Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Tuesday March 31st 2009, 1:13 pm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Govt sets up more labs to test human samples for bird flu (The Times of India)
Monday March 30th 2009, 3:20 pm

India is now on a major drive to step up its diagnostic capabilities for detection of human infection with Avian Influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Monday March 30th 2009, 10:28 am

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Something in the air.
Monday March 30th 2009, 10:00 am

Research shows that although air conditioning in your home, car and workplace can aid asthma and allergy sufferers, neglected units can lead to all manner of serious health conditions. [News Source]

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Sunday March 29th 2009, 1:13 pm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Toddler contracts bird flu (News 24 South Africa)
Sunday March 29th 2009, 5:03 am

A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006. [News Source]

Two-year-old girl contracts bird flu (Gulf Times)
Saturday March 28th 2009, 4:59 pm

AFP/Cairo A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, a health ministry spokesman said yesterday. [News Source]

Egyptian toddler contracts bird flu (Middle East Times)
Saturday March 28th 2009, 3:11 pm

Chicken sit in a farm near Jamasa city, 170 kms north of Cairo. A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, a health ministry spokesman has said. [News Source]

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Saturday March 28th 2009, 1:13 pm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Egyptian toddler contracts bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saturday March 28th 2009, 10:14 am

A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday. [News Source]

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Friday March 27th 2009, 1:13 pm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver, BC. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Nigeria: Mass Campaign Against Bird Flu Kicks Off in Kano (AllAfrica.com)
Friday March 27th 2009, 7:32 am

Mass awareness campaign against Avian Influenza has kicked off in Kano, with a view to forestalling future recurrence of the outbreak. [News Source]