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China: Bird flu death not from human-human spread
The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months.Genetic analysis indicated the virus spread directly from poultry to the victim, who died Saturday in the southern city of Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Disease Control Center said in a statement reported
The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months.Genetic analysis indicated the virus spread directly from poultry to the victim, who died Saturday in the southern city of Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Disease Control Center said in a statement reported
WHO: 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
WHO warns of bird flu research dangers
The United Nations health agency has voiced deep concern that scientific research undertaken on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences but also acknowledged that tightly-controlled studies needed to continue to limit the possibility of future risks to the global population.
The United Nations health agency has voiced deep concern that scientific research undertaken on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences but also acknowledged that tightly-controlled studies needed to continue to limit the possibility of future risks to the global population.
Bird flu kills 2 Indonesian children on Bali
Two Indonesian children have died of bird flu on the popular tourist island of Bali, the first local deaths from the illness in seven months.
Two Indonesian children have died of bird flu on the popular tourist island of Bali, the first local deaths from the illness in seven months.
Bird flu strikes again, two Bengal villages affected
Less than three months of declaring it free from the dreaded bird flu, the virus has resurfaced in India with confirmed cases being reported from Nadia district of West Bengal. The agriculture
Culling of birds starts in Bengal
Kolkata: The culling of birds began on Tuesday in West Bengal's Nadia district after the union health ministry confirmed that samples had tested positive for bird flu, an official said. 'We have
Kolkata: The culling of birds began on Tuesday in West Bengal's Nadia district after the union health ministry confirmed that samples had tested positive for bird flu, an official said. 'We have
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