Experts fighting bird flu around the world met on Wednesday in Mali to plan the next stage of their campaign to control the disease. The outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza began in Asia in 2003 and spread rapidly in early … [Read more...]

Once a pandemic is under way it is "considered unstoppable". That is why the best way to prevent a bird flu pandemic is to eliminate H5N1 in birds - but that is seen as "increasingly doubtful". At the beginning of flu season, these types of … [Read more...]