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- 'Bird flu fears fail to dampen appetites at Spanish poultry feast (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Europe might be on high alert for bird flu, but the scare has failed to put off appetites in the eastern Spanish town of Vilafranca del Penedes, where pre-Christmas tradition centres around a feast of poultry consumption.
'Christmas turkey down on bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Turkey will once again be the most popular dish at Christmas dinners this year but concern about the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu may prompt some to opt for roast beef, industry sources said.
'US health agency says China open on bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China and the United States are cooperating on efforts to understand deadly bird flu, a major shift from Beijing's handling of SARS, U.S. National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni said on Tuesday.
'Doctors find more evidence bird flu can evade drug (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Doctors in Vietnam reported on Wednesday they had found more evidence that the H5N1 bird flu virus can quickly mutate into a form that resists the effect of the frontline drug Tamiflu.
'Indonesia Fights Bird Flu House to House in Jakarta (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia's door-to-door bird-flu surveillance will begin in Jakarta tomorrow as the government boosts efforts to curb the disease that has killed at least nine people in the country.
'On bird flu, China now eager to help, US says (Boston Globe)
BEIJING -- China and the United States are cooperating on efforts to understand deadly bird flu, a major shift from Beijing's handling of SARS, US National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni said yesterday.
'Alston & Bird Ups Rookie Pay by $15K (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A salary war is heating up in the Atlanta area. Alston & Bird raised salaries Tuesday for 2006 first-year associates to $115,000 -- the firm's first raise in associate compensation since 2000.
'Secretary Johanns Asks for Bird Flu Funding (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government needs billions of dollars from Congress to better prepare for the possibility of a bird flu outbreak, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday.
'China Hands Over Bird Flu Virus Strains to WHO (RedNova)
China hands over bird flu virus strains to WHO BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday handed over H5N1 human case isolates to the World Health Organization (WHO).
'Nineteenth confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Romania (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A new outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Romania in poultry in the southeastern town of Chichinetu, an official of the veterinary health authority said.
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