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Keyword - H5N1

- Briefing: Whatever happened to bird flu? - Premium content
  
  The media frenzy over bird flu has receded, but the threat of a global epidemic still looms large.
  
  9 July 2008
- Bird flu vaccine to hit the shelves - Premium content
  
  Europe approves pandemic vaccine; countries must decide own strategies.
  
  20 May 2008
- Politically correct names given to flu viruses - Premium content
  
  World Health Organization standardizes nomenclature, but experts say GPS sample locations should be given.
  
  23 April 2008
- Barrier to bird flu transmission found in humans - Premium content
  
  Sugar shape may limit human-to-human spread of avian flu... for now.
  
  3 January 2008
- Q&A: Siti Fadilah Supari - Premium content
  
  Indonesia has been hit by more human deaths from the H5N1 bird-flu virus than any other country, yet it refuses to share its virus samples with the World Health Organization (WHO). Declan Butler talks to Indonesia's health minister.
  
  19 December 2007
- Large bird flu cluster emerges - Premium content
  
  Human cases in Pakistan could hint of person-to-person spread.
  
  17 December 2007
- Avian flu grows more virulent - Premium content
  
  Virologists urge surveillance of possible outbreaks.
  
  29 June 2004
- Canadian bird flu prompts mass cull - Premium content
  
  Millions of birds could die after two farm workers infected.
  
  6 April 2004
- Deadly flu evades body's defences - Premium content
  
  Virus treats the immune system like "duck soup".
  
  26 August 2002