Influenza A virus subtype H5N1

Bird flu drug now legal in SA

Tamiflu, the anti-viral drug used to combat the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has already reached Africa and is predicted to reach South Africa in six months to a year, has officially been registered for use in the country.

Bird Flu Reaches India Deaths Top 90 Worldwide

BOMBAY, Feb. 18 -- India reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu Saturday after chickens were found to have died from the virus. A man in Indonesia also died from the disease, that country's 19th death, officials said.

Global update on avian influenza

Despite growing concerns for the next pandemic, the world currently remains in phase 3 of the pandemic alert period according to WHO criteria.

China adopts tough laws to combat bird flu

The bird flu crisis in China is severe and set to get worse as winter deepens, the government has said as it revealed there had been 21 outbreaks in the world's most populous country this year.

Flu Vaccine Could Have Far Reach Under Best Circumstances

GENEVA, Nov. 8 -- Data presented on Tuesday at an international conference on bird flu indicate that drug manufacturers could produce enough influenza vaccine starting sometime in 2008 to protect between a quarter and half the world's population over the course of a year, should a new and dangerous strain of flu virus emerge.