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HEALTH
Vietnam reports second bird flu victim this year
A Vietnamese man has died from bird flu, a medical official reported on Friday. The death is the second such case in Vietnam this year, once again raising fears among experts of the potential for a devastating pandemic.
CHINA - HEALTH
China raises first bird flu alert
China swiftly destroyed thousands of foul after the first outbreak of bird flu for 2009 was reported in northwest China, said the country's agriculture ministry. The birds died of the deadly H5N1 strain that has claimed around 250 victims worldwide.
BIRD FLU
Japan suspends French poultry imports after bird flu scare
Japan moved Wednesday to suspend imports of foie gras and poultry from France after reports of a bird flu outbreak in a farm in western France.
HEALTH - JAPAN
Scientists working on all-round bird flu vaccine
After the deadly H5N1 virus that killed several people in China, Japanese scientists said they were close to finding an all-round vaccine against bird flu that could prevent a pandemic that could kill millions, according to the WHO.
bird flu - China
Bird flu plagues Chinese new year
Our weekly review of the news in Asia looks at the return of the devastating bird flu pandemic in China, what "the frontline of the war on terror" (namely Pakistan) thinks of Barack Obama, and how lese-majesty is still a crime in Thailand.
CANADA
Bird flu is found on poultry farm
A strain of the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been found at a poultry farm in British Columbia. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the outbreak and said all the animals on the farm would be disposed of.
CHINA - HEALTH
Bird flu kills third human in in two weeks
A 16-year-old boy in central China died of bird flu on Tuesday, state media said. It is the third death from the H5N1 form of the virus in the past two weeks in China.
CHINA - HEALTH
Second death in Chinese bird flu outbreak
A woman died of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Eastern China on Saturday, local media reported. Another woman died earlier this month and a child is seriously ill with the disease - the first human cases in nearly a year.
ASIA
Chinese toddler contracts bird flu
China has confirmed it is treating a two-year-old girl infected with the H5N1 virus that claimed the life of a woman less than two weeks ago. These are the first two cases of bird flu reported in almost a year.
INDIA - HEALTH
West Bengal hit by new bird flu outbreak
For the fourth time since 2007, West Bengal's authorities have announced a bird flu outbreak has happened in this region of India. Officials confirmed they had to start culling about 60,000 poultry.
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