News archive : Avian Flu

Follow the news of avian flu outbreaks around the world, and attempts by scientists, public health experts, policy makers, and governments to control its spread.

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The time for sitting on flu data is over.

Nature

Published:: 28 June 2006

Keywords:: Avian Flu; China; H5n1 Virus; World Health Organisation

From the front lines

As the H5N1 flu virus continues to sweep across the globe, researchers in some of the countries affected describe in their own words the political and scientific challenges that they face.

Nature

Published:: 05 April 2006

Keywords:: Africa; Chickens; China; Endemic Diseases; Epidemiology; H5n1 Virus; Mortality; Poultry; World Health Organisation

China kickstarts its vaccine market

Nature Biotechnology

Published:: 29 March 2006

Keywords:: Avian Flu Vaccine; China

China steps up drive to vaccinate all domestic birds

Officials claim 8 billion birds inoculated so far.

Nature

Published:: 23 November 2005

Keywords:: Avian Flu Vaccine; Chickens; China

Despite recent reports from governments that bird flu is under control, it continues to spread through Asia's poultry and claim lives — there are even signs of human-to-human transmission. Declan Butler tracks the disease's inexorable spread.

Nature