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- 'Two new outbreaks of bird flu reported in Crimean peninsula (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two new outbreaks of bird flu have been discovered in the Crimean peninsula, in the south of Ukraine, local authorities said.
'Iraq on Alert After First Bird-Flu Case (AP via Yahoo! News)
Health authorities went on high alert Tuesday following Iraq's first reported case of the deadly bird flu virus, killing hundreds of thousands of birds and warning farmers across the country to inspect their flocks.
'Iraq says treating 12 possible human bird flu cases (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Officials in northern Iraq said on Tuesday they were treating 12 patients suspected of having bird flu as a World Health Organization (WHO) team prepared to travel to the area to give urgent assistance.
'Bird flu strain found in Hong Kong same as in China outbreak: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The bird flu strain found recently in a dead bird in Hong Kong was the same as that menacing poultry in China, a media report said, suggesting a possible source for the infection.
'Iraqi Kurdistan faces acute shortage of bird flu drug (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq's Kurdistan region, which has confirmed its first human death from bird flu, is facing an acute shortage of the vital drug to fight the disease, a medical official said.
'Bird Flu Caused Iraqi Girl's Death, Official Says (Washington Post)
BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 -- Iraqi Health Minister Abdul Mutalib Ali Mohammed said Monday that a 15-year-old girl who died nearly two weeks ago in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah was infected with bird flu.
'Tally of Human Bird Flu Cases Rises to 160 (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday raised to 160 its official tally of people worldwide who have been infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus after laboratory tests in London confirmed that at least 12 people in Turkey have been infected with the disease.
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