Bulgaria's veterinary service confirmed Friday an outbreak of Newcastle disease in poultry in the northwest of the country, the farming ministry said in a statement. Bulgaria's veterinary service confirmed Friday an outbreak of Newcastle disease in poultry in the northwest of the country, the farming ministry said in a statement. A veterinary technician administers the Newcastle disease vaccine to a hen in the village of Petrovec, Macedonia, pictured here in 2005. Local veterinary...

Washington - 8/15/2007 - Researchers may have developed a vaccine to protect people from an influenza pandemic even before it strikes. While it has long been said there is no way to vaccinate people against an influenza strain until it evolves, a team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Maryland and the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta said they may have found a shortcut. New vaccine may prevent bird flu spread to humans. While it has long been...

At the request of state Attorney General Thurbert Baker and Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch, Jackson County Superior Court Judge David Motes ordered Friday that the Agri-Cycle treatment plant should stop accepting new waste for a month. At the request of state Attorney General Thurbert Baker and Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch, Jackson County Superior Court Judge David Motes ordered Friday that the Agri-Cycle treatment plant should stop...

She was the first woman to die of avian influenza in Bali since the disease was first identified among poultry on the island in 2003. lived about 300 yards from chickens diagnosed with the H5N1 strain. The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the views or opinions expressed in the articles either direct or indirect. At least 103 cases of the disease have been confirmed in humans in Indonesia, with 82 of the victims...

Northern Command headquarters here this week to discuss their plans and preparedness for a possible influenza pandemic. With that experience, I think pandemic influenza preparedness has been really unique in the way people are actually proactively trying to deal with these issues before it happens as opposed to reactively. It is also an excellent opportunity to meet face to face the people that you have been working with across the phone line or maybe an e-mail. The command conducts...

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