Turkey price hike fears as bird flu strikes (icWales)
The first significant step towards preventing influenza was the development in 1944 of a killed-virus vaccine for influenza by Thomas Francis, Jr.. This built on work by Frank Macfarlane Burnet, who showed that the virus lost virulence when it was cultured in fertilized hen's eggs. Application of this observation by Francis allowed his group of researchers at the University of Michigan to develop the first flu vaccine, with support from the U.S. Army. The Army was deeply involved in this research due to its experience of influenza in World War I, when thousands of troops were killed by the virus in a matter of months.
Turkey price hike fears as bird flu strikes (icWales)
SHOPPERS could end up paying an extra £4 for fresh Christmas turkeys as a result of the latest bird flu outbreak, industry experts warned yesterday.
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Bird Flu Tests Will Continue At Farm (Daily Record)
SCIENTIFIC tests to try to establish the source of the outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu discovered on a free-range turkey farm will continue today.
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Bird flu source hunt narrows to lake (Guardian Unlimited)
Officials attempt to contain UK's fourth outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu and discover source
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Bird flu: hunt for source of outbreak narrows to lake at stately home (Guardian Unlimited)
· Culling goes on amid fight to stop virus spreading· 3m turkeys being reared in restricted zone near farm
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Tests confirm infected Norfolk turkeys have deadly H5N1 flu strain (Daily Mail)
The strain of bird flu found in turkeys on a farm in East Anglia is the deadly H5N1 type that is dangerous to humans, acting chief veterinary officer Fred Landeg said today
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Infected Norfolk turkeys 'have deadly H5N1 flu strain' (Evening Standard)
Reports say initial suggest that free-range turkeys suffering from bird flu are infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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Infected turkeys 'have deadly avian flu strain' that is dangerous to humans (Evening Standard)
Initial tests suggest that free-range turkeys suffering from bird flu are infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu which is potentially dangerous to humans.
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Tests confirm infected Norfolk turkeys have deadly H5N1 flu strain (Evening Standard)
Initial tests on free-range turkeys suffering from bird flu in Norfolk have confired they are infected with the deadly Asian H5N1 strain that is dangerous to humans.
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Scenes of devastation as vets cull 5,000 turkeys after bird blue outbreak (Evening Standard)
Thousands of turkeys, geese and ducks are being slaughtered after bird flu was found at a farm in Norfolk.
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Bird flu: lake likely source (Guardian Unlimited)
Hunt for source of outbreak centres on stately home near free range farm
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Turkey price hike fears as bird flu strikes (icWales)
For most people, the flu is a drag, but it goes away in a week or two. But for some people, the flu can make them very sick. Those groups include:
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