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- 'Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.
'U.S. helps Myanmar in bird flu fight (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. has provided Myanmar with $600,000 worth of equipment for bird flu prevention after fresh outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 virus were discovered on poultry farms, state media said Sunday.
'US gives Myanmar 600,000 dollars to fight bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United States has given 600,000 dollars to the UN's agricultural agency to fight bird flu in military-ruled Myanmar, after the deadly H5N1 virus was detected in Yangon, officials said Monday.
'Indonesian woman contracts bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 20-year-old woman in Indonesia is critically ill with bird flu, health officials said Monday, becoming the 85th human case in the country worst hit by the deadly virus.
'Weeds? Birds and Bird Seed May be to Blame (WTOP Radio Network)
Imported bird seed may have weeds in it.
'Indonesia won't share bird flu samples without deal with WHO (USA Today)
Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement promising the virus won't be used to develop an expensive commercial vaccine, the health minister said Tuesday.
'Toyama Chemical begins U.S. trials of bird flu drug (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Japan's Toyama Chemical Co. Ltd. said on Monday it had begun U.S. trials for a drug to combat bird flu -- one that has a different mechanism from the current class of drugs used to fight the disease.
'Egyptian boy tests positive for bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
A 4-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the potentially deadly strain of bird flu, bringing to two dozen the number of people to be diagnosed with the disease since it appeared in the country last year, the Health Ministry said Sunday.
'Investigators Explore Possible Bird Strike (KGMB 9 Honolulu)
One thing federal investigators will be looking into is the claim that a bird hit the helicopter and caused it to go down. Bird strikes are not uncommon in the aviation world. Federal officials say during a 15-year period, more than 66,000 strikes were reported.
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