Human Bird Flu Cases Found This Year Equal 2005 Level (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 35-year-old woman in Indonesia, raising the number of cases worldwide this year to 95, the same number reported in the whole of 2005, as health authorities study whether the virus is spreading between humans. [News Source]

Human Bird Flu Cases Reach 95 This Year, Matching 2005 Level (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 35-year-old woman in Indonesia, raising the number of cases worldwide this year to 95, the same number reported in the whole of 2005, as health authorities study whether the virus is spreading among humans. [News Source]

Officials Testing Birds For Avian Flu Virus (WTOL News 11) CRANE CREEK STATE PARK -- Even though it's not a public health crisis, the fact that a bird in our area tested positive for a type of bird flu has officials on alert and taking action. [News Source]

Human Bird Flu Cases Reach 95 This Year, Matching 2005 Level (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 35-year-old woman in Indonesia, raising the number of cases worldwide this year to 95, the same number reported in the whole of 2005, as health authorities study whether the virus is spreading among humans. [News Source]

Bird flu: Who’s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh) In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity. [News Source]

In the fight against bird flu (Financial Express) The World Health Organisation (WTO) is the agency most active in coordinating the fight against bird flu. [News Source]

Regional Asia health meet seeks bird flu strategy (Yahoo! India News) DHAKA (Reuters) - South and southeast Asian countries met to discuss health strategies, including the fight against bird flu, in Bangladesh on Sunday ahead of a regional meeting of the World Health Organisation. [News Source]

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu in village hard hit by the virus. A woman has died of bird flu in an Indonesian village where authorities were investigating a possible cluster of human cases of the H5N1 virus, a health official said Sunday. [News Source]

Indonesia Bird Flu Outbreak Prompts Culling, Free Tamiflu (CattleNetwork.com) JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--The Indonesian government said late Saturday it has responded to the emergence of new human cases of H5N1 avian influenza by culling poultry and distributing free doses of Roche Holding AG's (RHHBY) Tamiflu drug. [News Source]

Officials Testing Birds For Avian Flu Virus (WTOL News 11) CRANE CREEK STATE PARK -- Even though it's not a public health crisis, the fact that a bird in our area tested positive for a type of bird flu has officials on alert and taking action. [News Source]