WHO concerned over bird flu
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Geneva - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday confirmed that it was examining a &quot;probable&quot; first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on  Tuesday voiced concern about the spread of bird flu in Vietnam,  but said it was not considering warning against travel there as  the risk of human infection was low.
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HANOI  - Two experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived in Vietnam Sunday to help tackle the latest outbreak of deadly bird flu in the country, an official said.
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Pakistani authorities and World Health Organization experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus.
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ROME : The bird flu epidemic in Asia is a &quot;crisis of global importance&quot; and the virus is unlikely to be eradicated soon, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) warned.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Three children exposed to the carcasses of culled chickens were hospitalised with flu-like symptoms on Wednesday as Malaysia mulled whether to widen a quarantine to cover an entire state near the Thai border to contain a spreading bird flu
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Ducks also spread bird flu, increasing the risk to humans from a virus that has killed 32 people in Thailand and Vietnam this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
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The World Health Organization warned here Saturday that a pandemic of avian influenza is likely to occur unless Asian countries intensify preventative efforts.
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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of bird flu, amid warnings that it poses a significant threat.
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Two United Nations agencies have warned that bird flu is &quot;a crisis of global importance&quot;. A joint statement from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Organisation for Animal Health says the
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An outbreak of avian influenza (&#39;bird flu&#39;) among villagers in Thailand is raising fresh fears that spread of the virus, which kills 75 per cent of people it infects, could, at least in principle, reach pandemic proportions.
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The World Health Organisation confirmed that it was examining a &quot;probable&quot; first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand, raising fears of a deadly global flu pandemic.
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PENANG (MALAYSIA), AUG 23: The deadly H5N1 strain of Bird Flu will take several years to contain, the WHO warned on Monday, adding that claims in China that the virus was found in pigs is a worrying new development.
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A top World Health Organization official warned Saturday of a likely global pandemic of avian flu unless tougher efforts are made to combat the virus&#39;s spread and improve sanitation in the poultry industry.
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Pakistani authorities and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts were trying to determine on Tuesday whether bird flu had passed from human to human after the country reported its first human death from the virus.
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The United Nations&#39; World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people.
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WASHINGTON - Closing schools, restricting travel and rationing scarce medications may be the nation's first protections if a powerful new flu strain spurs a worldwide outbreak because it will take months to brew a vaccine, say government preparations for the next pandemic.    Specialists say it's only a matter of time before the next one strikes, and concern is rising that the recurring bird flu in Asia could be the trigger since it is mutating in a way that lets it spread easily among people...