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- 'Laos reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak (AP via Yahoo! News)
Laos has confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu among chickens at a farm near the capital Vientiane, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday.
'H5N1 bird flu found on poultry farm in Laos (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 2,000 chicken on a poultry farm in Laos, the government and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
'Glaxo claims bird flu breakthrough (CNN.com)
A British company has announced that it has developed the first effective small-dose bird flu vaccine.
'Wild birds can spread bird flu to people (AP via Yahoo! News)
A study of duck hunters in Iowa is believed to be the first to show people can catch bird flu ? a non-threatening kind ? from wild birds. Previous cases of people being infected with any form of bird flu have involved domestic poultry, like chickens.
'Asia needs 500 million dollars more to fight bird flu: India (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Asian countries need half a billion dollars more to combat a possible bird flu pandemic, India's health minister said, as health and agriculture experts from 11 Asian countries met in New Delhi.
'Asia vows to combine efforts to fight bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu-hit Asian countries vowed on Friday to unite to fight the deadly virus and said they recognized the need to better coordinate efforts between health and farm agencies at national level.
'Lack of coordination hitting bird flu fight: WHO (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Lack of cooperation between health and farm officials in developing countries is hampering the fight against bird flu, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
'First success reported with small-dose bird flu vaccine (CNN.com)
A British company announced this week that it has developed the first effective small-dose bird flu vaccine.
'H5N1 bird flu found on Laos farm (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 2,000 chickens on a poultry farm in Laos earlier this month, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
'FAO appeals for more than 1.6 billion dollars for bird flu fight (AFP via Yahoo! News)
International donors still need to give more than 1.6 billion dollars to aid the global fight against bird flu, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in New Delhi.
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