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- 'Egyptians Play Chicken With Bird Flu Virus on Conspiracy Rumors (Bloomberg.com)
May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Cairo teacher Adel Abdel Azim's affection for his chickens may end up killing him. When the Egyptian government outlawed raising poultry on roofs and balconies in February of last year to curb bird flu, he whisked his brood straight into his bedroom.
'Bird flu not only pandemic risk, U.S. experts warn (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
While many health experts see the H5N1 bird flu virus as a likely cause for an influenza pandemic, another influenza virus could just as likely mutate into a global killer, U.S. health experts said on Tuesday.
'Bird flu scare: Farm in WB quarantined (NDTV)
Bird Flu: Do people need to be more cautious? Officials in West Bengal have quarantined a poultry farm in Matigara near Siliguri where the death of nearly 5,000 chicken sparked a bird flu scare.
'Experts' team visits Siliguri, bird flu not yet confirmed (The Times of India)
A four-member team of experts Wednesday visited the poultry farm at Matigara where 2,500 chickens died from an unidentified disease, triggering a bird flu outbreak scare.
'Bird counters are needed for Saturday event (SaukValley.com)
Ogle and 101 other Illinois counties will be participating in the 36th annual statewide spring bird count Saturday, sponsored by the Illinois Audubon Society, the Illinois Ornithological Society, the Illinois Natural History Survey and other birding groups.
'Gambia: Ambassador Chang Presents 5000 Copies of Bird Flu Pamphlets to Dosh (AllAfrica.com)
Dr Patrick Chang Taiwanese Ambassador to The Gambia yesterday presented over 5000 copies of bird flu tool-kits to Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, in his office in Banjul to scale up mass sensitisation campaign against bird flu which has been reported in some other African countries in the sub-Saharan Africa.
'Singapore, US to help Indonesia fight bird flu outbreak (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News)
JAKARTA : Indonesia is fighting an uphill battle in its fight against bird flu.
'Indonesia to press bird flu case at WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia will urge World Health Organisation members to scrap the existing international policy on bird flu samples when the body meets later this month, a senior health official said here Tuesday.
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