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U.K.: H5N1 found on a turkey farm

U.K.: H5N1 found on a turkey farm

160,000 more turkeys will be killed

US: Looking in wrong direction for bird flu signs?

Scientists Criticize Bird Flu Search

Indonesia: H5N1 still spreading

From The New York Times

Spain suffers first bird flu case

Spain has confirmed its first case of the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu.

Asia not the source of Nigerian outbreak of bird flu

Paris (ANTARA News) - Genetic analysis of the H5N1 avian influenza that has erupted in Nigeria shows the virus hit the country in waves but none originated from Southeast Asia, the seat of the bird flu crisis.

France: The First International Conference on Avian Influenza in Humans is told vaccine may be ten years away

Bird flu vaccine '10 years away'

Does your company have disaster plans for H5N1?

When bird flu hits

More on WHO's statement about H5N1 mutation

H5N1 Has Mutated Slightly, But Pandemic Threat Is No Greater

WHO says bird flu virus mutated

WHO Says Bird Flu Virus Mutated

Chinese SARS-Bird flu report puzzles WHO

Chinese scientists Wednesday said that a man initially thought to have SARS actually died of bird flu in 2003 -- two years before the country reported any human bird-flu infections to the World Health Organization. But the scientists now want to withdraw their report to a leading medical journal.

Canada finds no high-risk bird flu in suspect flock

Source: Reuters

Canada bird flu not seen as high-pathogen - CFIA

Source: Reuters

Canada: H5 avian virus found in dead goose in Prince Edward Island Province; not yet clear whether virus is H5N1

H5 avian virus found in dead goose in Canada

HongKong scientists find new evidence of cytokine storm in avian flu cases

New evidence of cytokine storm in avian flu cases

New poultry outbreak of H5N1 in Xinjiang, China

A new outbreak of bird flu has been discovered in poultry in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, according to the country's agriculture ministry.

Amid bird flu, activists plead for humane US culling

FEATURE-Amid bird flu, activists plead for humane US culling

Report that human to human spread has been more common than acknowledged

Experts are now reluctantly admitting that human to human spread of the H5N1 virus has been more common than what they have been saying, and that several reported clusters in the past were most likely H2H. They are also vindicating Dr. Niman who has been running an excellent independent avian flu research page where he has theorized on these spreads in the past and backed it up with data he collected and collated.

There may have been more human to human clusters of H5N1 than thought


Sientists from 100 countries meet in Rome, talk about wild animal trade and spread of H5N1

Another great reason NOT to have wild pets

Indonesia: WHO and Indonesian authorities monitor relatives of family cluster

A ProMED-mail post

Indonesia: Sole bird flu survivor shuns treatment

Via Yahoo News, a superb but appalling AP story by Margie Mason in Medan, North Sumatra: Sole bird flu survivor shuns treatment.

Global: H5N1 trail leads medical detectives back to poultry farms

May 30 (Bloomberg) -- The fight to stop the spread of deadly bird flu is leading back to farms, health experts say.

US: new vaccine to protect chickens from bird flu

From the Times of India

Nigeria: New outbreak of H5N1 confirmed

The Nigerian Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) on Thursday confirmed another outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in Kakara village in the northern state of Kano.

World Health Assembly speeds up implementation of global warning system

The 192-nation World Health Assembly today agreed to speed up preparations for a possible bird flu pandemic by allowing the UN health agency and member countries to establish a global warning system a year early.

In Sumatra WHO probes bird flu cluster

WHO Probes Bird Flu Cluster

"Bird Flu on the Way": Last Day of the Forum:

Saturday's Topic : If we could agee on one message about H5N1, what would it be?

"Bird Flu on the Way": Friday's Topic: Why cull (kill) so many birds?


"Bird Flu On the Way": Thursday's Topic: What do diseases like H5N1 tell us about the state of the planet Earth?

To go to the Forum:

"Bird Flu on the Way": Wednesday's Topic: Is the fear worse than the disease?

To go to the Forum:

"Birds, Bird Flu and You": Tuesday's Topic: How does the virus work? How is it transmitted?

To go to the Forum:

"Bird Flu On the Way": Monday's Topic: What steps can we take to protect our animals?

