Latest Bird Flu News

Third Egyptian child tests positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 7:02 pm

A third Egyptian child has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in Egypt to 32, state news agency MENA said on Saturday. [News Source]

‘Random’ bird flu baffles Indonesian scientists (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 5:08 pm

Indonesian scientists said they remained baffled by the "random" behaviour of the bird flu virus afflicting the country, after a top-level meeting here. [News Source]

Bird flu cull devastates Kuwait’s egg production (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 3:22 pm

Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the emirate's layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]

Two more Egyptian children stricken with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 3:21 pm

Two more children from impoverished southern Egypt have been infected with the deadly avian flu virus, raising to 31 the number of cases reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. [News Source]

Two more Egyptian children stricken with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 11:04 am

Two more children from impoverished southern Egypt have been infected with the deadly avian flu virus, raising to 31 the number of cases reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. [News Source]

Indonesian doctor treated for suspected bird flu.
Saturday March 31st 2007, 11:00 am

A doctor who had been treating a 15-year-old boy who died from bird flu is being treated in an isolation ward after developing symptoms of the disease, a hospital official said on Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu cull devastates Kuwait’s egg production (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 31st 2007, 6:42 am

Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the emirate's layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]