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By Chad Bouchard Kaben Jahe, Indonesia 31 August 2006 Chickens on a farm in central Java, Indonesia Indonesia is struggling to contain the spread of the deadly bird flu virus in people and poultry. The country now has the world's largest number of h
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 31 January 2007 The Nigerian government says laboratory tests for the deadly bird flu virus on samples taken from human victims are positive. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that the authorities have moved quickly to assu
Four people in east China's Jiangsu Province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, bringing the total number of infections in the country to seven. The three women and one man, one of whom is a poultry culler, are
By Nancy-Amelia Collins A World Health Organization official has warned of the likelihood of more human deaths from the bird flu virus, after the death of a teenage boy in Thailand this week. On Wedne
By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 23 March 2006 watch US Bird Flu report The World Health Organization says the deaths of five people in Azerbaijan have pushed the world total human deaths from H5N
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2006 Lee Jong-Wook The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Lee Jong-Wook, says the risk of an avian influenza pandemic is real and not exaggerated. Dr.
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2006 Leading avian influenza scientists from around the world say more research is needed to understand the H5N1 bird flu virus to be able to effectively diagnose and treat the disease. That's the conclusion of sc
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 27 June 2007 Health and veterinary experts have singled out Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria as countries where the risk of bird flu contagion is particularly worrisome. Gathered at the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization
By Franz Wild in Abidjan Abidjan 29 March 2006 Bird flu has been identified in three West African countries. But widespread anxiety over the threat of the contagious disease has spread farther. Komi A
By Paige Kollock Washington, D.C. 12 January 2006 watch Bird Flu report In the last week, at least 12 people in Turkey have been infected with bird flu. While UN officials fear the virus may spread fr
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 10 April 2006 United Nations officials say the bird flu virus that has killed more than 100 people and millions of fowl in various parts of the world continues to pose a major th
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 February 2006 Nigeria is implementing emergency measures to contain the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus. Experts from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization are in N
By Martin Secrest Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Vaccine report Bird flu continues to worry Asia. The H5N1 virus killed 4,000 chickens in southern Japan in recent weeks. The virus has also been reported recently in Indonesia, Thailand, Chin
By Jessica Berman Washington 11 May 2006 French researchers at the Sanofi Pasteur Institute say they have developed a bird flu vaccine that, so far, appears to be safe and effective in humans. But obs
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 07 February 2007 The Indonesian government has announced it is withholding samples of a deadly bird flu virus in light of its new partnership to develop a vaccine with a U.S. drug company. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakart
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 12 September 2007 A group of international health experts has drafted a three-year program for Indonesia aimed at containing the spread of bird flu. The disease is now endemic among poultry there, and chickens are a common ba
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 11 September 2007 International health officials want to know what Indonesia is doing to stop the spread of avian influenza, which has claimed 85 human lives there and shows little sign of slowing. As Chad Bouchard reports fo
By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts
By Tom Rivers London 13 November 2007 Authorities in Britain have ordered the culling of thousand of turkeys and other birds at a farm northeast of London where a deadly strain of avian flu has been detected. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from the Brit
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 17 December 2007 Experts with the World Health Organization are urging countries to step up surveillance of bird flu outbreaks in poultry. The announcement follows Pakistan's first human bird flu fatality and Burma's first r