Fresh bird flu scare in Malda (The Times of India) MALDA: The district may again be in the grip of bird flu. According to sources, a report from Bhopal has confirmed that the samples sent to the lab have tested positive for avian flu. [News Source]

Fresh bird flu scare in Malda (The Times of India) The district may again be in the grip of bird flu. According to sources, a report from Bhopal has confirmed that the samples sent to the lab have tested positive for avian flu. [News Source]

US denies Indonesia’s allegation on bird flu samples. The United States has flatly denied allegations it was producing biological weapons from bird flu samples sent by Indonesia to the World Health Organization, the English daily The Jakarta Post reported Monday. [News Source]

Dead chickens cause worry in Hong Kong. The spread of flu in Hong Kong appeared to be slowing with only one new outbreak reported, but attention on Saturday shifted to fears of bird flu after dead chickens were found in southeast China. [News Source]

Hong Kong on alert for both flu and bird flu. Hong Kong has suspended live poultry imports from the mainland following another outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring region of Guangdong. [News Source]

StrionAir Air Purification System Proven to Capture, Contain and Kill Avian Influenza Virus (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOUISVILLE, Colo.----StrionAir, the only air purification system proven to kill captured airborne pathogens, today announced the results of a University of Colorado study that found the StrionAir air purification system had a near 100 percent elimination rate for the avian influenza virus. [News Source]

Bird flu kills 11-year-old Vietnamese boy (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Corrects headline and last paragraph to boy from teenager) HANOI, March 17 (Reuters) - Bird flu has killed a 11-year-old boy in northern Vietnam, the fifth casualty from the H5N1 virus ... [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak in southern China: state media. Bird flu has broken out in the south of China killing more than 100 poultry, state media reported Sunday, citing the agriculture ministry. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads in Vietnam (News 24 South Africa) Bird flu has killed a flock of ducks in a central Vietnamese province, raising the number of provinces in which the H5N1 virus have been detected. [News Source]

Hong Kong on alert for both flu and bird flu (News-Medical-Net) Hong Kong has suspended live poultry imports from the mainland following another outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring region of Guangdong. [News Source]

Bird flu kills Vietnamese boy (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - Bird flu has killed a boy in northern Vietnam, the fifth human fatality in the country this year, even as more avian influenza outbreaks have been detected in poultry, officials said Monday. Do Van Huong, 11, died at a Hanoi hospital Friday a... [News Source]

Bird flu spreads in Vietnam (Khaleej Times) HANOI - Bird flu has killed a flock of ducks in a central Vietnamese province, raising the number of provinces in which outbreaks of the H5N1 virus have been detected to 13 since the beginning of this year, an official said Monday. [News Source]