Curated Video
Summit delegates on bird flu fact finding mission
Hocmon district, Ho Chi Minh City
1. Various of international delegates putting on protective clothing
2. Various of delegates in protective clothing walking to a chicken farm
3. Various of chickens
4. Various of farmer in protective...
Curated Video
Latest from Thailand and Cambodia on avian flu
Song Pee Nong, Thailand - January 25, 2004
1. Thai Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, arrives at municipal building and is greeted by officials
2. People dressed up, waiting to kill more chickens in the nearby chicken farms
3. Thaksin...
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Presser on US steps to prepare for bird flu
Washington, DC - 18 October 2005
1. Wide view of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Michael Osterholm, Associate Director, Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defence:
"Unless someone today...
Curated Video
First case of bird flu found in smuggled bird shipment
Taipei - 20 Oct 2005
1. Wide shot of the presser by Taiwan's Council of Agriculture
2. Cutaway to press
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Sung Hua-tsung, spokesperson of Taiwan's Council of Agriculture:
"At 2 p.m. today, we identified that there...
Curated Video
P'pines to cull 400,000 birds in avian flu scare
Officials in the Philippines on Friday confirmed the country's first avian flu outbreak and said at least 400,000 birds will be culled in response.
They added that no animal-to-human transmission had been reported.
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Bloomberg
Coronavirus Isn’t a Black Swan Event, Says Asia-Analytica’s Loong
Pauline Loong, managing director at Asia-Analytica, discusses the spread of the coronavirus and why she says it’s not a black swan event. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Bloomberg Markets.” (Source: Bloomberg)
PBS
Pbs Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu
The 1918 flu pandemic killed over 40 million people. In these five video episodes [01:00:00] scientists search for it's origin and answers to today's viruses and whether they will lead to another pandemic from a "super virus".
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Global Health: Health Officials Keep Watch
This NPR site is updated regularly with the most recent reports from NPR on Bird Flu dating back to 2005 (audio format). Also offers links to related sites.
PBS
Pbs: Nova Science Now: Genetically Engineering the Avian Flu
This video examines the threat of a virus being spread from birds to humans, and then from humans to humans. It details the mechanisms viruses use to infect cells, and explores how mutations in a virus may change its virulence and how it...