Human-to-Human Spread of Bird Flu Is WHO&#39;s Worst Fear
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The potential transmission of bird flu between humans is the World Health Organization&#39;s worst fear, said Francois Xavier Meslin, the group&#39;s chief of animal diseases.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan but said there was no apparent risk of it spreading wider.
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BANGKOK, Thailand Sept. 28, 2004 - A woman who died earlier this month of bird flu probably got the disease from her daughter, a Thai official said Tuesday, increasing concern the case is the first known human-to-human transmission of the disease.
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SINGAPORE - Bird flu, which risks being deadlier than the SARS outbreak, is endemic to Southeast Asia and poses the biggest risk to public health in the region, Singapore officials and international health experts said on Monday.
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Nigeria's first human fatality from bird flu is confirmed as the H5N1 virus by the World Health Organisation.
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HEALTH experts warned today that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions worldwide. The World Health Organisation said the outbreak had the potential to be worse than the Sars virus.
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Hong Kong - Up to 100-million people could die in weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official has warned while urging countries to make urgent preparations to mitigate its spread.
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A global crisis of bird flu will threaten animal and human life in the near future, UN agencies warn.
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A young girl is the 12th victim of bird flu in Vietnam this month, as fears are raised about human transmission.
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BEIJING : The World Health Organization has said it is more worried about bird flu than SARS, warning a pandemic is likely to occur unless effective measures are taken, Chinese state media said.
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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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Vietnam confirmed a new bird flu death to bring Asia&#39;s human toll to 30 yesterday, while Thailand rued its flawed efforts to control the epidemic after reporting its first likely case of the virus jumping from one person to another.
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SOUTHEAST Asia must unite to combat the spread of a deadly bird flu virus which has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic, global health experts warned here Monday.
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According the World Health Organization, the biggest threat facing the world this winter may be the spread of Asian bird flu which may cause as many as two to seven million deaths before it is over.
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World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that an outbreak of bird flu mixed with a human influenza virus could kill millions of people across the globe that had the potential to be worse than the SARS virus.
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The bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world&#39;s people, a top international expert said Thursday.
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The bird flu virus that rampaged across much of Asia this year is the most likely cause of the next human flu pandemic, which could hit up to 30 percent of the world's people, a top international expert said Thursday.