Latest Bird Flu News

Another person tested positive for bird flu.
Monday August 21st 2006, 9:00 am

A woman, 35, one of the four bird flu suspects in Garut, Indonesia's West Java province, was tested positive and eventually died. [News Source]

Health meet seeks bird flu strategy (Gulf Times)
Monday August 21st 2006, 4:18 am

DHAKA: South and southeast Asian countries met to discuss health strategies, including the fight against bird flu, in Bangladesh yesterday ahead of a regional meeting of the World Health Organisation. [News Source]

Human Bird Flu Cases Found This Year Equal 2005 Level (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Monday August 21st 2006, 2:33 am

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]