Avian Influenza H5N2 Hits State
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By Pisciotta, Marla  About 25,000 turkeys were destroyed in Pendleton County because of "low pathogenically avian influenza H5N2," according to officials.
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U.S. agriculture officials said on   Friday that tests found the H5N1 avian influenza virus in   mallard ducks in Maryland but it appeared to be a   low-pathogenic strain that posed no risk to humans.
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Independent tests carried out in Italy have confirmed the presence for the first time of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry from the west African nation of Togo, officials said Wednesday.
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The flu season may be starting out slowly, but experts say New Yorkers shouldn&#39;t let their guard down. New York and Delaware are the only states to report significant flu outbreaks this
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Flu season is in full swing, with wide outbreaks in 11 states Â and a new strain is starting to emerge that this year's vaccine doesn't specifically target, the government's public health chief said Friday.
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The Public Health Ministry yesterday confirmed the second case of human bird flu in a new wave of the deadly disease and announced it was putting all parts of the country on high alert for the epidemic.
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24/08/2004 - Authorities in China are trying to calm fears over the spread of the deadly avian influenza strain H5N1 to pigs by stating that recent tests carried out on pig farms in the country have shown that the animals are now clear of the disease.
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China has suffered a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry, a news report said Saturday, as experts tried to determine whether a Chinese man died of the disease in 2003, two years before the country reported any human cases.
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A case of avian influenza that killed an 11-month-old girl in Vietnam this month has alarmed health officials around the world.
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Spain has recorded its first case of H5N1 bird flu, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday. The deadly strain was found in a water fowl in a marsh area outside the northern city of Vitoria.
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Spanish state radio said on Friday the  country&#039;s first case of H5N1 bird flu had been confirmed in a  great crested grebe in the city of Vitoria but officials said  test results were still not available.
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China ordered strengthened poultry disinfection measures yesterday under a bird flu alert during the wildfowl migration season and as Thailand announced its first probable case of human-to-human transmission.
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TORONTO (CP) - The world faces an unprecedented challenge from the spread of H5N1 avian influenza in Asia, a conference on global infectious diseases was told Tuesday.
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Bangkok, Sept 27.(PTI): Thailand today announced that a 32-year-old woman is suffering from Avian Flu, the second confirmed human case of the disease since the latest outbreak started in July.
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Kuwait confirmed on Tuesday 12 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in turkeys and chicken on Tuesday, but said the birds did not belong to poultry farms.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Three children and their mother from a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain have been admitted to hospital for medical checks after coming down with flu-like symptoms, but three others suspected of contracting the virus have been
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Kuwait's health ministry on Monday confirmed outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, potentially fatal to humans, at a zoo and a farm in the south of the country, the first in two years.