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Scientists pause research with lab-bred bird flu
Scientists who created easier-to-spread versions of the deadly bird flu said Friday they're temporarily halting more research, as international specialists debate what should happen next.Researchers from leading flu laboratories around the world signed onto the voluntary moratorium, published Friday in the journals Science and Nature.What the scientists called a "pause" comes amid fierce controversy

Vietnam, Cambodia report bird flu deaths

Vietnam on Thursday confirmed its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, a day after neighboring Cambodia also logged its first fatality this year as new cases of the H5N1 virus are

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Bird flu fears may make eggs cheaper
Cautious exports due to bird flu fear in Orissa and Meghalaya may result in softening of egg and poultry product prices in the domestic market.

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Use humane methods to cull birds, pleads animal rights group

New Delhi: With thousands of birds to be culled in the northeastern part of the country due to fears of bird flu, an animal rights group has urged the government to use humane methods for the

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Bird flu: Odisha begins culling poultry birds
Bhubaneswar: Veterinarians and state officials Thursday began culling poultry birds in parts of Odisha's Khordha district after bird flu was detected in the area. District Collector Roopa Mishra

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Odisha alerts officials after test confirms bird flu
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has alerted all its district authorities in view of the detection of a bird flu case in the state, an official said on Monday."The government sent samples of around 300 birds,

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