The most dangerous yet:
That is twice as many as the number killed by the bird flu infection H5N1 since its first outbreak in 2003. Moreover, unlike the bird flu virus, …

HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters) – Experts on the H5N1 bird flu virus are divided on how to treat patients infected by the virus, which kills 60 percent of its … and of course the big news this month, 1st Pandemic Alert of 21st Century …

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These were the headline news from May 2009 about influenza whether Bird Flu (H5N1) or Swine Flu (H1N1).
31 May » Vietnam has first case of H1N1 flu: doctor
Reuters – USA
Vietnam — which has grappled with the more deadly [...]

Two-year-old boy becomes Egypt’s 56th bird flu case and avian influenza perhaps H5N1 kills Vietnamese who ate sick chicken March 2009

Vietnam PM urges action against mew bird flu outbreak and Panasonic to fly home workers’ families over bird flu fears after 5 die in China February 2009

One “high-path” H5 avian flu strain, H5N1, has gained notoriety as having also killed about 250 people overseas since 2003. This and other headlines happened January 2009

The H5N1 strain seems to thrive best in low temperature. Five Vietnamese have died of bird flu so far this year out of six reported H5N1 infections. This was headline news in December 2008.