Bird flu virus kills Chinese man A man who had been diagnosed with China's first case of bird flu in more than a year dies in the southern city of Shenzhen, health officials say. [News Source]

Human bird flu case in China city China reports its first human case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus for 18 months, in the southern city of Shenzhen. [News Source]

China reports first bird flu case in 18 months China has reported its first human case of bird flu in 18 months, after a bus driver in the massive southern boomtown of Shenzhen tested positive for the deadly virus. [News Source]

China suspects bus driver infected with bird flu Local health authorities say a bus driver has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Shenzhen [News Source]

China suspects bus driver infected with bird flu Local health authorities say a bus driver has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Shenzhen [News Source]

Report: Chinese man likely infected with bird flu A 39-year-old man in a southern Chinese hospital is suffering from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported Friday. The man -- identified by Xinhua as a bus driver with the surname Chen -- was hospitalized in Shenzhen on December 21 as he battled a fever. He tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a provincial health department said Friday, according ... [News Source]

Malaysia Bird Flu-Free KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia has been free of the 'Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza' or bird flu since Sept 2 2007, said Veterinary Services Department director-general Dr Abd Aziz Jamaluddin. [News Source]

WHO: Bird Flu Research Raises Safety Questions WHO says controversy over research into deadly bird flu mutations highlights safety issues [News Source]

WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions Associated Press Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:37 a.m., Friday, December 30, 2011 GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded ... [News Source]

Report: Chinese man likely infected with bird flu A 39-year-old man is in a southern Chinese hospital suffering from what appears to be a contagious strain of avian flu, state media reported Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu research raises safety questions The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans. [News Source]

Mutated Bird Flu Research Worries World Health Organization Research on the H5N1 influenza (bird flu) virus' human transmissibility is seriously starting to worry WHO (World Health Organization) experts - in a written statement, the authors express concern about the potential risks linked to this research. The possible negative consequences of some experiments are serious and potentially dangerous. However, WHO adds that in cases where scientists work ... [News Source]