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- 'Afghans awaiting bird-flu confirmation (USA Today)
Afghan authorities said Wednesday that preliminary test results from a U.N. lab make them "99% certain" that the country's first bird flu outbreak is the deadly H5N1 strain.
'India battles bird flu, virus spreads in Europe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Health workers went door-to-door looking for people with bird flu symptoms in western India on Wednesday, while the virus pushed deeper into Scandinavia.
'Officials say Azeri dog dies of bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A dog has died of bird flu in Azerbaijan, a country on the crossroads of Europe and Asia where three people have already died from the virus, officials said on Wednesday.
'India battles bird flu, virus kills Azeri dog (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Health workers went door-to-door looking for people with bird flu symptoms in western India on Wednesday, while the virus killed a dog in the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan.
'EU welcomes Hungary's progress on bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The European Commission on Wednesday welcomed news that a Hungarian drug producer has been given a license to distribute a vaccine it is developing to protect people against the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu.
'H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed in Sweden (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The EU's reference laboratory in Britain has confirmed Sweden's first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, in two wild ducks found dead last month, the Swedish Board of Agriculture revealed.
'Deadly bird flu strain almost certainly in Afghanistan: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan authorities said tests had shown it was 99 percent certain that the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu is present in Afghanistan.
'Denmark reports first case of H5 bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Denmark has detected its first case of highly pathogenic H5 bird flu in a wild bird, the Danish family and consumer affairs ministry announced.
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