HK children infected by parainfluenza virus - govt
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Thirty-two children who fell ill with a mysterious respiratory disease in a hospital in Hong Kong were infected by a parainfluenza virus, the government said.
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A 10-year-old girl from southern Egypt has been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, and is in "very critical" condition, a World Health Organization official said on Friday.
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KOTA BARU: A 10-year-old boy from Kampung Belian, who has been in quarantine at the hospital here since Monday, is the only one in his family with bird flu-like symptoms.
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Three children of a Malaysian vet  have joined her in hospital for checks to see if they have bird  flu, state media reported on Sunday.
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Fifty-five children have been infected with the HIV virus in a paediatric hospital in Kazakhstan, likely through unsanitary use of needles, the health ministry said.
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A rare case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu being passed between humans is reported by Chinese officials.
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Almost 120 more Chinese children have been the victims of food-poisoning after eating school meals in two new cases to be reported by the media.
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Three children of a Malaysian vet have joined her in hospital for checks to see if they have bird flu, state media reported on Sunday.
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Hong Kong&#39;s government has ordered schools to step up precautions against influenza as another child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.
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Leading scientists in Hong Kong have found that the H5N1 bird flu virus can infect cells in the upper airway of humans and need not penetrate deep in the lungs to cause infection.
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A 16-year-old girl from southern Vietnam has become infected with the bird flu strain that killed 32 people earlier this year and devastated the poultry industry across Asia, a doctor said Thursday.
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Health authorities in Hong Kong are investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness in a hospital that has infected 28 children.
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A top Chinese health official has warned of the increased risk of infectious diseases such as SARS and bird flu jumping the border to Hong Kong.
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FAIZABAD, Afghanistan  - At least 21 people, most  of them children, have died from a contagious respiratory  illness in northeastern Afghanistan over the past two days, an  official said Tuesday.
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A mystery illness which has affected 32 people at Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong, has been identified as being cause by a parainfluenza virus.
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Theresa Torres, Reporter. Sharing its neighborsâ fears of a bird-flu pandeÂ­mic after the first probable case of human-to-human infection was reported in Thailand, the Philippine government on Wednes
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Fifty-five young Chinese children have fallen ill after being served a tainted breakfast in the fifth serious food poisoning case in China this week.