Bird Flu

DEC says Dungeness crab in area safe to eat, guts aren't

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has tested Dungeness crab from the Haines area and found only minor levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning, it said.

Fearing bird flu outbreak, officials hope Tamiflu will help

Dr. Richard Mandsager was in Juneau last week urging legislators to fund a stockpile of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu for Alaskans - just in case a flu pandemic hits.

Fearing bird flu outbreak, officials hope Tamiflu will help

Dr. Richard Mandsager was in Juneau last week urging legislators to fund a stockpile of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu for Alaskans - just in case a flu pandemic hits.

State residents asked not to hoard at home

If all this bird flu talk has you worried, you may be thinking of asking your doctor for a prescription, just in case. State health officials say: Please don't. Hoarding anti-viral drugs for a pandemic that has yet to strike isn't necessary and

State residents asked not to hoard at home

If all this bird flu talk has you worried, you may be thinking of asking your doctor for a prescription, just in case. State health officials say: Please don't. Hoarding anti-viral drugs for a pandemic that has yet to strike isn't necessary and

Deadly H5N1 flu virus not yet seen in North American birds

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey say they have not found the virulent strain of H5N1, the bird influenza virus that has spread in Asia, Europe and Africa and caused human deaths. The national agency reported its findings after the first eight mont

Deadly H5N1 flu virus not yet seen in North American birds

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey say they have not found the virulent strain of H5N1, the bird influenza virus that has spread in Asia, Europe and Africa and caused human deaths. The national agency reported its findings after the first eight mont

Alaska, feds join in hunt for avian flu

Government agencies will study thousands of birds throughout Alaska this year in search of avian influenza, particularly the deadly H5N1 strain that's been transmitted to people.

State, federal officials offer bird flu advice

State and federal officials attending a Commonwealth North luncheon Thursday answered questions about bird flu and gave Alaska residents and businesses advice about how to prepare for a possible flu outbreak.

State, federal officials offer bird flu advice

State and federal officials attending a Commonwealth North luncheon Thursday answered questions about bird flu and gave Alaska residents and businesses advice about how to prepare for a possible flu outbreak.

Alaska, feds join in hunt for avian flu

Government agencies will study thousands of birds throughout Alaska this year in search of avian influenza, particularly the deadly H5N1 strain that's been transmitted to people.

State Section of Epidemiology

As avian flu spreads, Alaska is on lookout

Fairbanks sits at the edge of a bird flu outbreak that emerged in Hong Kong in 1997 and has recently spread as far as Kazakhstan, Croatia and Siberia. The virus has ravaged farms in Thailand and felled wild birds from western China to Eastern Europe.

As avian flu spreads, Alaska is on lookout

Fairbanks sits at the edge of a bird flu outbreak that emerged in Hong Kong in 1997 and has recently spread as far as Kazakhstan, Croatia and Siberia. The virus has ravaged farms in Thailand and felled wild birds from western China to Eastern Europe.

Forget bird flu; just handle meat properly

For Thanksgiving, you want to cook a turkey dinner that satisfies the masses, not sickens them.

Drills help state prepare for major bird flu outbreak

An influenza outbreak on a remote Southeast Alaska island could be devastating if residents aren't prepared.

Early tests on Alaska birds find no cases of feared flu

The first batch of Alaska migratory geese and ducks screened this fall for avian flu did not carry the deadly H5N1 strain that has killed millions of birds in Asia and alarmed health authorities around the world, scientists said Friday.

Contemplating bird flu

A deadly strain of bird flu detected this month in Russia has prompted the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Department of Emergency Services to prepare for a possible outbreak of the virus here.

Proximity to Asia, bird flyways make state vulnerable to virus

Alaska's proximity to Asia and its role as host to millions of migrating birds could put the state on the front lines of a bird flu pandemic, the regional director of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said.

Deadly 1918 virus found to be bird flu

Two teams of federal and university scientists announced Wednesday that they had resurrected the 1918 influenza virus, killer of 50 million people around the globe in history's worst known epidemic, and found that it was actually a bird flu that jump

Biologist tests state fair's fowl for avian flu virus

State veterinarian Bob Gerlach has been visiting Alaska's agricultural fairs to help test all those ribbon-winning chickens, ducks and turkeys for the presence of deadly avian flu.

Survival of hosts has avian flu scientists worried

They know it's coming. Hospitals already are monitoring for its arrival. Scientists are swabbing wild bird bottoms in Alaska, California and elsewhere in a hunt for the first signs of the deadly virus.