Jassem Al Bader, an agriculture and animal resources official, said Kuwait's poultry industry would have lost almost 60 per cent of its laying hens by the time culling was completed. Birds in three of the country's 16 large commercial poultry farms were infected with the H5N1 strain of the virus, and the government said it would compensate owners for their losses, the minister said. Previous outbreaks in Kuwait had been confined to small farms, house pens or falcons kept as pets. Another...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The World Health Organization might guarantee that poor nations get access to bird flu vaccines in the event of a pandemic, the top WHO flu official said Monday, hoping to end a dispute triggered by Indonesia's decision to stop sharing virus samples. The plan comes as Indonesia cuts access to bird flu samples, fearing it can't get medicine. JAKARTA, Indonesia - The World Health Organization might guarantee that poor nations get access to bird flu vaccines in the event...

He underscored that there is no present threat to tourism from avian flu. Good planning, clear arrangements for direction and staff communications, a fully prepared work force and clear procedures for customer and workplace safety are the keys to protecting the interests of travellers, companies and the entire sector, Dr. The purpose of the two-day exercise in Paris, organized by the World Tourism Organization, was to hone coordination within countries, as well as across borders, in the...

Baxter's bird flu vaccine working Could help in sales talks with nations By Bruce Japsen Tribune staff reporter Published March 30, 2007 Baxter International inc. on Thursday said its bird flu vaccine is working for humans against several strains of the virus at low dosages, setting the stage for a final round of testing the company expects to complete by the end of this year. Baxter's bird flu vaccine working Could help in sales talks with nations By Bruce Japsen Tribune staff reporter...

Bird flu was detected at a state-run poultry farm near the Bangladeshi capital where workers recently slaughtered about 30,000 chickens, the government said Friday. Will access to bird flu vaccines be any different? That's the question Indonesia is asking by refusing to share its H5N1 bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization until it gets a guarantee that it can obtain vaccines if a flu pandemic emerges. Will access to bird flu vaccines be any different? That's the...