Bird flu death reported in Medan

MEDAN (JP): A 26-year-old woman who tested positive for bird flu died at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, on Saturday night, pushing the country's human avian influenza death toll to 76.

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Can vaccination free us from avian influenza?
By Jackie Linden

Scientists, politicians and other stakeholders met in Verona to discuss the role of poultry vaccination in the control of avian influenza. After two days of discussion and debate, the majority decided on a cautious “yes” but not as the sole method of control

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Global Program on Avian and Pandemic Influenza

Avian influenza (AI) or “bird flu” could be the next great global health threat. About 300 people have been infected and 169 have died since 2003 by contracting the virus through close contact with infected birds. But public health experts fear it is only a matter of time before the virus mutates into a form that passes easily among people, triggering a pandemic. Millions could die and economies would be crippled for months

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