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- 'World's travel industry braces for bird flu (USA Today)
The world's travel industry says it's already working to ease fears over bird flu, upgrading air filters on planes and stockpiling drugs, hoping to head off a potential disaster.
'Tests on feared 'bird flu' case on French island are negative: ministry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tests on samples taken from an ill man on the French island of Reunion have turned out negative for traces of bird flu, the French health ministry said in a statement.
'China says no human bird flu as village girl dies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A girl with flu-like symptoms has died in a Chinese village where a bird flu outbreak had been reported, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Thursday, but Beijing said it had received no reports of human cases.
'EU team develops vaccine for one bird-flu strain (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
European influenza experts have developed the first human vaccine for a virulent strain of bird flu that may be able to jump from poultry to humans, the EU's executive Commission said on Thursday.
'Deadly Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In Croatia (Washington Post)
BRUSSELS, Oct. 26 -- The European Union said Wednesday that the dangerous H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in Croatia, while authorities said a second parrot that died in quarantine in Britain was also infected with the virus.
'EARLY-BIRD NYERS HOARDING FLU DRUG (New York Post via Yahoo! News)
The threat of a possible bird-flu outbreak in the United States has whipped the Big Apple into a near frenzy, with New Yorkers ? even doctors ? stockpiling a personal supply of the lifesaving antiviral drug Tamiflu.
'China rules out bird flu in girl's death (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Pneumonia was the cause of death of a 12-year-old girl in a village in central China where an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed earlier this week, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
'Indonesia, puzzled over bird flu cases, investigates cats as spreaders (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia's human bird flu outbreak is puzzling experts because several victims do not work or live around poultry, prompting an investigation into whether other animal hosts, perhaps cats, are to blame for the disease's spread.
'Roche halts US bird flu drug supplies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Drug maker Roche halted supplies of its antiviral drug to the United States to head off hoarding by consumers fearing bird flu, as another firm, and Vietnam, said they were preparing to make their own medicines.
'Major Bird Flu Developments on Thursday (AP via Yahoo! News)
Major bird flu developments on Thursday:
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