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- 'WHO urges more studies on bird flu infections in cats (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
If cats turn out to carry H5N1 without showing symptoms, it could signal the bird flu virus is adapting to mammals, posing a potentially higher risk to humans, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
'China Urges Nations to Share Bird Flu Info (AP via Yahoo! News)
China on Tuesday urged other governments to share more information about bird flu cases in people to prevent a human pandemic, and an official report said many residents in China's vast hinterland are uninformed about the disease.
'Lab confirms third case of H5N1 bird flu in Poland (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A third wild swan which was found dead in the northern Polish city of Torun at the weekend was infected with the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
'Suspected bird flu death as virus spreads in Europe, Nigeria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A four-year-old Indonesian boy became the latest suspected human casualty of bird flu as the virus spread in Nigeria and Poland.
'Indonesian boy becomes latest suspected bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A four-year-old boy who died in Indonesia is the sixth suspected fatal victim of bird flu in the last week.
'China urges more bird flu teamwork (CNN.com)
BEIJING, China (AP) -- China has urged other governments to share more information about bird flu cases in people to prevent a human pandemic. The call comes as an official Chinese report says many residents in the nation's vast hinterland are uninformed about the disease.
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