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Local tests negative for Indonesian nurse who treated bird flu patients (The Jakarta Post)

2006-06-04 05:11:43

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono, due to host U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld this week, said Sunday he expects the meeting to lead to greater cooperation between the two countries, including sending more officers fortraining.The U.S. last November eased a six-year-old embargo on military sales to Indonesia, a restriction that was imposed because of human rights abuses by the military. Rumsfeld said in Singapore on Saturday it was "important" for the U.S. to ha ...

Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Patients Deal With Treatment Side Effects

2006-06-04 08:37:07

FOXNews.com - Study: Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Patients Reduce Treatment Side Effects - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News FOX&Friends|Daytime|YourWorld|BigStory|SpecialReport|FOXReport|O'ReillyFactor|Hannity&Colmes|OnTheRecord|WeekendTOPNEWS::BUSINESS::OPINION::TV::RADIO::MARKETPLACE::FOXFAN::SERVICES::VIDEO SEARCH E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HEALTH Study: Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Patients Reduce Treatment Side Effects Sunday, June 04, 2006 VIDEO STORIES LINKS ATLANTA—Women going thro ...

Pfizer wins Viagra case in China (International Herald Tribune)

2006-06-04 12:52:17

... right to be the sole seller in China of its anti-impotence drug Viagra, stopping a dozen Chinese companies from selling cheaper copies. A Beijing court overturned a 2004 decision by China's patent review board that permitted the Chinese drugmakers to sell copies, a Pfizer spokesman, Paul Fitzhenry, said Saturday in a telephone interview. The ruling will benefit Pfizer because it could mean better patent protection for the 20 other drugs Pfizer plans to start selling in China by 2010, Fitzhenry said. "We see the decision as an encouraging devel ...

Bird Flu Likely in Death of Indonesian Siblings

2006-06-04 13:53:37

FOXNews.com - Bird Flu Likely in Death of Indonesian Siblings - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News FOX&Friends|Daytime|YourWorld|BigStory|SpecialReport|FOXReport|O'ReillyFactor|Hannity&Colmes|OnTheRecord|WeekendTOPNEWS::BUSINESS::OPINION::TV::RADIO::MARKETPLACE::FOXFAN::SERVICES::VIDEO SEARCH E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HEALTH Bird Flu Likely in Death of Indonesian Siblings Sunday, June 04, 2006 PHOTOS PHOTOESSAYS STORIES LINKS KEDAUNG, Indonesia—When 10-year-old T ...

Bird Flu Risk for Quake Victims Living in Chicken Coops

2006-06-04 14:13:09

FOXNews.com - Bird Flu Risk for Quake Victims Living in Chicken Coops - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News FOX&Friends|Daytime|YourWorld|BigStory|SpecialReport|FOXReport|O'ReillyFactor|Hannity&Colmes|OnTheRecord|WeekendTOPNEWS::BUSINESS::OPINION::TV::RADIO::MARKETPLACE::FOXFAN::SERVICES::VIDEO SEARCH E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD Bird Flu Risk for Quake Victims Living in Chicken Coops Sunday, June 04, 2006 PHOTOS PHOTOESSAYS STORIES LINKS ...

Indonesia bird flu death verified

2006-06-04 14:31:33

... Last month, Indonesia registered avian flu cases at the rate of about three a week. The World Organisation for Animal Health recently said the disease now appeared to be permanently infecting poultry in Indonesia. The H5N1 virus cannot yet pass easily from one person to another. Experts, however, fear the virus could mutate at some point in the future, and in its new form trigger a flu pandemic, potentially putting millions of human lives at risk.

WHO: Indonesia teen died of bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News)

2006-06-04 15:02:48

... h Organization laboratory has confirmed that bird flu killed a 15-year-old Indonesian boy who earlier tested positive to the H5N1 virus in a local lab, a health official said Sunday, bringing the country's toll to at least 37. ADVERTISEMENTThe boy, from the town of Tasikmalaya in West Java province, died May 30 after being infected with the virus, said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official. The teen had a history of contact with poultry, officials have said.The death is part of a spike in human bird flu cases in Indonesia.The WHO lab ...

World Bank: Bird flu spending lags pledges

2006-06-04 16:09:49

World Bank: Bird flu spending lags pledgesRoadside chicken vendors near Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday.RELATED•Bird flu fears for quake survivors•More bird flu cases in Indonesia•WHO seeks tamiflu stockpileYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS World Bank or Create Your OwnManage Alerts | What Is This?WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Just $286 million has been spent to fight bird flu out of nearly $1.9 billion pledged last January by nations and organizations that said they wanted to make a "massive effort" against the virus, according to a ...

Incubating a crisis: Why the fight against bird flu could be won-or lost- in Indonesia (Financial Express)

2006-06-04 16:28:50

... Why the fight against bird flu could be won-or lost- in Indonesia Andrew Jack from Jakarta 5/27/2006 As Mt Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, spews out smoke and lava, a disaster is incubating in the farms and villages of Central Java with potentially far greater consequences for human health.In the nearby Ambarawa livestock market, Joko, a local farmer, laughs at the risk of bird flu as he runs his hand lovingly over the rear of his prize black chicken. Ducks and other birds for sale mill nearby, feathers drift in ...

WHO: Indonesia Teen Died Of Bird Flu (KDKA Pittsburgh)

2006-06-04 18:03:34

... h Organization laboratory has confirmed that bird flu killed a 15-year-old Indonesian boy who earlier tested positive to the H5N1 virus in a local lab, a health official said Sunday, bringing the country's toll to at least 37.The boy, from the town of Tasikmalaya in West Java province, died May 30 after being infected with the virus, said Nyoman Kandun, a senior Health Ministry official. The teen had a history of contact with poultry, officials have said.The death is part of a spike in human bird flu cases in Indonesia.The WHO laboratory in Hon ...

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