Latest Bird Flu News

Beijing reports suspected bird-flu fatality (Honolulu Advertiser)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 8:04 pm

Beijing, the most severely infected city during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]

Beijing reports suspected bird-flu fatality (Honolulu Advertiser)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 8:04 pm

Beijing, the most severely infected city during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]

China says 19-year-old woman dies from bird flu.
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 6:00 pm

A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital after contracting the disease last month, the government said Tuesday. [News Source]

India’s West Bengal reports fresh bird flu outbreak.
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 6:00 pm

Health and veterinary workers culled poultry in a densely populated eastern Indian state on Saturday after a fresh outbreak of H5N1 bird flu, officials said. [News Source]

Beijing Reports Fatality in Suspected Bird-Flu Case (Update4) (Bloomberg)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 11:07 am

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing, the most severely infected city during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]

China confirms latest bird flu death (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 8:13 am

China's health ministry has confirmed that a 19-year-old woman died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing on Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. [News Source]

Beijing Reports Fatality in Suspected Bird-Flu Case (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 6:07 am

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing, the most severely infected city during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]

WOMAN DIES OF SUSPECTED BIRD FLU IN BEIJING (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 4:13 am

BEIJING, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- A woman has died of suspected bird flu in Beijing on Monday, state media reported. [News Source]

Beijing Reports Fatality in Suspected Bird-Flu Case (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 4:01 am

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing, the most severely infected city during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]

Vietnam confirms girl infected with bird flu (Philippine News Agency)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 4:01 am

HANOI, Jan. 6 (PNA/Xinhua) -- An eight-year-old Vietnamese girl from northern Thanh Hoa Province has been infected with bird flu and hospitalized, said an official with the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza here on Tuesday. [News Source]

Woman in Beijing dies of suspected bird flu: state media (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 3:55 am

A woman in Beijing has died of suspected bird flu after handling parts of a dead duck, Chinese state media said Tuesday. [News Source]

Beijing Reports Fatality in Suspected Bird-Flu Case (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Tuesday January 06th 2009, 3:39 am

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing, one of the most severely infected cities during the 2003 global SARS epidemic, has reported a possible death from avian flu, as an unusually cold winter saps resistance in the Chinese capital. [News Source]