China claims bird (Bird Cages) flu success
China claims bird flu success
KRQE News 13 - SHANGHAI, China -- China state media reported an 8-year-old girl has been released from a hospital after successful treatment for bird flu. The Xinhua News Agency said she is the sixth person cured of the disease in China. The girl showed symptoms of
Source: krqe.com
New England states may hold joint bird flu drills
Reuters - MANCHESTER, N.H., May 26 (Reuters) - Health and emergency officials in New Hampshire and five other Northeast U.S. states may hold a region-wide bird flu pandemic emergency drill, New Hampshire officials said on Friday. The preparations reflect
Source: today.reuters.com
Scientists hunt bird flu in Alaska
Lexington Herald-Leader - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The search for the first wild bird carrying a deadly flu virus to North America is under way on a lonely stretch of coastal salt marsh on the outskirts of Alaska's largest city. Biologists are ankle-deep in mud and yellowed marsh
Source: www.kentucky.com
Birds, watchers flock to birding festival
Bangor Daily News - WHITING - The numbers that make up the Down East Spring Birding Festival are growing - and that's not just in the bird count. The three-day, holiday-weekend event - today through Monday - is now in its third year. Organized by the Cobscook Bay Area
Source: www.bangornews.com
Countries opt to speed up bird flu reporting rules
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's 192 member states on Friday committed themselves to promptly report any human cases of bird flu to build defenses against a possible pandemic. New international health regulations, due to come into
Source: today.reuters.com
Officials 'Stumped' by Indonesia Bird Flu
WINK TV - JAKARTA, Indonesia The U.N. health agency described the deaths of six Indonesian family members from bird flu as the most important development in the spread of the virus since 2003, saying it is investigating whether the disease has spread from
Source: www.winktv.com
WWHD: Local Officials Prepared for Bird Flu
Westport News - Even after reports that the Avian Flu, or Bird Flu, could have spread from person to person in Indonesia the Westport Weston Health District (WWHD) is confident they are prepared if it were to come to the U.S. Recent reports from the World Health
Source: www.westport-news.com
Preliminary tests show bird flu has killed two siblings in Indonesia
KXLY - JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Indonesian officials are reporting two more bird flu deaths. The health ministry's office says preliminary tests show a brother and sister who died earlier this week were infected by the H-Five-N-One virus. The results will be
Source: www.kxly.com