To go to the Forum:

Bird Flu Forum with Featured Guests, right here - Sunday May 14 - Saturday May 20

Sunday's Topic -- "How, when and where might Bird flu arrive in the US?

Factbox: Reuter's history of H5N1 around the globe

May 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Friday that a 27-year-old Egyptian woman from Cairo has died from bird flu, the country's 5th death from the H5N1 strain.

Egypt: Fifth human bird flu fatality

The Egyptian health ministry has reported that a fifth person has died of bird flu.

"Pandemic plan not just for the birds" -- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

"Bird Flu on the Way" - an online Forum, May 14 - May 20

April 26, 2006 : 12:00 AM

Nigeria: Now a false sense of security about bird flu?

By DULUE MBACHU

Bird flu virus may be spread by smuggling --New York Times

published April 15, 2006

from HSUS, "Who's afraid of the big bad bird flu?"

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bird-Flu?

"Bird Flu on the Way" - an online Forum, May 14 - May 20

We hope you'll join us on Sunday May 14 through Saturday May 20, on the community “Bird Flu – News and Views”, for the online forum “Bird Flu on the Way”.

Norway: Penguins receive flu vaccinations


Switzerland: Five more cases of H5N1 in wild birds

GENEVA - Switzerland confirmed on Friday five new cases of H5N1 avian flu virus in wild birds near Lake Constance, which borders Germany, bringing its total number of infections to nine.

China reports 12th human death from bird flu

BEIJING (AP) _ A 21-year-old migrant worker has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in China, the country's 12th human fatality from the disease since November, the government said Friday.

US plans for bird flu pandemic revealed


China, Laos, Vietnam: Bird flu's risk to biodiversity

By Helen Briggs

Sudan: Deadly bird flu arrives!

Egyptian workers have been disinfecting houses to stop the spread of bird flu

Pakistan: Second outbreak of H5N1

By SADAQAT JAN

HSUS provides bird flu prevention guidelines for families and pets

By Carrie Allan

H5N1 spreads to 20 new countries in six weeks

UN bird flu expert praises Thailand, Vietnam

Russia: H5N1 reappears in hens in southern region of Volgograd

MOSCOW - The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus has been found among dozens of dead hens in Russia’s southern region of Volgograd, in the second such case in two weeks, an official with the local administration said. “A local veterinary laboratory confirmed that the blood of the dead hens contained the H5N1 virus,” the Interfax news agency quoted an official with the administration of the district where the birds...

Myanmar: Bird flu under control, government says

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ Bird flu in Myanmar has been brought under control, and restrictions will be lifted in two affected regions by the end of the month, a livestock official said Wednesday, just days after the U.N. said the situation in this impoverished nation was more serious than originally thought.

Egypt: Fourth human bird flu fatality

A fourth person has died in Egypt after being infected with bird flu, the state news agency, Mena, has said.

from HSUS: Coming home to roost, bird flu, a virus of our own hatching


Kenya: Avian flu giving birds a bad name, say conservationists


US: Alaska on the lookout for first sign of bird flu

by Elizabeth Arnold

Kenya: Canadian professor reports that restoring wetlands may curb bird flu

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian

Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme on triggers of bird flu

Nairobi, 11 April 2006 - Restoring tens of thousands of lost and degraded wetlands could go a long way towards reducing the threat of avian flu pandemics a new report today says.

Indonesia: Inhumane killing of birds in Jakarta

editorial by Stewart Metz

Scotland: A swan has died of the H5 virus

For the first time in the UK, a wild swan has been found to have died of the H5 virus. The swan was found on the coast near Fife, Scotland.

England: Bird Flu outbreak


If we could agree on one message about H5N1 what would it be?


"Bird Flu on the Way": Last Day


Global:

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Global: Wild birds did not carry bird flu back to Europe

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

Saving animals if bird flu hits U.S.

Best Friends online public forum examines impacts on pets, livestock, wildlife in forecasted pandemic

Better to be prepared; UN's Tourism Emergency Response Network

Better to be prepared

New Bird Flu Book: Fowl! Bird Flu: It’s Not What You Think by Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny,

from United Poultry Concerns

Two more human bird flu cases reported in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Two young girls have been infected by bird flu, raising to eight the number of human cases of the virus in Egypt, the Health Ministry said Sunday.

Five migratory birds found dead in Sri Lanka did not have bird flu

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
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