Bird flu showing signs of mutation: China expert (Windsor Star) HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of China's top doctors has said that the H5N1 bird flu virus has shown signs of mutation and can kill human victims more easily if treatment is not given early enough, newspapers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

S.Korea culls 3 million birds as bird flu spreads fast (Windsor Star) SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it had culled 3 million farmed birds and confirmed three more outbreaks of bird flu, as the country grapples with its worst avian influenza outbreak in four years. [News Source]

‘Risk of humans catching bird flu is growing due to failure to stop virus in poultry’. The risk of a human influenza pandemic growing as the bird flu virus becomes entrenched in poultry in more countries, health officials warned today. [News Source]

Officials told bird flu has spread to the Seoul area (JoongAng Daily) Despite nonstop efforts to halt the worst outbreak of bird flu ever to hit the country, a new case has hit Korea¡¯s capital city, prompting the slaughter of more than 300 poultry and the quarantining of the bird areas in nearby parks, a government body said yesterday. [News Source]

Risk of bird flu pandemic probably growing (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The risk of a human influenza pandemic remains real and is probably growing as the bird flu virus becomes entrenched in poultry in more countries, health officials warned on Tuesday. [News Source]

‘Risk of humans catching bird flu is growing due to failure to stop virus in poultry’ (Daily Mail) The risk of a human influenza pandemic growing as the bird flu virus becomes entrenched in poultry in more countries, health officials warned today [News Source]

Risk of bird flu pandemic probably growing-experts (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 6 (Reuters) - The risk of a human influenza pandemic remains real and is probably growing as the bird flu virus becomes entrenched in poultry in more countries, ... [News Source]

South Korea’s bird flu outbreak spreads to Seoul (Reuters via Yahoo! News) South Korea's worst outbreak of bird flu has spread to the capital with agriculture ministry officials saying on Tuesday four dead birds raised at a Seoul district government office had tested positive. [News Source]