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- 'Vietnam culls 10,000 chickens in northern bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Vietnam said Tuesday it has culled more than 10,000 chickens on a northern farm after several dozen of them died of bird flu earlier this month.
'Kuwait confirms 12 new bird flu cases (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Kuwait confirmed on Tuesday 12 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in turkeys and chicken on Tuesday, but said the birds did not belong to poultry farms.
'Feds weigh future of bird flu vaccine (AP via Yahoo! News)
A bird flu vaccine that's even less effective than previously thought could still play an important role in protecting against the increased likelihood of a pandemic, a government health official said Tuesday.
'First bird-flu vaccine less effective than thought (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON ( AP) -- The nation's first vaccine against bird flu is even less effective than previously thought, according to Food and Drug Administration documents released Monday.
'Laos confirms first human case of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 15-year-old girl from Laos has become the country's first confirmed human case of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the communist government and World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
'Egyptian health official denies new bird flu case (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An Egyptian Health Ministry official denied on Monday a report by the state news agency that a woman from the Nile Delta had tested positive for the deadly bird flu virus.
'Health experts to weigh bird-flu vaccine (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government is weighing approval of a bird flu vaccine that a new analysis found is even less effective than previously thought.
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