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- 'China reports third human death from bird flu (US News & World Report)
BEIJING?China confirmed its third human death from bird flu Thursday, saying a 41-year-old woman from the country's southeast succumbed to the virulent H5N1 strain.
'China not sharing bird flu samples - WHO (Stuff)
BEIJING: China is still not sharing virus samples from animal bird flu outbreaks, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, a day after Beijing announced the country's third human death from the disease.
'WHO warning after new China bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China's third confirmed bird flu death highlights the danger of small, undetected H5N1 outbreaks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, as authorities probed how the victim fell ill.
'After year of nasty surprises, world braces for more bird flu in 2006 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu cemented itself as one of the world's major health concerns in 2005 with dozens more deaths in Asia and the spread of the virus to Europe, sparking massive vaccination programs and other emergency measures.
'More bird flu cases confirmed in Romania (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the deadly strain of bird flu virus in seven more samples sent from sites in southeast Romania, officials said.
'Bad vaccines may trigger China bird flu-expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China is most likely using substandard poultry vaccine or not enough good vaccine, which would explain recent outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry, a prominent virologist said on Thursday.
'WHO says China still not sharing bird flu samples (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China is still not sharing virus samples from animal bird flu outbreaks, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a day after Beijing announced the country's third human death from the disease.
'China announces third human bird flu death, seventh case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China has announced the country's seventh human case of bird flu and third fatality from the H5N1 virus, state media said.
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