U.S. Department of State

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Avian Influenza Press Releases
Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) Archive

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

2007

• U.S. Largest Donor in Fight against Avian and Pandemic Influenza (Dec 6, 2007)
• Global Conference to Focus on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, December 4-6 (Dec 3, 2007)
• Emerging Diseases Drive Human, Animal Health Alliance (Jul 20, 2007)
• U.S. Combats Threat of Avian and Pandemic Influenza Abroad (Jul 17, 2007)
• Success Against Bird Flu Slowed by Ongoing Animal Infections: Potentional for pandemic exists as long as bird flu virus lives in poultry (Jul 5, 2007)
• Avian Flu Vaccine Stockpile Being Planned for Developing Nations (Jun 14, 2007)

2006

• U.S. International Avian and Pandemic Influenza Assistance Tops $434 Million (Dec 11, 2006)
• Global Conference to Focus on Avian and Pandemic Influenza December 6-8 (Dec 5, 2006)
• U.S., Mexico Pledge Cooperation in Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Nations to coordinate disease surveillance, response planning for border residents (Nov 15, 2006)
• Inexpensive Test Detects H5N1 Infections Quickly, Accurately: Indonesia reports two more human cases of avian influenza (Nov 15, 2006)
• New Research Center To Combat Animal Diseases Affecting People: Animal-based microbes cause 75 percent of new human disease, veterinarian says (Nov 14, 2006)
• New Bird Flu Virus Replacing Other Strains in Southern China (Nov 2, 2006)
• U.N. Official Sees Bird Flu as Threat for Next Decade (Oct 26, 2006)
• United States Gives $10 Million To Develop Global Flu Vaccine (Oct 23, 2006)
• Research Yields Insights on Deadly Nature of 1918 Flu Pandemic (Oct 18, 2006)
• Study Looks at Ways To Stretch Pandemic Flu Vaccine Supplies (Oct 13, 2006)
• Bird Flu in Humans Reappears in Egypt: First Egyptian case confirmed since May; new animal cases detected in Indonesia (Oct 11, 2006)
• Avian Flu Detection Information on Wild Birds Available (Aug 24, 2006)
• Protecting Native Plants Helps Save Ecosystems, Wildlife (Aug 3, 2006)
• Conservationist Discusses Native Plant Protection, USINFO Webchat Transcript (Aug 2, 2006)
• USDA and FAO Launch Animal Disease Crisis Management Center (Jul 14, 2006)
• USDA Trains Foreign Scientists on Avian Influenza Testing (Jun 19, 2006)
• International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza Senior Officials to Meet in Vienna June 6-7 (Jun 2, 2006)
• United States Sends Flu Medicine to Asia: Health secretary announces shipment at World Health Assembly (May 23, 2006)
• Avian Influenza Action Group to Coordinate U.S. International Effort (May 3, 2006)
• United Nations Predicts Bird Flu in the Americas Within a Year (Mar 9, 2006)
• United States Pledges $334 Million to Global Fight Against Avian Influenza (Jan 18, 2006)
• U.S. Avian Influenza Team to Turkey (Jan 13, 2006)

2005

• United States-China Joint Initiative on Avian Influenza (Nov 19, 2005)
• U.S., U.N. Back New Bird Flu Control Campaign in Indonesia (Oct 25, 2005)
• U.S. Agencies, International Partners Fight Threats to Wildlife (Oct 5, 2005)
• Bush Says U.S. Developing Response to Potential Avian Flu Outbreak (Oct 4, 2005)
• U.S., New Zealand Announce Three Joint Biodiversity Projects (Jul 26, 2005)
• NASA Technology Finds Invasive Plants, Ecological Impacts (Mar 9, 2005)

• U.S., Australian Scientists Help Slow Spread of Invasive Tree (Nov 2, 2004)
• Live Fishing Bait May Spread Virus that Kills Amphibians (Sep 9, 2004)
• Invasive Species Did No Harm at Panama Canal, Researchers Find (Aug 23, 2004)

• $6.5 Million GEF Grant for Caspian Sea Protection (Nov 26, 2003)
• U.S. Supports Efforts to Combat Invasive Alien Species (Aug 13, 2003)
• Invasive Species Still Entering U.S. Waters, Official Says (Jun 18, 2003)

• Agencies Take Emergency Action To Defend Against Asian Carp Invasion (Nov 18, 2002)
• Akaka Warns of Environmental Dangers From Non-native Species (Jun 11, 2002)

• World Conservation Union Press Release on Threatened Species Survey (Sep 29, 2000)