Latest Bird Flu News

Guangdong suspends live poultry shipments to HK on bird flu concerns (Eastday.com)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 8:44 pm

A 21-day suspension of live poultry shipments from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong has been imposed for fear of deadly avian flu spreading, an official at the Guangdong Provincial Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said today. [News Source]

Hong Kong culls chickens after avian flu return.
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 6:00 pm

Hong Kong health authorities said Tuesday they would slaughter more than 80,000 chickens after three dead birds tested positive for the H5 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Hong Kong culls chickens after avian flu return.
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 9:00 am

Hong Kong health authorities said Tuesday they would slaughter more than 80,000 chickens after three dead birds tested positive for the H5 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Hong Kong culls chickens after avian flu return.
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 9:00 am

Hong Kong health authorities said Tuesday they would slaughter more than 80,000 chickens after three dead birds tested positive for the H5 avian flu virus. [News Source]

HK authorities cull thousands of chickens following bird flu scare (Channel NewsAsia)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:51 am

HONG KONG : Hong Kong continues to slaughter tens of thousands of chickens, as experts try to determine if the virus that killed chickens in a farm was the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu. [News Source]

Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:12 am

HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:01 am

Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:01 am

Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:01 am

Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 7:01 am

Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

HK reports first H5 bird flu cases on local farm in 6 years (Vietnam Net)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 6:07 am

Dead chicken found at a Hong Kong farm have tested positive for the H5 strain of the avian influenza virus, which were the first confirmed bird flu cases on a local farm in about six years, health authority said Tuesday. [News Source]

Is Hong Kong’s Bird Flu Vaccine Failing? (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday December 10th 2008, 5:10 am

After culling 80,000 chickens and shutting down the poultry industry for 21 days, Hong Kong is facing its biggest bird flu outbreak in six years - and the question of what to do about it [News Source]