has led the United Nations to warn of a potential bird flu resurgence.

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