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Turkey farm in Arkansas confirms suspected case of bird flu

2015-03-11 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a suspected case of avian influenza has been identified in poultry in Arkansas.

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About 40 countries ban imports of Minnesota turkeys after avian flu outbreak

2015-03-07 04:53:27| Food - Topix.net

An outbreak of avian flu at a western Minnesota farm poses a big threat to the state's turkey industry, and about 40 countries have already banned imports of the bird from Minnesota. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of aviation influenza wiped out a flock of about 15,000 birds in Pope County.

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Forecasting the flu better

2015-01-30 01:05:47| Biotech - Topix.net

Researchers say they can predict the spread of flu a week into the future with as much accuracy as Google Flu Trends can display levels of infection right now. The study uses social network analysis and combines the power of Google Flu Trends' "big data" with traditional flu monitoring data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

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Flu fight hindered by virus mutation

2015-01-18 10:14:07| Biotech - Topix.net

Each year the flu vaccine undergoes a change, at the behest of experts in the medical field, so it can best combat the upcoming strains of the season. But it's not an exact science.

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BioCryst's Birmingham lab develops new flu treatment

2015-01-17 17:38:20| Biotech - Topix.net

Although the peak of flu season has yet to arrive, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of "elevated" flu activity in all parts of the country , especially in the Southeast. There have been more than 5,000 cases reported since Oct. 1 of last year.

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