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The horses are arriving at the Olympic equestrian games venue at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, as planeload after planeload of dressage horses, show jumpers and super-fit eventers rumble down the ramps and onto air-conditioned vans for transport to the stables.

'Dragon' Protein May Lead To A Cure For The Most Common Strain Of Avian Influenza, (bird flu) ARGONNE, Ill. (July 15, 2008)—Scientists and researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries since it was identified in 2003.

Laboratory tests have shown a drug extracted from the medicinal herb St John’s Wort can be used to treat poultry infected with bird flu, a veterinary professor said. Field tests in Vietnam had... [[ This is a content summary only.

bbc The world is still at risk from a new pandemic strain of flu according to leading scientists. The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been out of the headlines for some time but experts say it still poses a potential threat. I have been taking part in a vaccine trial against the virus [...]’’

Since the virus was first detected in Guangdong Province, China in 1996, H5N1 (Bird Flu) has received much attention as the fear of a global spread of the disease mounted. Initially, H5N1 was considered merely interesting; however, alarm bells began to ring when it spread through live-poultry markets in Hong Kong, and eventually to humans, in 1997.

Some Bird Flu Strains Have Acquired Properties That Might Enhanc... ScienceDaily Fri, 06/13/2008 - 08:15 A new study suggests that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to spread from human to human.

HK culls all chickens as H5N1 spreads Following further reports of H5N1 virus infections spreading among the poultry, Hong Kong health authorities announced on Wednesday that they would slaughter all chickens in the area. Samples taken from several poultry markets in HK tested positive for the deadly H5N1 virus.

CHICAGO (AFP) - Some strains of bird flu are coming ever closer to developing the traits they need to cause a human pandemic, a study released Monday said. Researchers who analysed samples of recent avian flu viruses found that a few H7 strains of the virus that have caused minor, untransmissible

Dogs catch flu directly from birds, study finds File photo shows Siberian Huskies waiting for the start of a sled dog competition in Domonyvolgy, 35km (19 miles) east of Budapest March 29, 2008. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dogs can catch influenza directly from birds, Korean

US officials launch bird flu stockpile in Thailand A tourist stands next to a poultry cage at a market in Denpasar on Bali island on March 19. US officials on Tuesday officially opened a stockpile of equipment in Thailand designed to help Asian nations react rapidly to battle outbreaks of potentially