Critics objected three years ago to Kawaoka 's research at UW-Madison involving the deadly 1918 flu virus, saying his safety measures were not strict enough. The observers include health officials, who want a better understanding of the bird flu virus that is threatening a global flu epidemic. The Madison construction management company is overseeing the remodeling of a former office building, last used by Epic Systems, to create the institute. He said petri dishes, animal cages and other...

And imported meat and poultry from 38 foreign countries with far less rigorous safety inspection standards than state inspection programs can be freely shipped and sold anywhere in the United States. Proponents of interstate shipping of state-inspected meat are firing up the debate in Washington ahead of the Senate mark up of the farm bill. NFU has a long-standing policy supporting the elimination of the interstate ban and believes the legislation will increase competition and...

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WHO said the virus, which passes from birds to humans, had killed 200 of the 350 people confirmed as infected worldwide. WHO avian flu expert David Nabarro told journalists in Geneva it was still feared that the H5N1 strain, the most dangerous ever recorded, could be the virus that mutates and causes the next human influenza pandemic by passing from human to human. WHO was co-ordinating preparations and overseeing moves to speed up vaccine production globally but there was another two to...

Haunted by the knowledge that influenza killed 50 million people in 1918, scientists and public health officials continue to seek ways to head off the next great pandemic. Others are looking for the best way to construct a vaccine, or antiviral drugs, to prime our immune systems to grapple with the more dangerous virus that may evolve from the avian flu. And it's never been done for any influenza virus, despite the substantial death tolls from the annual flu - a complacency that has begun...

Warning that the H5N1 virus responsible for bird flu could still transform itself into the next human influenza pandemic, a senior United Nations specialist has stressed the need to ensure that the world can respond promptly and effectively in the case of an outbreak. Warning that the H5N1 virus responsible for bird flu could still transform itself into the next human influenza pandemic, a senior United Nations specialist has stressed the need to ensure that the world can respond promptly...