Latest Bird Flu News

Kuwait announces new bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 17th 2007, 4:49 pm

Kuwait announced on Saturday a new case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in a chicken, raising the number to 54 since the outbreak began on February 25. [News Source]

Laos confirms second death in a month.
Saturday March 17th 2007, 1:00 pm

Laos confirmed its second human death from bird flu on Friday, a woman who died earlier this month, after results from a lab used by the World Health Organisation. [News Source]

Kuwait announces new bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 17th 2007, 12:16 pm

Kuwait announced on Saturday a new case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in a chicken, raising the number to 54 since the outbreak began on February 25. [News Source]

CL braces for possible avian flu (Northwest Herald)
Saturday March 17th 2007, 5:23 am

CRYSTAL LAKE – A flu pandemic isn’t a guaranteed occurrence, but there is a strain of avian flu that has public health officials concerned, two educators for the McHenry County Department of Health said Friday. [News Source]

Avian flu measures discussed (The Sentinel)
Saturday March 17th 2007, 1:32 am

A lightly attended afternoon session in Shippensburg Thursday marked the first episode of a Cumberland County American Red Cross “road show” to sharpen awareness of a potential avian flu pandemic. [News Source]