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  • Vietnam records second bird flu death this year (18 Mar 2010 04:41)

    ... became the second person to die of bird flu this year in Vietnam, a doctor said. ... death toll after Indonesia, according to the World Health Organization. The H5N1 virus typically spreads from birds to humans ...

  • Bird Flu Discovered In Romanian Chickens (17 Mar 2010 12:59)

    ... 06:45 CDT The first European case of bird flu in over a year was discovered Monday ... 2005 and 2006 outbreaks. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 people worldwide have died of avian flu since 2003, though it is believed that ...

  • City to press ahead with abattoir relocation (17 Mar 2010 06:11)

    ... going to take the fall? he said. Bird flu has killed 282 people worldwide since it ... began ravaging poultry stocks in 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) says on its website. Indonesia is ...

  • Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province (12 Mar 2010 08:56)

    ... Bird flu still rampant in Jambi Province Friday, March ... "highly pathogenic avian influenza". According to the World Health Organization (WHO), avian influenza or "bird flu" is ... with bird flu since 2005. However, the H5N1 type influenza is also known to have ...

  • The Swine Flu Panic of 2009 (12 Mar 2010 13:40)

    ... Keiji Fukuda, an influenza specialist with the World Health Organization (WHO), received a phone call from Nancy ... once worked together to fight the Asian bird flu. Both scientists remembered all too well how ... was probably the horrific images of the avian flu that distorted the experts' view of the ...

  • If black holes strike ' preparing for the worst (15 Mar 2010 07:57)

    ... this test, he said. Another major risk people face, according to Leiss, is a H5N1, better known as bird flu, pandemic. Many scientists have concerns about the dangers of new strains of the flu, ...

  • WHO Flu Research Lab Planned for Indonesia (12 Mar 2010 03:17)

    ... WHO Flu Research Lab Planned for Indonesia The World Health Organization has asked Indonesia for permission to build a bird flu research laboratory in the country, fulfilling a longstanding desire by domestic health care officials ...

  • Canadians debate raising chickens (15 Mar 2010 21:55)

    ... infected eggs. As well, the spread of avian flu around the world in 2005 highlighted how ... bird and human contact. According to the World Health Organization, this virus, which attacks the respiratory system, ...

  • New plan to fight bird flu in Egypt (9 Mar 2010 04:32)

    ... Specialists raise awareness of bird flu in high-risk areas by disseminating materials on ... to curb the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) after a recent upsurge in infections, the ... country by avian influenza, according to the World Health Organization. ae/ed/cb ...

  • New Anti-Influenza Drug Being Developed (9 Mar 2010 11:14)

    ... could be effective for the pandemic H1N1, H5N1 avian influenza and others, Celltrion said. Researchers ... killed more than 16,455, according to the World Health Organization. ...

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