The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has today urged heightened readiness and surveillance against a possible major resurgence of […]
Continue readingbird flu
Outbreak of bird flu in Japan – experts respond
SMCJ/AusSMC: On January 22 2011, a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak was confirmed from a bird farm in Miyazaki prefecture, […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Two types of ‘flu, water, and 3 degrees C
Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and […]
Continue readingUPDATED: One year on – Scientists reflect on the swine flu pandemic
UPDATED 12.30pm: A year ago this Saturday, Rangitoto College students returning from a school trip to Mexico were quarantined in […]
Continue readingGoogle to track flu outbreaks with search data
Google announced today the launch of new flu tracking websites for New Zealand and Australia. By monitoring flu-related search queries, […]
Continue readingJournalists’ questions on swine flu answered
The Science Media Centre in London compiled answers to questions on swine flu posed by UK-based journalists – answers courtesy […]
Continue reading