Latest Bird Flu News

WHO confirms five human bird flu cases in Vietnam.
Monday September 03rd 2007, 9:00 am

The World Health Organization has confirmed five human bird flu cases in Vietnam, four of them fatal. [News Source]

Indonesia dismisses human-to-human bird flu report (Straits Times)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 7:54 am

JAKARTA - INDONESIA rejected on Monday a study by US researchers that concluded that the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread from person to person during an outbreak last year, saying it was misleading. [News Source]

Bird flu update: 3 September 2007 (SciDev.net)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 7:15 am

Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

Indonesia dismisses human-to-human bird flu report (AlertNet)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 7:04 am

Source: Reuters JAKARTA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia rejected on Monday a study by U.S. researchers that concluded that the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread from person to person during an outbreak last year, saying ... [News Source]

Indonesia denies reports of bird-flu transmission between humans (EARTHtimes.org)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 6:23 am

Jakarta - The Indonesian government on Monday strongly denied news reports quoting a research study saying that bird flu was spread between humans in the country last year. There is nothing new with the research results, Indonesian Minister of Heal... [News Source]

FAO helping Bali eradicate bird flu (The Jakarta Post)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 2:52 am

DENPASAR (Antara): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) helped set up participatory disease surveillance and participatory disease response after the death of two bird flu-related people recently in Bali, an official said. [News Source]

WHO confirms five human bird flu cases in Vietnam (Muzi)
Monday September 03rd 2007, 1:52 am

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed five human bird flu cases in Vietnam, four of them fatal, the U.N. agency said in a statement. The four, including two women, died between June 21 and August 3 while a fifth person, a 29-year-old man, had recovered, it said. [News Source]