Man, 24, becomes China’s 17th bird-flu fatality (EARTHtimes.org) Beijing - A 24-year-old man has died of avian influenza in eastern China although authorities could find no instances in which he had had contact with birds, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday. Health authorities confirmed an infection of H5... [News Source]

Man dies of bird flu in E China province (Eastday.com) A man in east China's Jiangsu province died of bird flu yesterday, the provincial health department reported. The 24-year-old man, surnamed Lu, developed fever, chills and other symptoms on November 24 and was hospitalized on November 27 after being diagnosed "lower left pneumonia". [News Source]

Chinese man dies from bird flu (Japan Today) BEIJING — A Chinese man died from bird flu on Sunday, becoming the 17th person to die from the disease in China, according to a state-run media report Monday. [News Source]