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- 'JPs earmark funds for bird-flu readiness (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO -- Without so much as a sniffle or cough the Craighead County Quorum Court unanimously passed an ordinance Monday night intended to help bolster preparedness for a bird flu pandemic -- if it happens.
'Bird flu pandemic would shrink Asia economies by up to 9 pct: study (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A bird flu pandemic would shrink Asian economies by 6-9 percent as strict quarantine measures impacted on global trade and sickness and death caused productivity to plummet, the Australian government's economic adviser has predicted.
'Deadly bird flu ran through Indonesian family (New Scientist)
Lab tests confirm that the bird flu that killed seven members of the family was passed from person to person
'Panhandle Health District prepares for pandemic Bird Flu outbreak (KREM Spokane)
HAYDEN LAKE -- The Panhandle Health District is testing its emergency plan for an outbreak of human Bird Flu this Thursday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.
'Bird flu threat barely raises stir in Bali village (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Balinese farmer Wayan Murda clutches his rooster, gently stroking the tame bird.
'Bird flu pandemic a 180-bln-euro risk to EU economy (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
PARIS (Reuters) - A bird flu pandemic among humans could cost upwards of 180 billion euros in lost economic output in the European Union in the year that it strikes, according to a study for the European Commission.
'Early human bird flu death uncovered in China (New Scientist)
A man died of H5N1 bird flu in November 2003 - two years before China admitted any human bird flu cases
'Bogus request to withdraw Chinese bird flu paper (New Scientist)
The New England Journal of Medicine about a man who died of bird flu in 2003
'Bird-flu defenses in good shape (Orlando Sentinel)
The U.S. poultry industry is prepared, an expert says. A scientist who has studied avian influenza in Asia told food-technology scientists in Orlando Monday that the U.S. poultry industry has done a good job preparing for the possibility of bird flu invading North America.
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