Latest Bird Flu News

South Korea reports new bird flu case (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:32 pm

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's agriculture ministry reported a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in the southwest Monday, the third in less than a month, and ordered immediate culling and quarantine measures. [News Source]

South Korea reports new bird flu case (TODAYonline)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:29 pm

Health officials in November conduct an investigation at a village in Iksan, south of Seoul. South Korea's agriculture ministry has reported another bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in the country's southwest, the third in less than a month. [News Source]

South Korea reports new bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:09 pm

South Korea's agriculture ministry has reported a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in the country's southwest, the third in less than a month. [News Source]

S. Korea confirms new case of highly pathogenic bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 10:31 pm

_ South Korea confirmed Monday it has detected a new outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu virus at a quail farm in North Jeolla Province in the country's southwest following two outbreaks in the same province. [News Source]

South Korea reports new bird flu case (The Nation)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 10:19 pm

SEOUL - South Korea's agriculture ministry on Monday reported a bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in the country's southwest, the third in less than a month. [News Source]

S.Korea says third bird flu case confirmed (AlertNet)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 9:40 pm

Source: Reuters (Adds confirmation by ministry, detail) SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it had found a third case of highly pathogenic bird flu in North Cholla province ... [News Source]

S.Korea says third bird flu case confirmed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 9:27 pm

South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it had found a third case of highly pathogenic bird flu in North Cholla province south of Seoul. [News Source]

WHO acknowledges China’s cooperation on bird flu (Muzi)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:31 am

The World Health Organization, which last month blasted China for not being transparent about its bird flu outbreak, said it was satisfied with Beijing's collaboration in fighting the disease. [News Source]

Updated pandemic flu plan released.
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:00 am

The federal government released the latest version of Canada's pandemic influenza plan Saturday, the first official update of the plan in nearly two years. [News Source]

Tracking the next pandemic?
Sunday December 10th 2006, 11:00 am

A coalition of organic farmers in Massachusetts is opposed to a new federal program designed to prevent the spread of mad cow disease and bird flu by tracking the locations and movements of the country's livestock. [News Source]

Bird flu not a danger to hunters (The Leaf Chronicle)
Sunday December 10th 2006, 6:13 am

There have been no reported cases of avian influenza, also known as bird flu, in the United States, but some hunters have been worried about handling wild waterfowl taken during the hunting season. [News Source]