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- 'EU Says Deadly Asia Bird Flu Found in Turkey (Washington Post)
A strain of bird flu found in Turkey has been identified as the same deadly type that hit Asia, the EU said on Thursday.
'SE.Asia nations get funds for bird flu fight (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Donors promised millions of dollars on Thursday for fighting bird flu in three Southeast Asian nations on the frontline against a virus that threatens to trigger a global human pandemic.
'H5N1: most feared of the bird flu strains (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The detection of H5N1 bird flu among poultry in Turkey means that the most-feared strain of avian influenza is now at Europe's borders after erupting in Asia and Siberia.
'Taiwan gears up to prevent bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Taiwan said it was stepping up efforts to prevent an oubreak of bird flu amid warnings by the World Health Organization (WHO) that it was just a matter of time before a global pandemic occurred.
'Alarm mounts in Europe as lethal bird flu found in Turkey (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Asian bird flu strain that can kill humans has reached Europe's southeastern borders, the EU said as the bloc scrambled to prevent a feared all-out pandemic.
'Experts call for creating US bird flu czar (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The United States needs a top official, backed by authority and cash, to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic, experts said on Wednesday.
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