Cats may carry the bird flu virus
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The bird flu virus that can kill humans has the potential to be spread by cats, scientists have found.
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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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The strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk has been identified as the H5N1 virus.
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Vietnam may face fresh outbreaks of the  deadly H5N1 bird flu virus next month as poultry is transported  around the country ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in  February, the World Health Organization said.
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South Korea plans to kill cats and dogs to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday.
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Four people have tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu, British authorities said Friday. The cases &#151; which are not the feared H5N1 strain, but the less dangerous H7N2 subtype &#151; were reported after poultry died at a small farm in north Wales.
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The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu found in turkeys in Britain last week &quot;may well be identical&quot; to the virus found in wild geese in Hungary, British officials said.
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Poultry products from Hungary were the most likely cause of the outbreak of a potentially lethal H5N1 bird flu at a turkey farm in Suffolk, the government has said.
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Turkeys at a farm in Virginia had antibodies to a low-risk strain of bird flu but direct evidence of infection has not been found, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday.
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Cats can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research by scientists.
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The European Commission has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in eastern England was the virulent H5N1 strain.
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A grey heron found in Hong Kong earlier has been confirmed an H5 avian flu suspect, and further tests are underway for the nature of the virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said Saturday.
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A laboratory in China says it has discovered a deadly strain of the bird flu in pigs, raising concern among scientists that the virus may be closer to changing into a form that is more easily transmittable to humans.
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The strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys on a UK farm is identified as the H5N1 virus.
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A potential flu pandemic vaccine based on one strain of the H5N1 bird flu works against other versions of the virus as well, the vaccine's manufacturer said Monday.
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The bird flu epidemic which has killed 31 people in Southeast Asia so far this year, may have also killed 23 tigers at a zoo in eastern Thailand, according to officials in Thailand.
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Scientists have discovered the possible presence of bird flu in wild mute swans in Michigan &#151; but it does not appear to be the most worrisome, highly pathogenic strain, the White House announced Monday.