Bird flu claims two lives (The Hindu) Jakarta: Two more persons have died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 107, said the Health Ministry on Monday. One of the victims was a 15-year-old boy and the second was a ... [News Source]

Two Indonesian youths die of bird flu (Stuff) Two Indonesian youths have died from bird flu, a health ministry official said, taking the confirmed death toll in the country worst affected by the virus to 107. [News Source]

Bird flu can mutate to infect humans (Russian Information Agency Novosti) MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti interview with Professor Dmitry Lvov) - The international medical community has met in Bali for the Sixth International Bird Flu Summit to discuss the possibility of mutations in the avian flu virus leading to human pandemics. [News Source]

Kolkata chicken lovers dare bird flu (Calcutta News) Bird flu has resurfaced in two districts of West Bengal but consumers here seem undeterred, though a large part of the supply of the chicken they eat comes from Malda, where the flu resurfaced a fortnight ago, and from Cooch Behar, the district adjoining Jalpaiguri where a cull is on. [News Source]

Kolkata chicken lovers dare bird flu (New Kerala) Kolkata, March 31 : Bird flu has resurfaced in two districts of West Bengal but consumers here seem undeterred, though a large part of the supply of the chicken they eat comes from Malda, where the flu resurfaced a fortnight ago, and from Cooch Behar, the district adjoining Jalpaiguri where a cull is on. [News Source]

Bird flu kills 2 more in Indonesia (USA Today) Two more people have died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the country worst hit by the virus to 107, the health ministry said Monday. [News Source]

Avian flu still a threat (Grand Island Independent) [You may not have heard a lot about it lately, but avian flu is still a threat. [News Source]

Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An Indonesian child has tested positive for bird flu, pushing the country's total confirmed human cases to 130, a health ministry official said on Monday. [News Source]

Indonesian child tests positive for bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters JAKARTA, March 31 (Reuters) - An Indonesian child has tested positive for bird flu, pushing the country's total confirmed human cases to 130, a health ministry official said on Monday. Lily ... [News Source]

Ducks, people and paddies make deadly bird flu combo (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge - Concentrations of ducks, rice paddies and people are primarily responsible for outbreaks of potentially deadly bird flu across Asia, according to The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). [News Source]

Culling begins in Bird flu hit areas in WB (The Times of India) JALPAIGURI: Culling operation which was delayed in bird flu-hit Jalpaiguri district on Friday began on Saturday with 40 teams fanning out to the affected blocks even as people engaged in the drive were quarantined in Malda district. [News Source]

Culling begins in Bird flu hit areas in WB (The Times of India) Culling operation which was delayed in bird flu-hit Jalpaiguri district began with 40 teams fanning out to the affected blocks. [News Source]