Click here to learn more about Parakeet Secrets - "I Guarantee That You Can Have The Happiest, Healthiest and Most Well Behaved Parakeet You've Ever Seen!"
- 'WHO confirms another bird flu fatality in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A eight-year-old girl who died last year has been confirmed as Indonesia's latest bird flu case, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
'State develops hierarchy for bird flu vaccinations (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
California health officials have settled on a formula for resolving a wrenching question that would arise if a bird flu pandemic strikes the state: Who gets doses of scarce vaccine?
'Bird flu: New study highlights need for early use of Tamiflu (Khaleej Times)
PARIS - New research conducted among bird-flu victims in Vietnam shows the H5N1 virus replicates massively before unleashing a dangerous inflammatory response by the immune system, indicating that patients should be given antiviral drugs as soon as possible.
''Bird Woman' tells the story of person at war with herself (The Pueblo Chieftain)
??The Bird Woman?? by Kerry Hardie; Little, Brown; $24.99 How stubborn, how prickly, how prone to rage can a novel?s narrator be before she becomes unbearable? Irish writer Kerry Hardie (?A Winter Marriage?) tests the limits in her second novel, ??The Bird Woman.?? Her narrator, Ellen McKinnon, is a hard case, but she?s also a fascinating one - a woman frightened and appalled
'2 more cases of bird flu leave one person dead (The Buffalo News)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The World Health Organization has confirmed two more cases of bird flu in Indonesia, one of them fatal, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 48.
'FWP seeks reports of bird deaths (Billings Gazette)
Toll-free and online reporting systems are now part of Montana's effort to detect the possible arrival of a virulent strain of bird flu that could be brought to North America via migrating waterfowl. Montana citizens can report sick or dead birds via ...
'COA CALLS FOR SETTING UP NETS TO PREVENT BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS (Central News Agency)
Taipei, Sept. 10 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) called Sunday for chicken and pig farms to set up bird-proofing nets as soon as possible in an attempt to keep wild birds separated from poultry and pigs and prevent outbreaks of avian flu.
'Lacey, Wash. - Bird-watching couple spies albino northern flicker (The Oregonian)
A couple in Lacey have reported a rare sighting of an all-white albino bird. Jim Moore and Sylvia Mouer said they saw and photographed an albino northern flicker last week as the bird poked around on a spruce tree across the street from their home in this town near Olympia.
'Dundee Township lays out plans for bird sanctuary (The Courier News)
SLEEPY HOLLOW ? Proposals for the development of Jelke's Creek Bird Sanctuary were presented to the public on Saturday in village hall. The sanctuary is a 264-acre former quarry now owned by Dundee Township.
Return to Information on Parakeets
Return to Bird News Archive