New Bird Flu Strain Reaches Europe 欧洲发现新禽流感病毒 A new strain of bird flu known as H5N8 has been detected in Europe. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says it poses a serious threat to poultry there. African countries

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In 2011, scientists discovered they had created a highly contagious and deadly form of H5N1 commonly called avian or bird flu. When the discovery was announced, debate erupted over whether the research was ethical and fears the new strain could be us

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New, Fatal Bird Flu Strain Closely Monitored 密切监视新的致命禽流感病毒H7N9 WASHINGTON In the past 10 years, a deadly strain of bird flu has killed more than half of the people who got it. Now, there's a new strain of bird flu circulatin

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Delegates at a global conference on avian influenza have called for at least $100 million in new funding to fight the disease before it has a chance to mutate into a human strain. The call came as Vietnam reported two new possible cases of bird flu i

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There are some antiviral drugs that doctors may use to treat influenza. Each year, medical researchers work to develop vaccines to prevent the flu from infecting people. No one knows yet exactly how much protection the vaccine provided people this fl

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FAO Issues Avian Flu Warning 世界粮农组织发布禽流感警报 Avian flu continues to pose serious health threats to both human and animal health, especially as the flu season approaches. Thats the warning issued by the U.N. Food and Agricultur

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今天我们要学的词是untested。 Untested, 没有经过测试的,没有经过考验的。最近,香港和印度等亚洲地区陆续发现禽流感。为了预防禽流感对人类的威胁, Several human vaccines for bird flu have been d

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A new human case of the H7N9 bird flu virus has been reported in east Chinas Zhejiang Province. A 33-year-old woman has been confirmed to have been infected with the virus and is now getting treatment in Hangzhou. Meanwhile, another human case of H7N

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South and Southeast Asian countries are grappling with new outbreaks of bird flu as winter weather sweeps across the region. The latest outbreaks are still confined primarily to poultry, but one new human death has been reported in Vietnam. 亚及东南

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Speaking on the possibility of human-to-human transmission, Dr. Zhong Nanshan, director of the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, said there's still no evidence at the moment. He added, however, that the medical community should keep a clos

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