China denies being source of bird flu virus
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China's southern Guangdong province is not the source of the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus as claimed in a report published in the United States this week, a major state-run Chinese newspaper said on Wednesday.
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There are no pigs in the Chinese mainland infected with the H5N1 virus, or avian flu virus, and relevant research has reached no clear conclusion on H5N1 infecting pigs, announced
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Indonesia rejected on Monday a study by U.S. researchers that concluded that the H5N1 bird flu virus had spread from person to person during an outbreak last year, saying it was misleading.
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Five people in Japan may have been infected with the bird flu virus after an outbreak among chickens in February, but there is no risk they will develop symptoms and no
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China on Tuesday sought to reassure consumers already spooked by a slew of food scandals that poultry was safe to eat after officials confirmed the first H5N1 bird flu outbreak since May.
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A 22-year-old man in central China has died of bird flu, the country's ministry of health confirmed Monday, according to state news agency Xinhua.
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Japan's Health Ministry said on Wednesday  that at least one person had been infected with the bird flu  virus after an outbreak among chickens in February but that  there was no chance that this person would infect others.
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China confirmed on Tuesday that the  country's first human case of the H5N1 bird flu virus was in  late 2003, two years earlier than originally reported,  prompting the U.N.'s health agency to call for greater  transparency.
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China has confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in an outlying district of the southern metropolis of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, the Agriculture Ministry said.
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French authorities say they cannot rule out bird flu as they test samples from 4,000 chickens that died on a farm.
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Experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain.
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Scientists in China have developed a  bird flu vaccine for poultry and mammals that can fend off the  deadly virus and help stop its spread, the China Daily  newspaper said on Monday.
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Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in the United States &#151; in wild swans near the banks of Lake Erie &#151; but it does not appear to be the worrisome strain that the government has long feared.
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Pakistan and South Korea reported new  bird flu cases in poultry on Saturday, underlining findings by  the United Nations that this season's wave of the virus came  mostly from reared rather than migratory birds.
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China's southern Guangdong Province is the source of the dangerous H5N1 avian flu virus, according to a genetic analysis of the virus published on Monday.
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Wild ducks in Pennsylvania have tested positive for bird flu, but not the deadly Asian strain that has ravaged poultry and killed at least 141 people worldwide, the Agriculture Department said Saturday.
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Chinese scientists have developed a new vaccine to prevent the spread of bird flu, according to state media.