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- 'H.K. professor says bird flu pandemic unlikely (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ A bird flu pandemic is unlikely because the H5N1 virus has yet to mutate into highly pathogenic form, a Hong Kong university professor said Tuesday.
'Officials: U.S. Progressing, but Not Ready for Bird Flu (RedNova)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is making fast progress in preparations for a bird flu pandemic, including measures to close down schools and quarantine the sick, but vaccine supplies remain inadequate, health officials said Sunday.
'Bird Flu Fails - for Now - to Migrate (ABC News)
Bird Flu Fails - for Now - to Take Wing Along Migratory Pathways
'Dead Malawi swallows test negative for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tests on swallows which died mysteriously in Malawi have come up negative for bird flu, a veterinary official in South Africa said on Tuesday.
'Bird flu tests in eastern Turkey negative: agency (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Tests on five people, including a dead child, for possible bird flu in eastern Turkey have proved negative, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported a Health Ministry official as saying on Monday.
'Malawi bird flu tests turn up negative (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The initial results of bird flu tests conducted in South Africa on samples of birds from Malawi are negative.
'Bogus bird-flu drugs flooding the Internet (Kansas City Star)
San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News In a trend federal authorities call scary, the Internet suddenly is awash with bogus drugs to counter a possible bird-flu pandemic, including counterfeit Tamiflu -- the highly sought-after antiviral agent developed by Gilead Sciences of Foster City.
'Another Indonesian dies of suspected bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Indonesian man suffering symptoms of bird flu died, as tests on another man suspected of being the country's 12th fatality from the virus showed he was not infected, health officials said.
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