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Sanofi Pasteur To Donate 60 Million Doses Of H5N1 Vaccine To WHO Over 3 Years...
Found on 17 Jun 2008 09:59 GMT
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group, announced yesterday its commitment to donate 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 3 years for the establishment of an H5N1 vaccine global stockpile. "The H5N1 virus is currently circulating in some of the poorest regions of the world and an outbreak of pandemic influenza would...

Spread of bird flu: Experts are puzzled No pattern to outbreaks in Europe
Elisabeth Rosenthal International Herald Tribune 03-01-2006 As new outbreaks of bird flu have peppered Europe and Africa in the last few weeks, experts are realizing that they do not fully understand how migrating birds disseminate the H5N1 virus, leaving the continents vulnerable to unexpected

Publication: International Herald Tribune

Bird flu spread to Europe would increase danger, but would be easier to contr...
EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer AP Worldstream 08-18-2005 Dateline: LONDON As bird flu marches west across Russia toward Europe, health experts expressed optimism Wednesday that European countries could stamp it out before the virus takes hold and spreads among people. "Will this make its way to

Publication: AP Worldstream

UN agency sees bird flu virus spreading to Europe, Middle East
ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 08-31-2005 Dateline: ROME The bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Asia is likely to spread to Europe, the Middle East, south Asia and Africa, a U.N. food agency warned Wednesday, urging nations at risk to increase surveillance

Publication: AP Worldstream

EUROPE BRACING TO BATTLE BIRD FLU FEARS HEIGHTEN OF GLOBAL OUTBREAK
BERLIN - Europe is bracing for bird flu and the potentially catastrophic pandemic the virus might bring. Public health officials on the continent, spurred by grim warnings from the World Health Organization, are hoping that the disease spreading westward from Asia will afflict only domestic

Publication: The Boston Globe

Scientists fear bird flu is racing across Siberia to Europe, Africa
JUDITH INGRAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-20-2005 Scientists fear bird flu is racing across Siberia to Europe, Africa - Virus found in poultry south of Moscow By JUDITH INGRAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 10-20-2005, Thursday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions MOSCOW -

Publication: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

Europe Takes Action as Bird Flu Spreads - New York Times
Health officials across Europe issued restrictions for commercial poultry farms Wednesday after reports that the deadly bird flu virus had turned up at a surprisingly early date in migratory birds in several Western European countries.The virus was confirmed in mute swans in Greece, Bulgaria and

Publication: The New York Times

UN agency foresees bird flu virus spreading to Europe, Middle East
ALESSANDRA RIZZO, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 09-01-2005 Dateline: ROME The bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Asia is likely to spread to Europe, the Middle East, south Asia and Africa, the U.N. food agency warned, urging nations at risk to increase surveillance and

Publication: AP Worldstream

World health officials say Europe well-prepared for bird flu but must brace f...
JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 10-24-2005 Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark Europe is well positioned to contain bird flu and prevent a feared human flu pandemic, health officials from the United Nations and European Union said at a bird flu strategy session Monday. Health experts

Publication: AP Worldstream

Bird flu virus may spread to Europe
ROME - The bird flu virus that has hit several Asian countries is likely to spread to Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the U.N. food agency warned on Wednesday, urging nations at risk to step up surveillance and prepare national emergency plans. The most immediate threat is to poultry farms,

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Roundup: Bird flu wracks nerves in Europe
Roundup: Bird flu wracks nerves in Europe BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) - The European Union (EU) is preparing for an all-out war with avian flu as a deadly strain of the virus is approaching its borders. EU national veterinary experts on Friday endorsed a package of European Commission (EC)

Publication: Xinhua News Agency