Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu feared in another Bali patient (Philstar.com)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 11:28 pm

JAKARTA (AFP) - Health authorities on the Indonesian resort island of Bali were Wednesday monitoring a 58-year-old man showing symptoms of bird flu, a day after another woman is thought to have died of the virus. [News Source]

Singapore to make Tangerang pilot project for AI control (Antara News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 11:11 pm

The Singapore government intends to make Tangerang city, just outside Jakarta`s western outskirts, a pilot project for bird flu (avian influenza) control, a local husbandry official said. [News Source]

Balinese man monitored for bird flu (News Interactive)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 10:55 pm

HEALTH authorities on the Indonesian resort island of Bali are monitoring a 58-year-old man showing symptoms of bird flu, a day after another woman is thought to have died of the virus. [News Source]

H5N1 strikes Pakistan poultry again (CIDRAP)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 6:23 pm

Aug 21, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Government officials in Pakistan today announced a recent outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza at a poultry farm in the country's northwest, as Indonesia worked to stamp out the disease on farms on Sulawesi and Italian officials reported low-pathogenic avian flu outbreaks. [News Source]

Russia bans Italian poultry to stop bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 4:40 pm

Russia banned poultry imports from Italy starting Monday to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus after outbreaks in the EU member state, but Italy said the strain was not dangerous and the ban impact was negligible. [News Source]

Study finds key markers for bird flu change (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 2:45 pm

Researchers have found some of the changes that a flu virus needs to become a deadly pandemic strain, and said on Tuesday the H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far made only a few of them. [News Source]

Pakistan culls chickens after H5N1 bird flu found (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 2:25 pm

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in a northwestern town and have culled more than 35,000 birds, a government official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Suspected bird flu victim dies in Indonesia’s Bali (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 1:45 pm

A 28-year-old Indonesian woman suspected of being infected with the bird flu virus died on the resort island of Bali on Tuesday, a health ministry official said. [News Source]

Study finds key markers for bird flu change (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 12:39 pm

Researchers have found some of the changes that a flu virus needs to become a deadly pandemic strain, and said on Tuesday the H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far made only a few of them. [News Source]

Russia bans Italian poultry to stop bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 12:04 pm

Russia banned poultry imports from Italy from Monday to prevent the spread of the bird flu virus after outbreaks in the EU member state, but Italy said the strain was not dangerous and the ban impact was negligible. [News Source]

Pakistan culls chickens after H5N1 bird flu found (Khaleej Times)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 11:31 am

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in a northwestern town and have culled more than 35,000 birds, a government official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Pakistan culls chickens after H5N1 bird flu found (Khaleej Times)
Tuesday August 21st 2007, 11:31 am

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani authorities have detected an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in a northwestern town and have culled more than 35,000 birds, a government official said on Tuesday. [News Source]