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November 14th, 2005 According to the current tests a vaccine to prevent bird flu could be mass produced by February or March of next year, the director of the Russian Flu Research Center said Monday. The strain of the virus obtained by reverse genetics (the process of introducing mutations into a cloned DNA segment to investigate gene function) using a Vietnamese avian flu isolate and the vaccine testing program developed by the Flu Research Center, have been passed on to the Tarasevich State Monitoring Institute.

November 11th, 2005 The possibility that three people were infected by the bird flu virus in Central China cannot be ruled out, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Of the three who came down with pneumonia last month in Hunan Province, one died.

February 23rd, 2009 This is what we were eagerly looking forward  for several years. A confirmed vaccine was highly required.

January 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - As this city plays host to around 15,000 migratory birds which are here for the winter, the administration is watching out for signs of danger - in the form of bird flu that hit some Indian states last year. 'Our forest guards are keeping a close watch to check whether any bird is infected or suffering from any disease,' Ishwar Singh, conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden of Chandigarh, told IANS.

April 19th, 2006 Russian scientists from St.Petersburg will soon start developing the country's first orally administered vaccine against the lethal H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. The important difference with the orally administered vaccine is the possibility of immunizing birds by mixing the drug with fodder and drinking water.

December 27th, 2005 Scientists in China said they have created a drug that is superior to the existing drug Tamiflu for treating humans infected with bird flu, state media reported. However, no details were given on whether any clinical tests had been conducted on the drug and whether it had been approved for production or sale.

October 27th, 2008 According to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology, a newly invented single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, scientists have observed that, H5N1 virus has an unusual expanded host range, not only birds and humans have been infected but also cats, which are usually resistant to influenza. Hence they tried to make a ideal vaccine that could be used in multiple animal species.

July 3rd, 2006 More testing is needed before China can confirm whether a soldier who died in Beijing in 2003 was an early case of bird flu, the Health Ministry said Monday. The case, first disclosed last month in a letter by Chinese researchers to a US medical journal.