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Will Deadly Bird Flu Studies Go Public?

Reuters | Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland | Posted 04.18.2012

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By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into...

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H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought -- Or Not

| Posted 02.14.2012

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By Helen Branswell (Click here for the original article) A simple math problem lies at the heart of a heated debate over whether scientists should...

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Bioterror Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature, As U.S. Funding Withers

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.10.2012

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Part of a series investigating the complex links between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. In early October 2001, just da...

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Bird Flu Mutation Studies Must Go On, Scientist Says

Reuters | Posted 03.26.2012

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Bird Flu Mutation Studies Must Go On, Scientist Says

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Bio-Terror Fears Halt Bird Flu Research

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON — Scientists who created easier-to-spread versions of the deadly bird flu said Friday they're temporarily halting more research, as i...

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Flu Pandemics May Be Linked To Weather Patterns, Researchers Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.17.2012

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A shifting global climate pattern could portend a flu pandemic, and possibly an opportunity to stop the virus early, a study suggests. The link, a...

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The Viral Storm

Nathan Wolfe | Posted 03.11.2012

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Everyone recognizes the raw power that pandemics have to sweep through human populations and seemingly kill indiscriminately. Yet, given the importance of these events, large questions remain remarkably opaque.

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Bird Flu Blues

Jonathan D. Moreno | Posted 02.20.2012

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Some of the hardest questions in the process of scientific discovery aren't about science, but philosophy. A good illustration of this is the unanimous recommendation by the NSABB that two leading journals not publish certain details about "bird flu."

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Thousands Of Chickens Slaughtered After Bird Flu Is Found In Hong Kong

The New York Times | KEVIN DREW | Posted 12.21.2011

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Hong Kong health workers began slaughtering more than 17,000 chickens on Wednesday after a carcass infected with bird flu was found at a poultry marke...

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Scientists Create Virus That Could Kill Millions

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 11.29.2011

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It sounds like the setup for a Hollywood thriller: scientists in a lab create a virus as contagious as the flu that kills half of those infected. We'r...

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2 Children Die Of Bird Flu

AP | Posted 12.10.2011

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BALI, Indonesia -- Two Indonesian children have died of bird flu on the popular tourist island of Bali, the first local deaths from the illness in sev...

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IT'S BACK: First Case Of Bird Flu In 7 Years Confirmed In Hong Kong

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG — Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of human bird flu in seven years. Health Secretary York Chow said late Wednesday that a 59-y...

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Bird Flu Reappears In Hong Kong. Is a Pandemic On Its Way?

TIME Healthland | Bryan Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hong Kong residents experienced an unwelcome blast from the past on Nov. 18. A 59-year-old woman in the city contracted H5N1 avian influenza -- the fi...

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