Latest Bird Flu News

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

More Bird Flu Deaths in Humans Reported as Milestone Is Passed (U.S. Department of State)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 5:48 pm

Indonesian health authorities are reporting another human death from a dangerous strain of avian influenza -- the fourth in that nation in 2007, according to case histories compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO). Indonesia’s latest deaths push its fatalities from this strain of bird flu -- H5N1-- to 61, the highest number for any of the 10 countries where humans have become infected with ... [News Source]

Benguet bird flu ordinance declared illegal (INQ7.net)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 2:51 pm

BUGUIAS, BENGUET—The provincial legal office has declared as unlawful an ordinance passed by this town’s council that sought to prevent the spread of the avian influenza or bird flu virus. [News Source]

Feds award bird flu vaccine contracts to Novartis, Glaxo (CNN Money)
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 1:10 pm

The U.S. government awarded Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline contracts worth more than $100 million to develop vaccines to protect against the possibility of a bird flu pandemic, the drug companies said. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in southern Japan identified as virulent H5N1 strain.
Wednesday January 17th 2007, 12:00 pm

Tests have confirmed that bird flu detected in chickens in southern Japan was the virulent H5N1 strain that has caused more than 160 human deaths worldwide. [News Source]