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News in brief
Nature- Published:
- 28 March 2007
- Keywords:
- Antivirals
- World Health Organisation
- Gene Sequence
Menno de Jong
He is so soft-spoken you may have to strain to catch his words, but on the topic of recognition for scientists in resource-poor regions, Menno de Jong is ready for a fistfight.
Nature Medicine- Published:
- 28 December 2006
WHO boss faces test of independence
China's candidate secures top job at health agency.
Nature- Published:
- 15 November 2006
- Keywords:
- Avian Flu
- World Health Organisation
Plan to pool bird-flu data takes off
Researchers welcome bid to share resources.
Nature- Published:
- 30 August 2006
- Keywords:
- Epidemiology
- World Health Organisation
Family tragedy spotlights flu mutations
Human-to-human transmission raises demand for DNA data.
Nature- Published:
- 12 July 2006
Action stations FREE
The time for sitting on flu data is over.
Nature- Published:
- 28 June 2006
- Keywords:
- Avian Flu
- China
- H5n1 Virus
- World Health Organisation
Pandemic 'dry run' is cause for concern
Indonesian bird-flu cluster rings alarm bells.
Nature- Published:
- 31 May 2006
- Keywords:
- Avian Flu
- Mortality
- Pandemic
- World Health Organisation
Despite doubts, containment plans for pandemic take shape
Most experts say nothing can contain a full-blown pandemic.
Nature Medicine- Published:
- 27 April 2006
- Keywords:
- Antivirals
- Pandemic
- World Health Organisation
Security fears plague deadly disease lab's move to central London
High-risk lab might be separated from the National Institute for Medical Research.
Nature Medicine- Published:
- 27 April 2006
- Keywords:
- Diagnosis
- Influenza
- World Health Organisation
Flu-vaccine makers toil to boost supply
Stock shortfall highlights need for alternative strategy.
Nature- Published:
- 26 April 2006
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
Alarms ring over bird flu mutations
Turkish virus shows increased affinity for humans.
Nature- Published:
- 18 January 2006
Mashups mix data into global service
Is this the future for scientific analysis?
Nature- Published:
- 04 January 2006
Flu researchers slam US agency for hoarding data
Better sharing of information would help vaccine design.
Nature- Published:
- 21 September 2005
- Keywords:
- Epidemiology
- Influenza
- World Health Organisation
Bird flu spreads among Java's pigs FREE
Indonesian government scrambles to track disease.
Nature- Published:
- 25 May 2005
Avian flu special: The flu pandemic: were we ready? FREE
Welcome to my weblog. I'm Sally O'Reilly, a freelance journalist based in Washington DC. I've been researching a book on pandemic preparedness. But now the time for preparation has run out.
Nature- Published:
- 25 May 2005
'Refusal to share' leaves agency struggling to monitor bird flu
The WHO isn't being sent samples of deadly H5N1 virus.
Nature- Published:
- 11 May 2005
- Keywords:
- Epidemiology
- Poultry
- World Health Organisation
Heightened security after flu scare sparks biosafety debate
Pandemic strain distributed to 6,000 labs in 19 countries
Nature- Published:
- 20 April 2005
- Keywords:
- World Health Organisation
Tests in Tokyo reveal flaws in Vietnam's bird flu surveillance
Cases of avian influenza have been overlooked, new evidence shows.
Nature- Published:
- 23 February 2005
Flu gene discovery prompts calls for tighter monitoring
Lab-made virus from 1940 may have found its way into Korean pigs.
Nature- Published:
- 23 February 2005
- Keywords:
- Pandemic
- Pigs
- Poultry
- World Health Organisation
Infectious disease: Vietnam's war on flu
Having suffered heavily from avian influenza in 2004, Vietnam might now be brewing the next human flu pandemic. Yet, as Peter Aldhous discovers, local researchers don't have the resources to investigate the risk properly.
Nature- Published:
- 12 January 2005
WHO calls for vaccine boost to prepare for flu pandemic
Officials stress need for urgent action.
Nature- Published:
- 17 November 2004
news in brief
Nature- Published:
- 18 August 2004
- Keywords:
- Epidemiology
- Mortality
- World Health Organisation
Asian nations struggle to keep up with bird flu surveillance
Nature Medicine- Keywords:
- Epidemiology
- World Health Organisation
Pandemic fears hatch new methods in flu vaccine industry FREE
Nature MedicineLooming flu pandemic has experts crying fowl FREE
Nature Medicine- Keywords:
- Avian Flu Vaccine
- World Health Organisation
The flu HQ
Leading virologists plan to thwart emerging strains of influenza by creating a global laboratory to keep tabs on this ever-changing virus. Alison Abbott reports.
Nature