Inspectors find no bird flu (Safe bird toy)
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Inspectors who blitzed more than 100 Asian restaurants and grocery stores in Michigan looking for poultry smuggled in from areas of China stricken with bird flu said Friday that they found no trace of the disease.
WHO test: 3-year-old Indonesian girl died of bird flu
JAKARTA (AP): A World Health Organization laboratory test confirmed the death of a 3-year-old girl from bird flu, bringing the number of people killed in Indonesia to at least 41, a health official said Friday.
Indonesian Man Dies From Bird Flu
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 44-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia, a senior health official said Sunday, putting the country on the cusp of being the world’s hardest hit by the disease.The man died July 12 after being hospitalized for two days with high fever, coughing and breathing difficulties, said the official, Nyoman Kandun.
WHO confirms 3-year-old Indonesia girl died of bird flu
_ The World Health Organization has confirmed a 3-year-old Indonesian girl who died earlier this month was infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu, a Health Ministry official said Friday.
Indonesia doctor urges fast bird flu test in humans
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A rapid test for bird flu infections in humans is key for existing treatments to be more effective, a doctor from a hospital in the Indonesian capital treating patients with the disease said on Thursday.
Bird flu: Unpaid farmers in Nigeria could lose farms to creditors
Poultry farmers in Nigeria whose 300,000 birds were culled this year following an outbreak of the deadly strain of H5N1 avian flu say they could lose their farms to creditors over bank loan default.
Bird flu vaccine
For the past two months, Observer Health Editor Jo Revill has been taking part in a clinical trial of the safety of a vaccine for the human form of bird flu.
Indonesia confirms 41st bird flu death
Indonesia confirmed its 41st death from bird flu after tests by a World Health Organization-affiliated laboratory showed a three-year-old girl had died of the virus.
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