Birdflu Far More Deadly Than SARS, WHO Says
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The bird flu virus is far more lethal  than the SARS virus that struck Asia last year and could  unleash a pandemic that could kill as many as 50 million  people, a World Health Organization official said Monday.
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HANOI -- Vietnam yesterday confirmed the sixth human death from bird flu in three weeks, and Thailand recorded its first case among poultry this year as health specialists expressed concern about a possible repeat of last year's devastating outbreak.
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The bird flu virus has killed a nine-year-old girl in Thailand, raising the country&#39;s death toll from the disease to 11. Health officials say the girl had touched dead chickens at her home.
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Bird flu hit two countries Saturday as it was confirmed that a man who died culling infected birds in Pakistan became the country's first human fatality, while a seven-year-old girl became Myanmar's first human case.
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The human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 100 - almost half of the total worldwide fatalities.
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An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by  Europe's biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews is the  highly pathogenic H5N1 version of the virus which can kill  humans, the European Commission said on Saturday.
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The World Health Organization has confirmed two more cases of bird flu in Indonesia, one of them fatal, bringing the country's death toll from the virus to 48.
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Thailand has confirmed its first outbreaks this year of the H5N1 strain of bird flu that can be deadly to humans, prompting authorities to declare a high alert throughout the country.
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A dangerous germ that has been spreading around the country causes more life-threatening infections than public health authorities had thought and is killing more people in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported yesterday.
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Indonesia recorded its 42nd human bird flu death on Thursday, bringing the sprawling nation even with neighboring Vietnam as the two worst-hit countries by the virus, a senior health ministry official said Thursday.
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Asia's bird flu epidemic, which experts  fear could spawn a human pandemic, has claimed its 31st victim,  a nine-year-old Thai girl who had contact with infected  chickens at home.
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The World Health Organisation warns mix of avian and human flu might kill up to seven million people around the world. Guangdong authorities launch a SARS alarm.
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The World Health Organization is warning Bird Flu will be the most likely cause of the next deadly flu pandemic. During a meeting in Bangkok on Bird Flu, Dr.
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A bird flu virus killed 26 people in Asia and prompted widespread slaughter of poultry several months ago. Now a new study says it can also infect cats.
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LONDON, Feb. 3 -- The deadly H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu, which has killed 165  people since 2003, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in eastern England, health authorities said Saturday.
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Laos on Thursday announced its first confirmed human death from the H5N1 bird flu strain, a 15-year-old girl, days after reporting that the virus was believed to have killed an adult woman.
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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu which has killed at least 148 people is showing signs of being able to mutate and develop resistance to the most effective anti-viral drugs and any possible vaccines yet to be produced, a WHO scientist said Thursday.