Topic: Bird Flu
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-11-02 06:00:21
<div><p>Vietnam has announced the reemergence of bird flu among its poultry after six months with no reported outbreaks of the H5N1 virus, the country's animal health department said.</p><p>The infected poultry were reported in nine farming households in the northern mountainous Dien Bien province between October 21 ...
Reuters US Online Report World News | 2009-10-24 10:05:21
<div><p>JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia does not intend to resume sharing bird flu samples with other countries until there is a global mechanism for virus sharing in place, the newly appointed health minister told Reuters on Saturday.</p><p>Indonesia, which has suffered the most confirmed deaths from the H5N1 bird flu ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-10-06 20:33:49
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new pandemic of H1N1 swine flu is causing a strong second wave of disease in many Northern Hemisphere countries, according to the World Health Organization.</p><p>While the United States, China and Australia have begun vaccination, other countries have not and it is unlikely many people ...
AFP Asian Edition | 2009-09-21 10:00:20
<div><p>Hong Kong's chief executive said Monday authorities would take no chance in dealing with swine flu despite accusations of over-reacting since its first confirmed case was reported in May.</p><p>"We have taken every precaution to prevent the spread of the virus," the city's chief executive, Donald ...
