Pandemic? How Mutant Bird Flu Goes Airborne
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Deadly new bird flu vindicates controversial research
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists in the Dutch city of Rotterdam know precisely what it takes for a bird flu to mutate into a potential human pandemic strain - because they've created just such mutant viruses in the laboratory.
reuters.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
New Flu Bugs: Too Lethal For a Pandemic?
With a new bird-flu virus in China, Matt Ridley says that perhaps it's not just luck that has made every flu pandemic since 1918 mild; it may be evolutionary logic.
wsj.com (9 days ago)
Scientists race to gauge pandemic risk of new bird flu
LONDON (Reuters) - Genetic sequence data on a deadly strain of bird flu previously unknown in people show the virus has already acquired some mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic, scientists say.
reuters.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
Market round-up: Airlines dive as fear of bird-flu pandemic scares off investors
Shares in airlines were looking pretty sickly today as fears of a new Asian bird flu pandemic led to a sell-off with investors worried that global air traffic will succumb.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 13 days ago)
How bad is new bird flu?
Scientists try to learn more about new bird flu strain, hoping to avert a pandemic
heraldtribune.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
We're Not Prepared For China's Deadly Bird Flu
In Asia, more than 120 people have been sickened, and 23 are dead, from a potent strain of bird flu that has the frightening markings of a potential pandemic strain.
forbes.com (19 days ago)
Deadly H7N9 China bird flu outbreak raises fears of pandemic as death toll rises to 13
A NEW bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in China is still evolving, making it hard for scientists to predict how dangerous it might become.
dailyexpress.co.uk (1 month and 3 days ago)
'Appalling irresponsibility': Scientists create bird flu virus that could kill millions
A REASEARCH laboratory in China has deliberately engineered a deadly new hybrid strain of the bird-flu virus and human influenza which could cause a global pandemic, outraging experts.
dailyexpress.co.uk (16 days ago)
New rules on mutant bird flu research stir debate
Controversy erupted in 2011 when two researchers performed experiments on a highly transmissible form of bird flu virus. Now, the U.S. government has announced new policies for reviewing such potentially risky research before it gets funded
foxnews.com (2 months and 24 days ago)
Health experts monitor China bird flu
AUSTRALIA'S chief medical officer says the bird flu outbreak in China isn't yet a pandemic but experts are closely monitoring the situation.
news.com.au (1 month and 12 days ago)
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