Bird flu is ‘only three steps’ from mutating into deadly new form that could cause global pandemic – and scientists are scrambling for new vaccines

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2172043/Bird-flu-steps-mutating-deadly-new-form-cause-human-pandemic–scientists-scrambling-new-vaccines.html Bird flu three steps from potentially lethal human strain Threat fuels debate over pre-pandemic vaccination By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 08:55 EST, 11 July 2012 | UPDATED: 08:55 EST, 11 July 2012 As scientists delve deeper into H5N1 bird flu, they have discovered it is only three steps away from mutating into a potentially lethal […]

It’s out there: Science journal publishes details of deadly lab-made bird flu that ‘could cause global pandemic’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2138805/Bird-flu-Science-journal-publishes-details-deadly-virus-cause-global-pandemic.html Scientists argue publication will help find cure Mutant lab-created version can be spread easily among ferrets Not clear whether ‘new’ versions of flu would have same effect in humans By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:52 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:25 EST, 3 May 2012 The science journal Nature has published the first of […]

Details of lethal man-made bird flu WILL be made public… but only after scientists have time to discuss risks further

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2101437/Editor-science-journal-says-ready-publish-details-lethal-man-flu-complete-form.html H5N1 bird flu virus kills half of humans that contract it Research into more contagious forms of virus Editor says ‘we have to publish in complete form’ Insists publication is essential to create vaccine By Damien Gayle Last updated at 1:14 AM on 19th February 2012 The World Health Organisation has said that research […]

Bird-flu victim ‘had no direct contact with poultry’

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/birdflu-victim-had-no-direct-contact-with-poultry-6283803.html Alarm in China after bus driver dies, and, in nearby Hong Kong, 19,000 chickens have been slaughtered David Randall, Sunday 01 January 2012 A Chinese bus driver who tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus died yesterday, a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever. He was the country’s first reported […]