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- 'Indonesia records 86th bird flu death (Disaster News Network)
A 21-year-old Indonesian man has died of avian influenza, raising that country's bird flu death toll to 86, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday.
'Indonesia ready to use its own anti-bird flu vaccines (People's Daily)
Indonesia, the hardest-hit by bird flu, has been ready to use its own anti-bird flu vaccines on human, after the country completed its clinical test, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said in Jakarta Wednesday. Minister Fadilah ensure ...
'Abuse of Tamiflu can create bird flu resistant strains: study (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Swedish scientists say that Tamiflu -- the frontline weapon in any bird-flu pandemic -- cannot be broken down by sewage systems and this could help the virus mutate dangerously into a drug-resistant strain.
'First bird tests positive for West Nile virus in Putnam (Mid-Hudson News)
Carmel ? The Putnam County Health Department has been notified by the state Department of Health that a Sharp-Shinned Hawk located in the Town of Kent has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird that tested positive in 2007.
'Bird display at Albion District Library (Battle Creek Enquirer)
A marvelous variety of decoys and bird sculptures is currently on display in the Adult Room of the Albion District Library. Beverly Bearman began collecting birds in 1983 with her acquisition of a mallard. Other items in her collection include water birds and shore birds. Her prized turkey was found in Mt. Vernon, Virginia.
'Man denies bird eggs charges (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
A COVENTRY man pleaded not guilty to three counts of possessing wild bird eggs when he appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court yesterday.
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