Second person tested for bird flu
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A second person dealing with the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk is tested for the disease.
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Turkish authorities are testing four children for bird flu in a southeastern village where avian influenza has already infected the poultry, the agriculture ministry has said.
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Authorities confirmed Saturday the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected for the first time on a British poultry farm after 2,500 turkeys died.
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Health officials reported Nigeria's first cases of bird flu in humans Wednesday, saying one woman had died and a family member had been infected but was responding to treatment.
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An eight-year-old Thai girl and a dog were confirmed to have been infected with Asia&#39;s deadly bird flu on Sunday as the country battled a second major outbreak of the virus this year, authorities said.
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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.
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A 19-year-old woman hospitalised in Vietnam has tested positive for the lethal strain of bird flu that has killed 27 people across Asia this year, including 19 in the communist nation, officials said.
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ANOTHER person, a veterinarian, has been put under quarantine for suspected bird flu as health officials say three others in a similar situation have yet to show any symptoms of the disease.
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Health authorities in Indonesia have begun investigating whether a nine-year-old girl who died this week of the H5N1 strain of bird flu belonged to a cluster of human cases.
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An updated diagnostic test can   simultaneously detect whether someone is suffering from an H5   strain of bird flu or seasonal influenza, its developer said on   Tuesday.
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UK scientists have developed two tests for avian flu to safeguard against an outbreak.
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A fourth swan has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Dorset
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A woman was confirmed Monday to be suffering from avian flu, the second known human victim of the disease in Thailand since July, but officials said there is no evidence it was the result of human-to-human transmission.
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A worker who attended the Suffolk bird flu outbreak is in hospital with a mild respiratory illness, officials say.
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Thailand has confirmed that a woman who died earlier this month was a victim of bird flu and said she may have contracted the disease from her daughter, raising the possibility of human-to-human transmission.
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Two people were under hospital observation in northern Malaysia with flu-like symptoms yesterday as the country fought to contain the second case of deadly bird flu in two weeks.
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The World Health Organization has detailed the first evidence that a person likely caught the bird flu virus from a human, then passed a slightly mutated version to another person. But experts said Friday the genetic change does not increase the threat of a pandemic.