Latest Bird Flu News

New cases of bird flu in Sindh, NWFP (Dawn)
Monday April 09th 2007, 11:07 pm

KARACHI, April 9: The government on Monday reported new bird flu cases in poultry farms in Sindh and the North West Frontier Province. [News Source]

Avian Influenza Surveillance System (The Camrose Canadian)
Monday April 09th 2007, 7:04 pm

The Food Safety Division (FSD) of Alberta Agriculture and Food is reaching the final stages of introducing a highly successful surveillance program to detect avian influenza in poultry. [News Source]

Pakistan reports new cases of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday April 09th 2007, 1:09 pm

Pakistani authorities Monday reported two new cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in commercial poultry farms in the country, officials said. [News Source]

Pakistan reports new cases of bird flu in 2 provinces (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
Monday April 09th 2007, 11:05 am

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan reported new bird flu cases on Monday in commercial poultry farms in the southern province of Sindh and in North West Frontier Province, a government official said. [News Source]

Pakistan reports new cases of bird flu in 2 provinces (AlertNet)
Monday April 09th 2007, 10:49 am

Source: Reuters KARACHI, April 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan reported new bird flu cases on Monday in commercial poultry farms in the southern province of Sindh and in North West Frontier Province, a government official ... [News Source]

Cambodian Health Ministry Confirms a Girl Died of Bird Flu (RedNova)
Monday April 09th 2007, 10:29 am

Cambodian health ministry confirms a girl died of bird flu PHNOM PENH, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian Ministry of Health confirmed Friday that a 13-year-old girl from Ponhea Kreak district in Kampong Cham province, which borders Vietnam, died of bird flu on Thursday. [News Source]

Egyptian Girl Diagnosed With Bird Flu Strain (Nasdaq)
Monday April 09th 2007, 4:32 am

(RTTNews) - Maryana Kameel Michael, a 15-year-old Cairo teenager who was admitted to a Cairo hospital on Thursday with high fever, has contracted the potentially deadly bird flu strain, Health Ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin told the state news agency, MENA on Sunday. [News Source]

Cambodian officials take bird flu message to the people (EARTHtimes.org)
Monday April 09th 2007, 3:07 am

Phnom Penh - UN and Cambodian government officials began a campaign Monday to educate rural residents on the dangers and signs of bird flu, or avian influenza. The week-long campaign across eight of Cambodia's 24 provinces and municipalities, began in... [News Source]

Cambodia launches bird flu campaign after new death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Monday April 09th 2007, 1:03 am

Cambodia on Monday kicked off a week-long bird flu awareness blitz following the country's seventh death from the H5N1 virus. [News Source]

State Prepares For Possible Avian Flu Pandemic (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
Monday April 09th 2007, 12:06 am

HONOLULU (KHNL) - A new study says Hawaii could loose billions of dollars -- and thousands of lives -- if we are hit by a severe bird flu pandemic. The report says states that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would be the hardest hit during an avian flu pandemic. [News Source]