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Angry birds in Swedish preschooler assault

Society: 21 Jun 11
Preschool-children at a day care centre in southern Sweden have had their outdoor fun ruined by hordes of hungry and intrepid rooks. READ »

Five Swedes tested for swine flu

Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
At least five people in Sweden are being examined for possible exposure to swine flu, according to an official with the Institute for Infectious Disease Control. READ »

Sweden concerned over 'useless' flu vaccine stockpiles

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 09
Tamiflu, the medication used to combat influenza, is useless in large parts of the world. Sweden has built up large stocks of the drug as part of its strategy to tackle a bird flu epidemic. READ »

Sweden acts after German bird flu outbreak

Science & Technology: 19 Dec 07
Authorities in Sweden have ordered all poultry and tame birds to be kept under cover after the H5N1 bird flu virus was found in Germany and Poland. READ »

Abuse of Tamiflu can create resistant strains

Science & Technology: 3 Oct 07
Swedish scientists say that Tamiflu - the frontline weapon in any bird-flu pandemic - cannot be broken down by sewage systems and this could help the virus mutate dangerously into a drug-resistant strain. READ »

Sweden orders birds indoors over flu worries

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 07
Poultry and other birds in captivity in Sweden will have to be kept indoors from March following recent outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu strain in Europe, the Swedish Board of Agriculture has said. READ »

Bird flu: Sweden on alert

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 07
Sweden has boosted its monitoring of wild birds following outbreaks of the H5N1 bird flu strain in Britain and Hungary. There are currently no new restrictions, but vets are calling for vigilance. READ »

Bird flu restrictions relaxed

Science & Technology: 12 May 06
Swedish hens, ducks and geese will soon be allowed to roam around outside, after authorities decided that the immediate danger from H5N1 avian influenza has passed. READ »

Swedes scoff millions of eggs

National: 15 Apr 06
Nothing - not even a spot of bird flu - is going to stop Swedes from gobbling up eggs during Easter week. During the most frenzied hours on Easter Saturday, some six million eggs are eaten, say eggsperts. READ »

Bird flu in Skåne

Smörgåsbord: 11 Apr 06
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Gay ducks out in Sweden

National: 7 Apr 06
In the middle of mating season, a couple of male ducks returned to a park in southern Sweden, for the third consecutive year, ignoring the siren calls of all the lady ducks around them. READ »

Bird flu found in Swedish mink

Science & Technology: 28 Mar 06
A case of bird flu in its H5 form has been detected in a mink in southeast Sweden, officials said on Monday, adding that the animal would be tested for the dangerous H5N1 strain of the virus. READ »

Three more cases of bird flu found in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 23 Mar 06
Three new cases of the highly pathogenic strain of H5 bird flu were confirmed in central Stockholm on Thursday. The wild birds probably carried the H5N1 strain that has been known to kill humans elsewhere in the world. READ »

Stockholm birds 'had H5 strain'

Science & Technology: 21 Mar 06
Two birds found in central Stockholm were carrying the highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu, it has been confirmed. Further tests are needed to confirm that it was H5N1. READ »

Stockholm swans had bird flu

Science & Technology: 20 Mar 06
Two swans with an aggressive form of bird flu have been found in the heart of Stockholm. Measures to prevent the virus spreading to domestic birds have been taken by authorities. READ »

Lethal bird flu suspected in Swedish farm duck

Science & Technology: 17 Mar 06
A new case of the potentially lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu is "strongly suspected" in a duck in Sweden. It would be only the second case on a commercial farm in the European Union, officials said on Friday. READ »

Swedish bird flu confirmed as H5N1

Science & Technology: 15 Mar 06
The first two dead ducks from Sweden to be tested in the EU's bird flu laboratory had the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. In its most aggressive form, the virus has killed 100 people worldwide. READ »

Birds on Gotland have flu

Science & Technology: 10 Mar 06
The first cases of a highly pathogenic strain of H5 bird flu have been found on Gotland, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Sweden to 13. READ »

Search for birds continues

Science & Technology: 9 Mar 06
The hunt for sick and dead birds is continuing along Sweden's east coast following the discovery on Wednesday of a number of birds with suspected H5N1 bird flu. READ »

Bird flu found in two Swedish towns

Science & Technology: 8 Mar 06
The aggressive form of bird flu has been found in birds in two towns in south-eastern Sweden. Experts say that they expect more cases to be found elsewhere in the country. READ »

More Swedish birds carrying bird flu virus

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 06
Eight of the 31 dead birds from the Oskarshamn area which were tested for bird flu have been found to be carrying the virus, according to the National Veterinary Institute on Friday. READ »

Bird flu: "Keep cats indoors"

Science & Technology: 2 Mar 06
The Swedish government raises the classification of the H5N1 variant of bird flu to "constituting a public danger". At the same time, EU veterinary experts advise people to keep cats indoors and dogs on a leash. READ »

Bird flu controls tightened

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 06
Bird flu reaches Sweden
Examination of the area where birds were found with possible H5N1 virus is stepped up as controls are introduced across Sweden. Bird owners in many parts of the country are being asked to register with local officials. READ »

