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Indiana Health Officials Examine State's Pandemic Influenza Ethics Planning
Found on 18 Jul 2008 09:59 GMT
Information relevant to Indiana's current pandemic influenza preparedness plan was presented July 16 during a symposium convened by the Indiana State Department of Health and the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, "The Ethics of Pandemic Influenza Planning in Indiana: What Have We Done and

Avian Influenza Situation in India Update
Found on 23 Feb 2006 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India has informed WHO that no human cases of H5N1 infection have been detected to date. Tests conducted on samples taken from persons under investigation and their close contacts have yielded no positive results as of today.

Avian Influenza Situation in India
Found on 21 Feb 2006 00:59 GMT
On 18 February, agricultural authorities in India confirmed the country's first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in poultry. The disease was detected at several commercial farms in the Navapur sub-district in the western state of Maharashtra.

Farmer Dies of Bird Flu in India, Its First Case, Initial Tests Show - New Yo...
A man has died of bird flu in western India, the district administrator of Surat in western Gujarat State said Sunday, a day after India reported its first bird flu infections in poultry. ''A poultry farm owner died on Friday in Surat district said the administrator, Vatsala Vasudev. ''Local tests

Publication: The New York Times

No human cases of bird flu in India, health ministry official says
RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-24-2006 Dateline: NAVAPUR, India Tests on nine people suspected of having bird flu in western India showed no signs of the deadly disease, a top health ministry official said Friday. "No human being has been infected in India, but we are

Publication: AP Worldstream

India and France report first bird flu cases in fowl
BOMBAY, India - India and France both confirmed their first outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu among fowl, and on Sunday health officials and farm workers in western India began slaughtering a half-million birds to check the spread of the disease. Tens of thousands of chickens have died

Publication: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Hundreds of birds die even as health workers try to contain bird flu in easte...
Health officials Thursday investigated new bird deaths in eastern India to see whether bird flu was spreading to additional areas despite a poultry cull aimed at curbing the disease, officials said. Hundreds of bird deaths were reported in four new districts of West Bengal state on Wednesday after

Publication: AP Worldstream

Bird flu alert in India's remote northeast after officials find dead migrator...
WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated press Writer AP Worldstream 11-05-2005 Dateline: GAUHATI, India A bird flu alert has been sounded in parts of India's remote northeast after authorities found the carcass of a migratory bird in Manipur state, officials said Saturday. Veterinary officials in Manipur, which

Publication: AP Worldstream

India, France find bird flu in poultry
BOMBAY, India - India and France both confirmed their first outbreak of the deadly strain of bird flu among fowl, and today health officials and farm workers in western India began slaughtering a half-million birds to check the spread of the disease. Tens of thousands of chickens have died from

Publication: Sunday Gazette-Mail

Bangladesh takes strict measures to prevent bird flu from India
Bangladesh takes strict measures to prevent bird flu from India DHAKA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) - The Bangladeshi government has taken strict measures to prevent the spread of bird flu from neighboring India, where the avian flu has reportedly killed a poultry farmer. "The government in the wake of

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

Roundup: India alert of bird flu, suspected human infection reports
Roundup: India alert of bird flu, suspected human infection reports NEW DELHI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) - From Maharashtra in the west to West Bengal along the east coast, India is on high alert after first bird flu cases were confirmed on Saturday. In West India's Maharashtra, where first eight cases of

Publication: Xinhua News Agency

India, Bangladesh Try to Halt Bird Flu
India and Bangladesh searched for new cases of bird flu Thursday as authorities pressed ahead with plans to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds in a bid to keep the outbreak from spreading, officials said. No human cases have been reported since the latest outbreak of bird flu was first

Publication: AP Online

India and Bangladesh try to contain bird flu outbreak as new deaths reported
India and Bangladesh searched for new cases of bird flu Thursday as authorities pressed ahead with plans to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds in a bid to keep the outbreak from spreading, officials said. No human cases have been reported since the latest outbreak of bird flu was first

Publication: AP Worldstream