SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Influenza and Bird Flu

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Influenza and Bird Flu By Broadcast: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doug

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WHO: Balanced Approach for New Bird Flu Virus Strain 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 rese

超级简单英语阅读:The Swine Flu

It was September. People were getting sick all over the world. They were getting sick from the flu. The flu was called H1N1. Some people called it swine flu. The swine farmers did not like that. They said, Stop calling it swine flu. Swine dont have t

60秒科学:Bad Nose for Bird Flu

With swine flu the big infectious disease story, you dont hear much about bird flu these days. And you may not have to look past your own nose for the reason. Because a new study finds that bird flu viruses may have trouble getting a good foothold i

WHO: Bird Flu Not Transmitted from Person to Person

WHO: Bird Flu Not Transmitted from Person to Person Nancy-Amelia Collins United Nations health officials say the bird flu that has led to the killing of tens of millions of chickens in Asia is not bei

2 More Die in Asian Bird Flu Outbreak

2 More Die in Asian Bird Flu Outbreak Katherine Maria The human death toll from the bird flu has risen to 12 and the World Health Organization says China needs to give more information about the disea

WHO Confirms Bird Flu Virus Caused Human Deaths in Vietnam

WHO Confirms Bird Flu Virus Caused Human Deaths in Vietnam Katherine Maria The World Health Organization has confirmed that at least three people have died of bird flu in Vietnam, the same virus that

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Drug to Protect Against Bird Flu Suc

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Drug to Protect Against Bird Flu Succeeds in First Tests By Rochelle Gollust,Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS i

Bird flu discovered in Dutch farm

THE HAGUE, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu was discovered at a poultry farm in the central Dutch province of Flevoland, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday. It said the virus discovered was a mild variant. The farm's 47,000 chickens were slaughtered

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bird Flu Update

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bird Flu Update By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chicken farmers in the northeastern Unit

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Few Genetic Tweaks To Chinese Bird Flu Virus Could Fuel A Human Pandemic

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Public health officials are increasingly worried about a strain of bird flu virus that's circulating in China. In the last nine months it's sickened more than 700 people, and about 40 percent of them died. Now a team of researche

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It was September. People were getting sick all over the world. They were getting sick from the flu. The flu was called H1N1. Some people called it swine flu. The swine farmers did not like that. They said, Stop calling it swine flu. Swine don't have

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bird Flu in Asia

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Bird Flu in Asia By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Graphic Image United Nations agencies a

HEALTH REPORT - Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic

HEALTH REPORT - Preparing for the Next Flu Pandemic By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 I'm Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Health Report. There has not been a worldwide o

Tokyo has first swine flu cases

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Mauritius reports first toll of A/ H1N1 flu in 2010

Mauritius（毛里求斯） has recorded the first victim who succumbed to A/ H1N1 flu in 2010, local medical sources reported over the weekend. A government official aged 51 died on Saturday night in a private clinic after having been admitted on Ju

2007年VOA标准英语-West Africa Struggles to Contain Bird Flu Virus

By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts

Bird flu appears returning: UN

EIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations is warning authorities to be on high alert of bird flu as the virus appears to be returning. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement Monday a mutant strain is spreading across par

英闻天下——104 Flu Season Peak Expected for North China

Health official says the flu season that started in China's northern provinces in December is expected to peak with infections in the next few weeks. However, Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said the expected peak infection levels will not r

Scientists Produce Gene-Edited Chickens to Stop Spread of Flu Virus

Scientists Produce Gene-Edited Chickens to Stop Spread of Flu Virus British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be fully resistant to the influenza, or flu virus. Wendy Barclay is one of the leaders of the gene-editing project.