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- 'Michigan confirms its first West Nile case of the year in a bird (Detroit News)
LANSING -- Michigan's first West Nile virus case of the year was confirmed Friday in a bird found in Muskegon County.
'(AFX UK Focus) 2006-06-11 14:42 GMT: China says bird flu outbreak under control - Xinhua (Interactive Investor)
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China said Friday its first bird flu outbreak among poultry since February was under control, the Xinhua news agency reported.
'County officials prepare for bird flu pandemic (The Lufkin Daily News)
Community education sessions are planned throughout the summer on how Angelina County should prepare for a bird flu pandemic. "Society runs sort of like a bicycle in that its different parts, such as government, education and health care, all put together in the right way make it run. Over the summer, six sessions will be held at Memorial Health System of East Texas to help the different parts
'Sales drive of Brand?s Chicken Essence, Bird Nest Soup marked (The New Light of Myanmar)
YANGON, 10 June ? A ceremony to mark the successful sales drive of Brand?s Chicken Essence and Bird Nest Soup was held at Sedona Hotel, here, this evening.
'New Bird Flu Outbreak In Western China Contained (Medical News Today)
China's Agriculture Ministry says that a new H5N1 bird flu outbreak in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of western China has been contained. Last Wednesday authorities reported an outbreak in a chicken farm in Hetian County. The area lies along the route taken by birds that migrate from Africa to Asia and vice versa. [click link for full article]
'Bird flu risk is low in summer (Gulf Daily News)
PRECAUTIONS against bird flu are continuing as normal during the summer months although the virus is expected to be dormant during this period, according to a government official.
'Asia-Pacific passes bird flu pandemic test, Australia says (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Australian officials praised as creative the responses of Asian and Pacific countries to a hypothetical bird flu pandemic which included discouraging kissing and building a factory to make protective masks.
'Hungary's Bird Flu Vaccine Faces Question Marks (RedNova)
Hungary's bird flu vaccine faces question marks BUDAPEST,June 10(Xinhua)-- Question marks have arisen over Hungary's bird flu vaccine since the government late last year announced that it would be the first to develop a vaccine against the deadly virus.
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