- BHUBANESWAR: The steady rise in day temperature after Makar Sankranti (January 15) may soon prove to be the end of the present bird flu menace in the state. (Times of India)
- Shillong, Jan 19 (PTI) A week after bird flu was detected at a government-run farm in Meghalayas East Garo Hills district, the government today said the situation was under control. (MoneyControl.com)
- PHNOM PENH — A two-year-old Cambodian boy has died from bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, in the country's first fatality from the virus this year. (Raw Story)
- HANOI, Jan 19, 2012 (AFP) -Vietnam on Thursday reported its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, as the virus also claimed the life of a toddler in Cambodia. (Arab Times)
- Gene-swapping between bird and pig flu viruses was a key factor in the 2009 swine flu epidemic. (Greenfudge.org (blog))
- Humans almost never transmit it to one another. But if that ever were to change, bird flu could become one of history's worst pandemics. (New York Times)
- Culling operations were today under way in tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj, the second district in Odisha where bird flu has been detected. (Hindu Business Line)
- PHNOM PENH (Xinhua)-- A 2-year-and-7 month-old boy from northwestern province of Banteay Meanchey had died early Wednesday from avian influenza A (H5N1) virus after being admitted to hospital for about a week, said a senior health official. (Philippine Star Online)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Bird flu
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