http://avian.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for avian en Mon, 14 May 2007 01:09:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1875449 unknown@Netscape.com First came the bird flu. Now China's pigs are succumbing to a violent infection. Is a human disease next? Mon, 14 May 2007 01:09:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1875449chinabirdFluavianpigNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1486041 unknown@Netscape.com How can a teacher schooled in 20th-century science prepare today's high school students for stem cells, avian flu and other biological issues of the 21st century? Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:30:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1486041StemcellsavianFluBiologicalweaponsteachingScienceteacherNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1278467 unknown@Netscape.com A strain of avian flu different from the one that has infected humans in Africa and Asia was detected at a turkey farm, requiring the slaughter of 25,000 birds, state agriculture officials said Monday. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:49:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/127846725000TurkeysSlaughteredwVafarmavianFluNews http://web2announcer.com/go/181974 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Tests have confirmed that bird flu detected in chickens in southern Japan was the virulent H5N1 strain that has been blamed for more than 160 human deaths worldwide, the Japanese Agricultural Ministry said Tuesday. About 4,000 chickens died last week at a farm in Kiyotake town in Miyazaki state. Earlier test results Saturday only confirmed the bird flu strain was an H5 virus but not which one." Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:54:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/181974birdFluavianchickenjapanH5N1News http://web2announcer.com/go/98781 unknown@Netscape.com Bird flu is popping up after a yearlong hiatus in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia, and experts are warning now is the time for the H5N1 virus to flourish. The big question: Just how far will it go this winter? Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:55:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/98781birdavianinfluenzaH5N1vietnamNews http://web2announcer.com/go/99644 unknown@Netscape.com The World Health Organization (WHO) reports about the total number of laboratory-confirmed human cases and deaths worldwide from Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) infection. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/99644CummulativebirdavianinfluenzaH5N1News http://web2announcer.com/go/5886 unknown@Netscape.com Dynavax Technologies Corp., a biopharmaceutical company specializing in treatments for allergies, infectious and chronic inflammatory diseases, said Monday preclinical data indicates its flu vaccine confers immunity to "widely divergent" strains of the flu and has potential to be a universal flu vaccine. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:43:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5886Health & FitnessFludynavaxinfluenzaH5N1avianNews