Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu claims two lives (The Hindu)
Monday March 31st 2008, 5:39 pm

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 12:10 pm

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 8:23 am

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 7:00 am

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 4:58 am

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 4:52 am

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)
Monday March 31st 2008, 1:32 am

[You may not have heard a lot about it lately, but avian flu is still a threat. [News Source]