Seventh Human Dies Of Bird Flu Infection In Cambodia (Medical News Today) A 13-year-old girl became infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain and died, the Ministry of Health, Combodia, has confirmed - she is the seventh person to become ill with the virus in the country so far, the first one this year. The girl developed bird flu like symptoms on 2nd April, was hospitalized on 3rd April and died on 5th April. [click link for full article] [News Source]

14th Human Dies Of Bird Flu In Egypt (Medical News Today) The Ministry of Health, Egypt, has confirmed that a 15-year-old girl died of bird flu infection on 10th April. The girl had developed bird flu like symptoms on 30th March and was hospitalized on 5th April - she was from Cairo Governate. So far, 34 humans have become infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus strain in Egypt, of which 14 have died. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Drug firms gear up to fight bird flu (The Times of India) Even as the bird flu outbreak is being reported from countries as close as B'desh, major drug firms are bracing up to face the possible risk to human health. [News Source]

Egypt to spend 40 million dollars fighting bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Sunday allocated 240 million pounds (42 million dollars) to the ministries of health and agriculture to help combat bird flu, the official MENA news agency said. [News Source]

Bird flu kills Cambodian girl (PhysOrg) A new outbreak of bird flu has killed a teenage girl in Cambodia. [News Source]