Bird Flu
10 most important world events of 2006
February 22, 2011Among the internet pop ups, the celebrity life events; the 2006 was a year full of important events for human being. 1. Bird flu – People watched nervously as the infamous disease spread from Asia to Europe. But flu season died down before disaster...
Swine Flu follies: Reactions and overreactions to virus's spread
November 10, 2009As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. Moldova: Add Politics And Stir In Moldova, which has 269 confirmed...
Far-Flung Cases Heighten World Flu Battle
April 29, 2009The World Health Organization has raised its pandemic alert level from "phase 3" to "phase 4," indicating that the UN agency believes a potential pandemic virus has shown that it could be transmitted around the world easily from person...
Bird flu death toll mounts in Indonesia, worldwide
December 11, 2007A woman has died of bird flu in Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to almost 100, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The 28 year-old woman was admitted to the Persahabatan Hospital with severe pneumonia...
China reports human death from bird flu
December 03, 2007A 24-year-old man in Jiangsu province in east China died of bird flu, the 17th human victim of the deadly virus in the country, Xinhua reported Monday. Local health officials said the man died Sunday after developing fever, chills and other bird flu...
Deadly bird flu found on Suffolk farm
November 13, 2007British health officials confirmed Tuesday the presence of the deadly strain of bird flu was found on a turkey farm in eastern England. About 5,000 turkeys, 1,000 ducks and 500 geese were expected to be culled after the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain...
Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
October 01, 2007Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu. Russia's agricultural watchdog says the lethal HRN1 avian flu virus was discovered after some 500 chickens...
France reports four ducks found with bird flu
August 15, 2007French authorities say four ducks have tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu in northeastern France. The ducks were found dead last week in an area known as Diane Capelle in the Moselle region. Two dead swans had already been discovered...
Bird Flu Spreads to 10th Province in Vietnam
May 29, 2007Vietnamese agriculture authorities say the current outbreak of bird flu has spread to two more provinces, bringing the number of cities and provinces affected by the disease to 10. The national animal health department says about 2,000 birds were...
Bird flu kills teenagers in Indonesia and Cambodia
April 06, 2007The bird flu virus racing through Asia killed a teenager in hardest-hit Indonesia and a young girl from Cambodia, both after being admitted to hospitals in serious condition, health officials said Friday. The 15-year-old girl from Indonesia's bustling...