Indonesian Chickens, and People, Hard Hit by Bird Flu
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Three people died of bird flu last week, pushing the total number of deaths in Indonesia to 101, nearly half of all the bird flu deaths in the world.
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A 16-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's confirmed human death toll from the virus to 96, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Three children and their mother from a village hit by the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain have been admitted to hospital for medical checks after coming down with flu-like symptoms, but three others suspected of contracting the virus have been
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Indonesia's agriculture ministry said  Wednesday tests showed a bird flu strain that had killed  millions of chickens in the country could not be transmitted to  humans.
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A 6-year-old Indonesian boy died of bird flu at the weekend, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 81, officials said on Monday.
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Indonesia has found traces of H5N1 bird flu in apparently healthy-looking poultry, making it tougher to detect the disease in the country hardest hit by the virus, officials said on Monday.
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International tests have confirmed that a 7-year-old girl died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu earlier this month, bringing Indonesia&#039;s death toll from the virus to at least 38, a health official said Thursday.
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The H5N1 strain of bird flu swept through 10 Asian countries early this year, resulting in the death or slaughter of over 100 million chickens and the deaths of more than 20 people.
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An outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm was caused by a strain that has killed humans, the authorities said.
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The bird flu epidemic spreads  to half of Bangladesh, in what officials say is a major blow to the poultry industry.
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The avian influenza virus known as H5N1 has killed millions of poultry in east Asia. Now researchers fear it may be tougher and more dangerous to humans than previously suspected.
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BANGKOK : Bird flu fears in Thailand prevented passers-by from helping four people injured in an accident between a drunk-driver and a pick-up truck full of chickens, rescue officials said on Sunday.
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KUALA LUMPUR - Two chickens that died in a village in Kelantan had the deadly strain of bird flu which killed 27 people in Asia earlier this year, Malaysian authorities confirmed yesterday.
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A nine-year-old Indonesian boy has died   of bird flu, an official of the health ministry's bird flu   information center said on Sunday, taking the country's death   toll from the disease to 51.
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Indonesia will declare bird flu a national disaster following a fresh flare-up in the country, which has the world's highest human death toll from the virus, the planning minister said on Wednesday.
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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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KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - A strain of bird  flu blamed for 27 deaths in Asia this year has been found in  Malaysia for the first time, the government said on Thursday as  hundreds of birds were culled to contain the outbreak.