Latest Bird Flu News

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
Friday March 20th 2009, 11:26 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]

Bird flu, Ebola virus accidents in European labs raise biosecurity concerns.
Friday March 20th 2009, 10:00 am

Lab accidents involving bird flu and Ebola viruses have increased biosecurity fears in Europe where public health experts say research on dangerous pathogens needs to be more strictly monitored. [News Source]

Congressional chicken run.
Friday March 20th 2009, 10:00 am

There's no evidence humans can contract the bird flu virus from cooked chicken, which is the only type of poultry China wants to export to the U.S. [News Source]

Toddler dies from bird flu (Việt Nam News)
Friday March 20th 2009, 4:17 am

HCM CITY — A patient in HCM City’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases who tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus died yesterday afternoon, the Department of Health announced. [News Source]

Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam | World News | Ipswich Queensland Times (Queensland Times)
Friday March 20th 2009, 3:43 am

A three-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four days in hospital, a health official said on Friday, bringing Vietnam's bird-flu death toll to three this year. [News Source]

Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam | World News | Lismore Northern Star (Northern Star)
Friday March 20th 2009, 3:42 am

A three-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four days in hospital, a health official said on Friday, bringing Vietnam's bird-flu death toll to three this year. [News Source]

Boy dies of bird flu in Vietnam (Toowoomba Chronicle)
Friday March 20th 2009, 3:39 am

A three-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four days in hospital, a health official says. [News Source]

Boy, 3, dies of bird flu in Vietnam (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Friday March 20th 2009, 2:54 am

A three-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four days in hospital, a health official says. [News Source]

3-year-old in Vietnam dies of bird flu (EARTHtimes.org)
Friday March 20th 2009, 2:20 am

Hanoi - A 3-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four days in hospital, a health official said Friday, bringing Vietnam's bird-flu death toll to three this year. Nguyen Van Chau, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department... [News Source]