Mad cow disease detected in Sweden

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 06
As if bird flu weren't enough to contend with, a cow in the Västmanland region of Sweden has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. READ »

Bird flu reaches Sweden

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 06
Bird flu 'doesn't worry Swedes'
An aggressive form of bird flu has been found in Sweden. The virus was found in wild birds near Oskarshamn, in Småland in the south of the country. "Serious but not unexpected," says Sweden's agriculture minister. READ »

Bird flu 'doesn't worry Swedes'

Smörgåsbord: 28 Feb 06
Bird flu might be on Sweden's doorstep, but citizens are unconcerned about the possibility of a pandemic. People are reluctant to heed the warning signals, pollsters say. READ »

French bird flu 'worrying' - Nykvist

Science & Technology: 25 Feb 06
Sweden's agriculture minister has expressed concern after bird flu H5N1 was found on a turkey farm in France. This is serious, but we are prepared, said Ann-Christin Nykvist. READ »

Bird flu reaches the Baltic

Science & Technology: 15 Feb 06
Sweden introduces emergency measures as it is confirmed that two dead swans found in the Baltic Sea 100km from the southern tip of Sweden were carrying the deadly H5N1 virus. All Swedish poultry must be taken indoors, says the Board of Agriculture. READ »

Bird flu "could arrive in Sweden this spring"

Smörgåsbord: 14 Feb 06
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu is likely to arrive in Sweden in a couple of months, according to a top Swedish health official. It is likely to arrive from the east with migrating birds, he says. READ »

Swedish research shows many bird flu cases missed

Science & Technology: 10 Jan 06
The dreaded bird virus H5N1 could have infected far more people in Asia than statistics have so far shown, say researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. But the symptoms could be so mild that people don't know they've got it. READ »

Swedish airline industry warns of bird flu effect

Business & Money: 25 Nov 05
The airline industry lobby group Svenskt Flyg says that fears of the bird flu could pose a threat to the industry's bottom line. READ »

Record sales of Tamiflu

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 05
Panic over bird flu is being blamed for record sales of influenza drug Tamiflu. Experts are warning that there could be shortages, but Apoteket insists they have plenty in store. READ »

First bird flu photos published in Sweden

Science & Technology: 6 Nov 05
The first photographs of the HN51 bird flu virus have been published in a Swedish newspaper. The pictures, by a leading Swedish science photographer, show the virus as a string of blue balls attacking healthy pink cells. READ »

"Bird flu" gull was drunk

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 05
A seagull in Sundsvall paid the ultimate price for its overindulgence, after doctors mistook its hangover symptoms for bird flu. The unfortunate gull did not live to tell the tale. READ »

Stockholm and Gothenburg poultry ordered indoors

Science & Technology: 27 Oct 05
All commercial poultry in Sweden's two main metropolitan areas is to be kept indoors from Thursday in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu. And duck hunting is banned. READ »

Duck's flu "not lethal variety"

Science & Technology: 23 Oct 05
See also: Bird flu "could already be in Sweden"
One of the ducks that died in the Swedish town of Eskilstuna was carrying bird flu, but not of the lethal H5N1 strain that has killed more than 60 people in Asia. READ »

Dead ducks in Eskilstuna

Smörgåsbord: 22 Oct 05
See also: Bird flu "could already be in Sweden"
A number of ducks have been found dead in a creek near Eskilstuna. The birds are now being tested for bird flu, but vets say they could be infected with an entirely different illness. READ »

Bird flu "could already be in Sweden"

Smörgåsbord: 21 Oct 05
Apparently ditching the 'no panic' message of last week, health experts are on high alert, warning that bird flu could already have reached Sweden. And opposition politicans say that the government's measures are inadequate. READ »

Bird flu - Sweden tightens airport controls

National: 19 Oct 05
As the threat of bird flu keeps health officials and pessimists busy, Swedish customs is to increase checks at airports. Not that birds need to use airports. READ »

Akzo Nobel to develop bird flu vaccine

Business & Money: 18 Oct 05
The Dutch-Swedish pharamceutical group Akzo Nobel announces plans to develop a vaccine against the human form of bird flu and that tests would begin next year. READ »

Sweden "must produce own bird flu vaccine"

Science & Technology: 14 Oct 05
Sweden does not have enough flu vaccines - and in the event of a pandemic it does not have the purchasing power to buy enough for the population. Time to start producing them ourselves, says the Board of Health - whatever the cost. READ »

Bird flu fund to protect half a million Swedes

Science & Technology: 26 Mar 05
The Swedish government commits 129 million kronor to meet the goals of the Asian bird flu readiness plan. It's enough to purchase antiviral medication for half a million "key personnel" - good news for garbage collectors, bad news for journalists. READ »

"Stockpile your own flu medication"

Science & Technology: 24 Feb 05
That's the advice of the government's health expert following the news that the Swedish government will only stockpile enough medication to inoculate half a million emergency personnel. That, incidentally, includes garbage collectors. READ »

Is Sweden prepared for a flu pandemic?

Science & Technology: 9 Feb 05
As fears rise of an unstoppable global outbreak of asian bird flu, the head of the infectious diseases unit at the board of health says that Sweden is as well-prepared as any European country. But that's not saying much. READ »

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