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- 'Poultry sellers suffer after bird flu outbreaks in Myanmar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Poultry sellers in Yangon on Sunday reported a slump in sales following a fresh outbreak of bird flu, and said they were ready to close their markets as part of government efforts to contain the virus.
'Betting on bird flu: only for pros (St. Petersburg Times)
A futures market is created to predict the disease's spread. ATLANTA - Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Want to put some money on that?
'Bird flu victim dies in Laos (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 42-year-old Laos woman believed to have contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus died in hospital in the capital Vientiane on Sunday, the World Health Organisation said.
'Three more bird flu outbreaks confirmed in Myanmar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Military-ruled Myanmar on Saturday confirmed three more outbreaks of bird flu in Yangon, and urged people to report any suspicious bird deaths.
'Lao Woman With Bird Flu Symptoms Dies (Voice of America)
Health officials in Laos say a woman who fell ill near the Lao capital last month with symptoms of bird flu has died. Laboratory tests had shown the 42-year-old woman had the H5 flu virus.
'Numbers of India's rarest bird falling (AFP via Yahoo! News)
India sounded the alarm Saturday about a fall in the number of the subcontinent's rarest bird, the Great Indian Bustard, and blamed it on shrinking habitats.
'Human Bird Flu Suspected in Second Case in Laos (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
March 4 (Bloomberg) -- A second case of human bird flu is suspected in Laos, only a week after confirmation of the Southeast Asian country's first case, according to the World Health Organization and government authorities.
'Second bird flu case 'very likely' in Laos: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Laos is "very likely" to have suffered its second case of the deadliest strain of bird flu, the World Health Organisation said on Sunday, just days after the first came to light.
'Health experts wager on spread of deadly bird flu (The Nashua Telegraph)
ATLANTA ? Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Wanna put some money on that? ... - By MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press
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