Death toll in Egypt from bird flu now 14 (News-Medical-Net) Health officials in Egypt say a teenage girl who was recently diagnosed with the deadly H5N1 bird flu has succumbed to the virus. [News Source]

Egyptian girl dies of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) A teenage girl from Cairo has died of bird flu, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, bringing to 14 the number of Egyptians who have succumbed to the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. [News Source]

If it arrives, bird flu may infect 35% of population. UAE bird flu experts expect more than 5,000 deaths out of 1.5 million cases should the disease become easily transmitted between humans. [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreading (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds more infections, quote) DHAKA, April 11 (Reuters) - Bird flu is spreading among poultry in Bangladesh despite persistent efforts by veterinary and health personnel to contain it, ... [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreading (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) DHAKA (Reuters) - Bird flu is spreading among poultry in Bangladesh despite persistent efforts by veterinary and health personnel to contain it, fisheries and livestock ministry officials said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu’s human toll (Middle East Times) PARIS -- The number of human deaths caused by bird flu continues to rise around the world, with a 15-year-old girl in Cairo being the latest victim, according to the Egyptian authorities. [News Source]

'Surveillance to check bird flu along Bangladesh border increased' (ANI via Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, Apr 11 (ANI): Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said on Wednesday that surveillance across the border with Bangladesh was increased after the bird flu virus, H5N1, spread to the southern region of that country. Bangladesh has confirmed that bird flu spread despite persistent efforts by hundreds of veterinary and health officials to control. However, Ramadoss said no human case ... [News Source]

Money for bird-flu drug not in budgets (Orlando Sentinel) Health experts are warning that the world could be on the threshold of a crippling pandemic if the avian-flu virus mutates to the point where it spreads among humans. [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to southern region (Khaleej Times) DHAKA - Bird flu has spread to the southern region of Bangladesh, despite persistent efforts by veterinary and health personnel to contain it, a senior official of the fisheries and livestock ministry said. [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to southern region (Khaleej Times) DHAKA - Bird flu has spread to the southern region of Bangladesh, despite persistent efforts by veterinary and health personnel to contain it, a senior official of the fisheries and livestock ministry said. [News Source]

Egyptian girl dies of bird flu (Khaleej Times) CAIRO - A teenage girl from Cairo has died of bird flu, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, bringing to 14 the number of Egyptians who have succumbed to the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to southern region (AlertNet) Source: Reuters DHAKA, April 11 (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to the southern region of Bangladesh, despite persistent efforts by veterinary and health personnel to contain it, a senior official of the fisheries ... [News Source]