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•	Scientists dissect bird flu virus mutations
•	Bird flu claims first dog, continues spread
•	Azerbaijan reports three bird flu deaths
•	Bird flu budget targets future vaccines
•	Deadly bird flu detected in Myanmar
•	U.S. stepping up efforts to fight bird flu
•	Concern over bird flu in cats
•	Bird flu expected to hit U.S. flocks soon

MORE NEWS ON BIRD FLU
•	Nigerians fear officials more than bird flu
•	Bird flu confirmed in cat in Germany
•	France fights panic after outbreak
•	Bird flu threat widens at alarming pace

What you need to know
•	Virus predicted to bust out again and again
•	Are children more at risk for bird flu?
•	Government issues tips for possible pandemic
•	Bird flu not taking wing on migratory pathways
•	Hygiene best defense against bird flu
•	Readers ask about bird flu
•	Bird flu questions and answers
•	Fact file: Bird flu vs. common flu
•	Brrr...Why viruses thrive in winter
•	What can nervous Americans do about bird flu?

U.S. prepares
•	U.S. stepping up efforts to fight bird flu
•	Poll: Many in U.S. worried about bird flu
•	Mayors asked to prepare for bird flu
•	$1.9 billion pledged to fight bird flu
•	Government issues tips for possible pandemic
•	White House hosts bird flu pandemic 'drill'
•	U.S. unprepared for health disaster, study finds
•	CDC seeks to update quarantine rules
•	U.S. airlines could be on front lines for bird flu
•	States have their own plans for bird flu

Business impact
•	Study: Bird flu bigger threat than terrorism
•	Chicken industry plans to test every flock
•	Bird flu seen posing huge threat to economy
•	Bird flu hype infecting biotech industry
•	New emphasis on corporate flu planning
•	Experts: Bird Flu import bans illogical

Drugs and prevention
•	Feds aim to speed super-flu vaccines
•	U.S. plans new bird flu vaccine
•	Bird flu test receives federal approval
•	Study: Genes make bird flu virus deadly
•	Expert: Bad vaccines may trigger China bird flu
•	U.S. testing live virus vaccines against bird flu
•	FDA warns companies on bird flu claims
•	Poultry vaccine may stop bird flu spread
•	Hygiene best defense against bird flu
•	New ammunition against bird flu in the works

International news
•	Hong Kong bans French poultry after bird flu find
•	India clears 11 of bird flu; French farm hit
•	EU: 'Learn to live with bird flu'
•	Concern over bird flu in cats
•	Bird flu confirmed in cat in Germany
•	Bird flu strikes farms in France
•	Bird flu confirmed in third African country
•	First Swiss bird flu case reported
•	France fights panic in wake of bird flu outbreak
•	India searches for victims
•	Deadly bird flu hits India, France
•	Bird flu hits Slovenia, where in EU next?
•	Deadly bird flu virus spreads in Europe
•	Three more nations find deadly strain
•	Nigeria reports more bird flu outbreaks

Q&A: Bird flu

•	Prepare, don't panic
	Questions and answers about avian influenza

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OFFICIALS RETHINK BIRD FLU STRATEGY

Feb. 19: New concerns in Europe over bird flu and its relentless march from Asia across the continents are requiring governments to quickly rethink strategies to fight the the virus. NBC's Charles Sabine reports.

•	Bird flu precautions in Europe
•	Bird flu in Germany
•	Bird flu fears in Turkey
•	Containing Europe's bird flu outbreak

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

USDA: INFECTED COW BORN BEFORE FEED BAN

An examination of the Alabama cow identified as the third U.S. case of mad cow disease showed the animal was at least 10 years old, meaning it was born before the 1997 feed ban was implemented, U.S. officials said Thursday.

•	U.S. plans to scale back mad cow testing
•	Mad cow disease found in Alabama cow
•	Flesh-eating germ kills N.C. woman
•	Measles deaths drop by nearly half

COLD AND FLU

FEDS AIM TO SPEED SUPER-FLU VACCINES

Federal regulators published a roadmap for ways to speed new flu vaccines to market - to avoid shortages of ones to fight regular winter flu, and to fight super-strains that may spark the next worldwide outbreak.

•	U.S. panel: Kids under 5 should get flu shot
•	Scientists find how flu viruses replicate
•	Can exercise prevent a cold, flu?
•	Flu virus resistant to two drugs

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