...."Describing the drugs that could be used in treatment of human cases of avian flu, Prof Moslih said, “Two drugs (neuraminidase inhibitors class), oseltamavir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (relenza) can reduce the severity and duration of illness caused by seasonal influenza. The drugs may improve prospects of survival if administered early".....
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
Thailand's Thaksin Urges Caution After Bird-Flu Death
..."Ukraine bird flu 'fatal to humans' A Russian veterinary official has said that the bird flu strain found in Ukraine is the same one that has decimated flocks of birds in Asia, a Russian agency reported. Ukrainian officials refused to confirm the report."....
RIA Novosti, Russia - 1 hour ago
http://en.rian.ru/world/20051210/42425711.html
Bird flu found in 19 Crimean settlements - TV
...."KIEV, December 10 (RIA Novosti, Vladimir Suprun) - A bird flu outbreak has been recorded in 19 settlements in the Crimea, an autonomy on the Black Sea, Ukrainian TV channel NTN reported Saturday. The TV channel said 40,000 birds suspected of being infected with the virus had been killed in 17 villages.".....
Japan to cull 19,000 chickens exposed to bird flu Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:52 AM GMT
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities have ordered the culling of 19,000 chickens at a farm north of Tokyo, after avian flu antibodies were found in some of the poultry, a local official said on Saturday.
...."Tests showed that chickens at a farm in Ibaraki prefecture had been exposed to the H5 strain of avian flu, although the virus itself was not detected, said Nobuhito Kuriyama, an official with the Ibaraki prefectural government's livestock industry division.
Circumstances suggest the virus they were exposed to was not the virulent H5N1 strain, which has killed 70 people in Asia.".....
hummmmm can't see SP dropping more than 1,40's now....more news ahead.......
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