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- 'North Korea denies bird flu outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
North Korea has denied a report that a woman in its capital Pyongyang became infected with bird flu and said it had had no outbreaks of the disease, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
'U.N. studies lower mortality rate in Turkish bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Scientists are investigating whether a lower mortality rate for people infected with bird flu in Turkey signals that the virus is becoming less deadly in humans, a top U.N. official said on Friday.
'Vietnam, UN mount bird flu campaign despite absence of outbreaks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Despite an absence of bird flu outbreaks for nearly six weeks in Vietnam, the government and the United Nations launched a public health awareness campaign ahead of Lunar New Year festivities.
'North Korea Refutes Report of Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
North Korean officials say they have had no reported cases of bird flu among humans or poultry, refuting a report earlier this week that a woman was admitted to a Pyongyang hospital with the illness, a Beijing-based U.N. official said Friday.
'WHO lab confirms 12 human cases of bird flu in Turkey (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A London-based World Health Organization (WHO) laboratory has confirmed 12 of the 21 human cases of the lethal bird flu strain in Turkey, the health ministry has revealed.
'Indonesia's bird flu plans needs preventive measures: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia's strategic bird flu plan needs to incorporate measures aimed at preventing transmission of the virus to humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned.
'US study may hold key to bird flu's virulence (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US researchers, in the first large-scale study of bird flu genomes, have found a genetic feature in the deadly virus that might explain its virulence in humans.
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