News About Epidemics 02-JUL-08 en-us Beijing (AFP) June 28, 2008 - One of the towns worst hit in last month's devastating China earthquake has been sealed off to prevent epidemics from spreading, after having been opened just briefly, state media said Saturday.]]> ]]> Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2008 - Infectious diseases are emerging as a major threat in China's quake zone, with injured and traumatised victims most at risk, the health minister was quoted as saying Wednesday.]]> Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2008 - Authorities in southern China have begun destroying poultry after bird flu was detected to stop the disease spreading, state press said Tuesday.]]> Bozeman MT (SPX) Jun 13, 2008 - West Nile virus is apparently here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.]]> ]]> Hong Kong (AFP) June 12, 2008 - Poultry traders in Hong Kong may have failed to promptly alert the authorities to a possible bird flu outbreak, the city's health secretary said on Thursday, following a mass cull of chickens.]]> Hong Kong (AFP) June 11, 2008 - Hong Kong said Wednesday it would slaughter all live poultry in markets and shops around the city following a fresh outbreak of bird flu.]]> Atlanta (UPI) May 28, 2008 - A study led by U.S. researchers suggests H5N1 is not the only strain of bird flu that could cause a pandemic.]]> ]]> Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2008 - China said Tuesday it would provide mass emergency vaccinations in quake-hit areas to curb potential epidemics, but reported no major disease outbreaks so far.]]> Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2008 - Japan announced Friday it will give 560 million dollars to help fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as it seeks to make aid to Africa a major theme of its chairmanship of the G8 group.]]> Paris (AFP) May 21, 2008 - Scientists in Taiwan believe they can explain how a form of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that is triggering widening concern, reaps its deadly toll.]]> ]]> ]]> Santa Fe NM (SPX) May 20, 2008 - It's the case of the missing flu virus. When the flu isn't making people sick, it seems to just vanish. Yet, every year, everywhere on Earth, it reappears in the appropriate season and starts its attack. So where does it go when it disappears?]]> Paris (AFP) May 19, 2008 - New ideas, young talent and injections of money are needed to invigorate the war against AIDS, top experts said here Monday at a review of medical progress since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was discovered 25 years ago.]]> Washington (AFP) May 18, 2008 - A quarter of a century since the virus that causes AIDS was identified, a vaccine against the deadly disease remains frustratingly out of reach despite a well-funded global effort to find a cure.]]> Advertise in Terra Daily and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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