Latest Bird Flu News

WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death (Dawn)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 10:47 pm

ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. [News Source]

Pakistan’s human bird flu cases rise to 8 (People’s Daily)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 10:43 pm

World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday the cases of H5N1 avian influenza among people in Pakistan have risen to eight. WHO spokesman Greg Hartl gave the confirmation about the first such cases in Pakistan's remote North-West F ... [News Source]

Pakistan’s first bird flu death probed (TVNZ)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 6:41 pm

Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. [News Source]

First human bird flu cases in Pakistan (CNN.com)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 4:41 pm

Eight cases of bird flu among people have been confirmed in Pakistan, the first such cases in the country, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. [News Source]

Pakistan’s first bird flu death probed (TVNZ)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 2:52 pm

Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. [News Source]

WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 2:25 pm

Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. [News Source]

WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death (Environmental News Network)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 11:09 am

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities and World Health Organization experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus. Pakistani health officials confirmed at the weekend that eight people had tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus in North West Frontier Province since late ... [News Source]

Bird flu is on the move again.
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 11:00 am

The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case. [News Source]

Large bird flu cluster emerges.
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 11:00 am

A team of experts from the World Heath Organization is making its way north in Pakistan to investigate a cluster of at least eight cases of avian flu in people living near the Afghan border. [News Source]

Tests negative on L.I. man whose relatives had avian flu.
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 11:00 am

Avian flu in Pakistan nearly touched the US this month when a 38-year-old Nassau County resident returned from visiting family members who were later confirmed to be part of Pakistan’s first cluster of human infections. [News Source]

WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 9:45 am

Pakistani authorities and World Health Organization experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus.

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WHO probes Pakistan’s first bird flu death (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Tuesday December 18th 2007, 9:45 am

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities and World Health Organization experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus.

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