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- 'Turkish family mourns third child dead from bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A third child from the same family in eastern Turkey died of bird flu on Friday as the virus which has killed 74 people in China and Southeast Asia reached the threshold of Europe.
'Turkey says tests confirm deadly bird flu strain in three people (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tests done in Britain have confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in three people, including two of the children who died this week, the Turkish health ministry said.
'Third Sibling Dies From Bird Flu in Turkey (AP via Yahoo! News)
An 11-year-old girl died Friday of suspected bird flu in eastern Turkey ? days after her brother and sister succumbed to the disease ? and their doctor said they probably contracted the illness by playing with dead chickens.
'Scientists in uphill battle to fight bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Fighting the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is all the more difficult because experts are still figuring out how best to use Tamiflu, believed to be one of the very few defenses, scientists said.
'Third bird flu victim in eastern Turkey (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Three children from the same family have now died from bird flu in eastern Turkey, doctors said, the first known human fatalities of the disease outside Southeast Asia and China.
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