Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu kills Cambodian girl: WHO (Antara News)
Saturday April 07th 2007, 7:43 pm

A 13-year-old Cambodian girl has died of bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI), bringing the country`s death toll from the H5N1 virus to seven since 2003, the World Health Organization and the government said in a joint statement last week. [News Source]

III MEF ready to respond if avian flu pandemic hits (Stars and Stripes)
Saturday April 07th 2007, 6:05 pm

CAMP COURTNEY , Okinawa — If the avian flu becomes a real pandemic threat to humans, especially in the Western Pacific, the III Marine Expeditionary Force will be ready. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 74th bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday April 07th 2007, 4:07 pm

Bird flu killed a 29-year-old man in Indonesia after he came into contact with dead chickens, taking the country's human death toll from the disease to 74, the health ministry said Saturday. [News Source]

Bird flu death toll mounts as 2 more die.
Saturday April 07th 2007, 11:00 am

The bird flu virus racing through Asia killed a teenager in hardest-hit Indonesia and a young girl from Cambodia, both after being admitted to hospitals in serious condition, health officials said on Friday. [News Source]

Avian Flu discovered at WV turkey farm (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Saturday April 07th 2007, 8:56 am

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Four countries have temporarily restricted imports of West Virginia poultry following the discovery of avian flu at a turkey farm in Pendleton County, which borders Virginia. [News Source]

Another bird flu death in Indonesia brings death toll to 74 (EARTHtimes.org)
Saturday April 07th 2007, 12:37 am

Jakarta- A 29-year-old man has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's total number of human deaths from the H5N1 strain of the virus to 74 - the world's highest, a health official said Saturday. The man, identified as Suramto, died Thu... [News Source]