Latest Bird Flu News

More avian flu found in Bangladesh poultry (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 6:08 pm

Dec 23, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Agriculture officials in Bangladesh said today that they have detected another H5N1 avian influenza outbreak on a farm, the country's fifth one since the virus reemerged in poultry flocks in October. [News Source]

Bird flu: culling operations on in West Bengal, Assam (New Kerala)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 3:04 pm

Kolkata/Guwahati, Dec 23: Over 30,000 poultry have been culled in bird flu-hit Malda district of West Bengal while in Assam culling operations have been affected in some areas due to resistance from locals, officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Teen Becomes First in Cambodia to Survive Bird Flu (Fox News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 12:48 pm

A 19-year old Cambodian man has survived the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed seven other people in the poor Southeast Asian nation since 2005, a health ministry official said on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu: culling operations on in West Bengal, Assam (Calcutta News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 8:55 am

Kolkata/Over 30,000 poultry have been culled in bird flu-hit Malda district of West Bengal while in Assam culling operations have been affected in some areas due to resistance from locals, officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

Bangladesh reports bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday December 23rd 2008, 8:28 am

Bangladeshi authorities said Tuesday a new outbreak of bird flu had been detected at a village in the north of the country as they struggled to contain the disease. [News Source]