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- 'U.N. team studying bird flu outbreaks in South Korea (USA Today)
A team of experts from a U.N. crisis management center is studying the spread of bird flu in South Korea after three outbreaks this month forced the country's authorities to cull more than a million poultry, a U.N. food agency said Tuesday.
'France tests dead birds, does not suspect bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Officials are carrying out tests to see what caused the deaths of some 4,000 chickens on a farm in northeastern France, but initial indications did not point to bird flu, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.
'Bird flu ruled out after French poultry deaths (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The French agriculture ministry has said that bird flu is not responsible for the deaths of several thousand chickens on a farm in the east of the country.
'BIRD FLU RULED OUT AFTER FRENCH POULTRY DEATHS (The Tocqueville Connection)
PARIS, France, Dec 19, 2006 (AFP) - The French agriculture ministry said Tuesday that bird flu is not responsible for the deaths of several thousand chickens on a farm in the east of the country.
'Bird flu ruled out in France chicken deaths (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of a huge wave of chicken deaths in France.
'Charlie Bird Webchat (RTÉ News)
The best-known Irish journalist of his generation, RTÉ's Chief News Correspondent Charlie Bird has been breaking key domestic stories and reporting on international affairs for over 25 years.
'UMd testing bird flu vaccine cultured in cells, not eggs (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
BALTIMORE A bird flu vaccine being tested at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is cultured in laboratory-grown cells and not chicken eggs like traditional vaccines.
'Bird flu ruled out in France chicken deaths (ITV.com)
Bird flu has been ruled out as the cause of a huge wave of chicken deaths in France. Some 4,000 chickens on a farm in north eastern France died suddenly on Saturday, while another 3,500 chickens at the farm appeared completely healthy.
'2006: What ever happened to bird flu? (MSNBC)
The biggest question in health news at the end of 2006 is: What ever happened to bird flu? NBC News' Robert Bazell looks back at the fears for a pandemic at the beginning of 2006 and what to watch in 2007.
'No bird flu at St.Petersburg zoo - Onishchenko (Interfax)
MOSCOW. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Tests have not confirmed a bird flu outbreak at the zoo in St.Petersburg, Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief sanitary official and head of consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, told Interfax on Monday.
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