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    <title><![CDATA[H1N1 Flu Virus Mutates, Presence Confirmed in California Coast Elephant Seals]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Experts and researchers working with marine mammals are now being advised to wear protective suits and gear as the dreaded influenza A H1N1 subtype virus has mutated and had been detected present and active in elephant seals off the coast of central California.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Drags Down Badminton Apparel, Food Sales]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[China now has at least two subtypes of the Influenza A viruses lurking and circulating around its perimeters. And as more members of the poultry and fowls industry get culled, not only food sales get affected but also sales of badminton&#039;s shuttlecocks and apparel&#039;s down jackets.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:22:37 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China Virus Alert: H7N9, H5N1 Strains Active, Tibet Outbreak Kills 1 Child]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[While China continues to wrestle H7N9 which had so far claimed 35 lives, it has succumbed to yet another subtype of the Influenza A viruses, this time the H5N1. The country had reported an outbreak in its southern part Tibet, where a child has died and 64 other children remain infected.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:36:43 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Strain H7N9 Hitting China Not Yet a Pandemic, But..]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Because the bird flu strain H7N9 that has claimed 27 lives in China has yet to be confirmed that it can be transferred from human to human, health experts said it won&#039;t become pandemic. Well, at least not yet or not at least 10 years from now.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/465075/20130507/bird-flu-strain-h7n9-hitting-china-won.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 23:06:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[H7N9 Bird Flu Spreads Outside Mainland China as Taiwan Reports First Case]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Taiwanese man in serious condition from virus scientists describe as unusually dangerous.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:49:50 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[H7N9 Bird Flu 'One of Most Lethal Influenza Viruses' and Greater Risk than H5N1 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[WHO says new strain of avian influenza moves from birds to humans more easily than previous outbreak.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:59:40 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Analysis - Gene swapping makes new China bird flu a moving target]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A new bird flu virus that has killed 13 people in China is still evolving, making it hard for scientists to predict how dangerous it might become.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:49:02 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China: Sixth Person Dies from Bird Flu Strain H7N9 as Poultry Cull Begins]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities begin slaughtering poultry at a Shanghai market.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:12:20 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Chinese toll from new bird flu rises to nine cases, three dead]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[China has found two more cases of a new strain of bird flu and one of the victims has died, state media said on Wednesday, bringing to nine the number of confirmed human infections from the previously unknown flu type.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:14:02 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Four More Infected By Rare H7N9 Bird Flu In China, Health Institutions Monitor Disease]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Days after two Chinese men were killed by the H7N9 virus, four more have been infected by the lesser-known strain of the bird flu, China&#039;s Xihua has reported.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 03:21:19 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[First Human Cases Of H7N9 Bird Flu Emerge as 2 Chinese Men Die]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[H7N9 avian influenza, which was previously not known to cause infection in humans, has killed 2 men in China and has left a woman in critical condition, the Chinese health and family planning commission has confirmed.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:28:22 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Strain of Bird Flu Kills Two In China, Third Person Critical [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two men die in Shanghai after contracting strain of avian influenza never passed to humans before.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:54:38 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strains of Bird Flu Found Among Ducks in Perth]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Department of Agriculture and Food in Australia&#039;s state of Perth on Tuesday announced it had found strains of the bird flu among ducks on a property located off the north east. The good news is, the threat poses no risks to human health.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[China Travel Alert: China Confirmed with Two Cases of Human Bird Flu]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australians who have travel plans to China are advised to take precautionary measures as the country&#039;s health ministry announced two people have been inflicted with the H5N1 bird flu virus.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NSW to Cull 50,000 Chickens Due to Bird Flu Hit in Hunter Valley]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australia&#039;s woes with its farm animals raised for their meat appears to be unending. After 21,000 Australian sheep were culled in October in Pakistan over suspicions of bacterial contamination, another 50,000 chickens in New South Wales were quarantined this week by state authorities.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Outbreak in Karnataka: Over 33,000 Poultry Birds Culled at CPDO]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Fear of avian influenza continued to create panic in Karnataka after more than 33,000 poultry birds -19,235 chicken, 13,673 ducks and 369 emus - were culled at Central Poultry Development Organization (CPDO) in Hesaraghatta, 40 km from Bangalore.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Baby Seal Deaths Attributed To New Bird Flu Strain]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A virus that jumped from birds to seals turns out to have adaptations that could make it transmissible to humans as well.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:03:22 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mystery Disease Killing Cambodia’s Children Baffles Local, International Health Experts]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Health officials in Cambodia are actively investigating the cause of a mystery disease that has killed dozens of children across the country.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/360454/20120706/mystery-disease-cambodia-killing-children-health-investigation.htm</guid>
    <link>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/360454/20120706/mystery-disease-cambodia-killing-children-health-investigation.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:48:07 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Has Nature Journal Given Terrorists the Secret of H5N1 Mutant Flu Virus?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nature&#039;s controversial bird flu research paper reveals how to create deadly flu epidemic.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/336727/20120503/deadly-bird-flu-research-papers-published.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:40:42 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Biosecurity Experts Back down on Mutant H5N1 Bird Flu Strain Studies]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[US experts drop opposition to publishing controversial research into H5N1 strain over fears it could be used by terrorists.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:44:05 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Research Released From Quarantine; Pandemic Threat Downplayed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The controversial bird flu research that was deemed a threat to national security in December got the OK to be published by a panel of scientists on Friday.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/322958/20120402/bird-flu-research-publish.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:29:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu More Common and Less Deadly Than Originally Estimated, Study]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[More people may have been infected with bird flu than previously thought, making the disease more common and less deadly than previously estimated]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/304202/20120224/bird-flu-more-common-less-deadly.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deadly Bird Flu Studies to Stay Secret for Now: WHO]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/300962/20120218/deadly-bird-flu-studies-stay-secret-now.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[WHO: Results of Bird Flu Experiment to be Published, Study Makes Transmission Easier]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Scientists and experts from the United Nation&#039;s World Health Organisation (WHO), said they will soon publish results of recent experiments on the H5N1 bird flu virus, despite the possibility of it being misused by terrorists.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now - WHO]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organisation  said on Friday.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/300765/20120217/deadly-bird-flu-studies-to-stay-secret-for-now-who.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies Put on Hold Until Risks Known]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/300675/20120217/deadly-h5n1-flu-world-health-organization-risks.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Decision Time for Researchers of Deadly Bird Flu]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/299216/20120215/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu: Decision Time for Researchers]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Decision Time for Researchers of Deadly Bird Flu]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
    <guid>http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/298460/20120214/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australia Slaughters Thousands of Ducks to Contain the Avian Flu Virus]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Australian authorities have ordered on Wednesday the destruction of some 24,000 ducks in Victoria to contain the spread of the avian flu detected in the southern region of the country.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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