Thailand to host bird-flu conference (People’s Daily) Thailand will host an international conference from Jan. 23-25 on avian influenza aimed at finding the best solution to dealing with and preventing outbreaks of the bird flu virus. About 400 scientists and health experts from 40 cou ... [News Source]

Bird flu in West Bengal? (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Amid fears that the huge number of deaths of poultry birds in West Bengal is from the avian influenza virus, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Monday sent a team to the affected districts. The Union Health ... [News Source]

State sounds bird flu alert (The Times of India) The deadly H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in poultry may be back, and in our own backyard. [News Source]

State sounds bird flu alert (The Times of India) RAMPURHAT/KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: The deadly H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in poultry may be back, and in our own backyard. The possibility seems strong with nearly 19,000 chickens having died in Margram village and adjoining blocks of Rampurhat in Birbhum district between January 8 and 13. [News Source]

First report confirms bird flu in West Bengal, Central health teams at Ground Zero (Express India) As West Bengal worked on an action plan to contain a suspected outbreak of avian flu in two blocks of Birbhum district... [News Source]

Bird flu scare grips Bengal (The Times of India) The deadly H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu virus in poultry may have resurfaced in India, this time in West Bengal's Birbhum district. [News Source]

Bird flu testing is cut despite fears virus has spread. Testing for the spread of bird flu in Britain has been heavily cut, even as the danger from the disease has escalated, an Independent on Sunday investigation has revealed. And there is disturbing evidence that even such testing as is carried out is seriously flawed. [News Source]

Bird flu may be easily transmissible between humans. A 32-year-old Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, the health ministry said in a statement Monday, bringing the toll to 95 in the nation worst hit by the H5N1 virus. [News Source]

Thailand to host bird-flu conference (New Kerala) Bangkok, Jan 14 : Thailand will host an international conference Jan 23-25 to discuss the best ways to deal with and prevent outbreaks of the avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu revisited (Malaya) our years ago, news about avian influenza or bird flu provoked a global near-panic when a United Nations spokesman and former World Health Organization staffer announced that the death toll from a pandemic (global epidemic) of the disease could reach up to 700 million people. [News Source]

Bird flu scare in Indian state. Authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal have begun investigating the death of some 10,000 poultry birds in two villages. [News Source]

Thailand to host bird-flu conference (The Nation) Thailand will host an international conference on avian influenza aimed at finding the best solution to dealing with and preventing outbreaks of the bird flu virus. [News Source]