New death from bird flu in China. A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in the eastern Shandong province, state media has said. [News Source]

China treats toddler for bird flu. A girl aged two is critically ill with the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Shanxi, northern China, in the second case reported by China in as many weeks. [News Source]

China warns of bird flu risk after second fatality (AFP via Yahoo! News) China warned Monday of a rising bird flu risk after a second person died of the virus in less than a month, and said it could be especially dangerous as the nation headed into the Lunar New Year holiday. [News Source]

China confirms second bird flu death this year (Unian) The woman fell ill on January 5 in Shandong province on the country`s east coast and died on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. Two tests on the woman were positive for H5N1 avian influenza, said the ministry, which did not say how she might have contracted the virus. [News Source]

China warns of bird flu risk after second fatality (AFP via Yahoo! News) China warned on Monday of a rising bird flu risk after a second person died of the virus in less than a month, and said it could be especially dangerous as the nation headed into the Lunar New Year holiday. [News Source]

China warns of bird flu risk over Lunar New Year (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after reporting two new cases over the weekend. [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills Second Woman In China (Medical News Today) A second Chinese woman infected with the bird flu virus died in Shandong province on Saturday 17 January, the second person to die from the virus ths year, and in the meantime a 2-year old girl is also confirmed to be infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu. [News Source]

Another bird flu death in China (The Malay Mail) BEIJING: A woman has died of bird flu in Shandong province, State media said yesterday, reporting the nation's second death from the disease this month. The 27-year-old, surnamed Zhang, fell ill on Jan 5 and died on Saturday, Xinhua news agency said. The national disease prevention and control centre confirmed that she was infected with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. [News Source]

China scrambles to stamp out bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) China scrambled Monday to stamp out a revived bird flu threat after a second person died at the most dangerous time of the year with poultry consumption spiking ahead of the nation's main holiday. [News Source]

Woman dies of bird flu in China (New Kerala) Jinan (China), Jan 19 : A woman has died of bird flu in east China's Shandong province, the second death caused by avian influenza in the country this year, an official has said. [News Source]

China Steps Up Poultry Monitoring After Second Bird Flu Death (Bloomberg) Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- China is stepping up monitoring of the sale and transport of live poultry in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after a second person died from bird flu this month and a two-year-old girl was diagnosed with the virus. [News Source]