VietNamNet Bridge – is reporting that Vietnam has had 122 patients, 50 percent of them died, since the type A/H5N1 virus appeared in Vietnam for the first time in 2004.
WHO Disease Outbreak News
- Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update May 2, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update April 12, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Cambodia – update April 5, 2012
- Lassa fever in Nigeria April 4, 2012
- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update April 2, 2012
FDA – Recalls/Safety Alerts
- May 21 Webinar: Steps to Addressing Health Disparities May 18, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: April 2012 May 15, 2012
- FDA Unit Mobilizes for Emergency Response May 3, 2012
- Consumer Update Analytics April 30, 2012
- It's a Small World, After All April 23, 2012
- FDA Continues Dialogue on 'Nano' Regulation April 20, 2012
- Fentanyl Patch Can Be Deadly to Children April 19, 2012
- MedWatch Safety Alerts: March 2012 April 19, 2012
- FDA's MedWatch Safety Alerts: February 2012 April 4, 2012
- FDA's China Offices Focus on Product Safety April 4, 2012
Bird Flu
Vietnam at Outbreak Risk
Vietnam’s Department of Animal Health has warned that there is a high risk of a large-scale outbreak of bird flu without drastic preventive measures in the near future. Test results confirm that a 26-year-old woman died of the disease Jan. 28 after being hospitalized in southern Soc Trang province, the second human death from...
China: 2nd Bird Flu Death in a Month
A 39-year-old man from the Guizhou province in China fell ill with a fever and was admitted into the hospital on January 6th. The Xinhua news agency reported after three days in intensive care, the patient died. This is the second H5N1 related death following the December 31, 2011 death of from the city...
Taiwan Reports H5N2 bird flu: 1st case in 2012
The Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ), began daily inspections at a farm in Changhua County after rumors that a large number of its chickens had died. On Dec 30, 2011 and Jan 4, 2012 the samples collected tested positive of the H5N2 virus, but the chickens of the farm...
Bird Flu Death: Indonesia on High Alert
Indonesia is still struggling not only with the resent earthquake but also the H5N1 virus. A 23-year-old man identified as P.D.Y. died after being treated for six days at Satya Negara Hospital. His blood test came back positive for the H5N1 virus, making him the first victim of bird flu in 2012. [Read complete...
WHO confirms H5N1 deaths in Egypt and China
The patient from Egypt, a 42-year-old from Menofia governorate, got sick on Dec 16 and was admitted to a hospital in critical condition and treated with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on Dec 21, the WHO said in a statement. The man died the next day, raising Egypt’s official H5N1 infection total to 157 and the number...
Hong Kong diagnoses bird flu
Reports from BBC News state that a woman in Hong Kong is seriously ill in the hospital with bird flu – the first human case of the disease to be diagnosed in the territory since 2003, when the last outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Hong Kong killed six people. Health chief...
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