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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for the month, March 2007 - (more news on our main web-site)

31 March » Avian flu claims three lives in China, Indonesia
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
BEIJING: Indonesia announced two more deaths from H5N1 bird flu yesterday and China said a teenage boy had also died from the virus, which has now spread to …

30 March » Baxter says bird flu vaccine working for humans in trials
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
“What’s important about Phase I/II data is that the results show that Baxter’s vaccine works against many strains of the H5N1 avian flu virus without any …

29 March » Two more suspected avian flu deaths in Indonesia
India eNews.com - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Jakarta, March 29 (RIA Novosti) Two more people have died in Indonesia after apparently contracting the lethal H5N1 strain of avian flu, …

28 March » Myanmar confirms bird flu outbreak in five townships in Yangon
EastDay.com - Shanghai,China
Although H5N1 strain of bird flu was found at some poultry farms in the five townships, the dead bodies of some chickens and geese from several other …

27 March » Egypt reports one new human bird flu case
People’s Daily Online - Beijing,China
It is a three-year-old girl who was tested positive to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, Egyptian Health Ministry spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin said. …

26 March » WHO, countries meeting to seek solution to H5N1 virus-sharing standoff
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Angered by that reality, Indonesia has upped the ante, refusing to share H5N1 avian flu viruses with the global community since the beginning of the year. …

25 March » POULTRY INDONESIA
Poultry Indonesia Online - Indonesia
“Our investigation results, signed by the director of animal health Samsul Bahri, concluded the bird flu virus had not come from people’s livestock. …

24 March » WHO trains CDA staff in combating bird flu
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
The purpose of the training was to prevent their possible exposure to Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). The training session was arranged in Rose and Jasmine …

23 March » Bird Flu detected in Savar Poultry
Drishtipat - Brooklyn,NY,USA
… of H5N1 in chickens in the farm. Bird Flu is caused by influenza A virus. Human infection with avian influenza viruses have been reported since 1997. …

22 March » US provides bird flu equipment to Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The devices are intended for use in high-risk provinces to prevent human exposure to the H5N1 Avian Influenza virus and would be used by animal health …

21 March » Bird flu spreads in northern Nigeria`s main
AngolaPress - Angola
KANO, Nigeria, 03/19 - The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is spreading among poultry farms around northern Nigeria`s largest city, a senior veterinary official …

20 March » Indonesian dies of avian flu
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has prompted the slaughter of millions of birds across Asia since late 2003, and caused the deaths of at least 169 people …

19 March » Bird Flu Continues Relentless March in Asia
News Locale - Gulbarga,Karnataka,India
Bird flu claimed its 65th victim in Indonesia as the health ministry confirmed that a 32-year-old man had succumbed to the deadly H5N1 strain of avian …

18 March » Second avian flu death confirmed in Laos
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
The bird flu virus remains hard for humans to catch, but international experts dread it may mutate into a form easily transmissible among humans and …

17 March » USDA, United Nations Sign Framework Agreement for Fighting Bird Flu
DG News - USA
“I believe the benefits will be immediate by enhancing the worldwide response to highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza.” …

16 March » Egypt Sees 25th Bird Flu Case
All Headline News - USA
She then tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu. The ministry gave no details to how she contracted the illness. …

15 March » US downplays H5N1 entering via bird pathways
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is unlikely that a sick bird would be able to carry the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus into the United States through the …

14 March » Indonesia refuses to share bird flu viruses without legally …
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CP) - Indonesia will not share H5N1 avian flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement promising …

13 March » Indonesian woman suffering from bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Although H5N1 avian flu mostly affects birds, the big concern is that it could mutate into a disease that easily passes between people, triggering a global …

12 March » UN experts further confirm bird flu outbreak in Myanmar
PeaceJournalism.com - Nepal
Experts from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNAID have further confirmed the recent outbreak of bird flu H5N1 in two …

11 March » Response to Fife bird flu attacked
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
… that a dead swan found lying on the harbour slipway at Cellardyke last March had been suffering from the deadly H5N1 strain of the avian flu virus. …

10 March » Migration Of Avian Flu Virus Reconstructed By UCI Scientists
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
Avian flu has been isolated almost exclusively among bird populations. The H5N1 virus has only sporadically been passed on from a bird host to humans; …

09 March » Dubai plans bird flu blood tests at airport
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Dubai - Air passengers suspected of carrying the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu might have to undergo blood tests before being allowed entry into the Gulf …

08 March » Avian influenza approaches Hanoi
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
Tests show that they are positive to H5N1 virus. As a result, Ha Tay has become the second province in the north seeing the return of bird flu. …

07 March » Bird flu claims a Laotian fatality
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Initial tests were positive for an H5 avian influenza subtype. More tests are under way to determine whether she had the same H5N1 strain that infected a …

06 March » Bird Flu Found in More Rangoon Townships
Narinjara News - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Burmese military authorities confirmed that the bird flu has been found in another three townships in Rangoon recently, but there has not been an outbreak of the deadly disease among humans in Burma.

05 March » First Human Avian Flu Case in Laos, More in China, Egypt
US Department of State (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
The latest human cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian flu, confirmed by WHO, bring the number of cases worldwide to 277, with 167 deaths, since the current …

04 March » Bird Flu Reappears in Vietnam
MedIndia - India
Bird flu has reappeared in domestic ducks in southern Vietnam just two weeks after the H5N1 virus was declared under control, an official said Friday. …

03 March » UAE to set up new quarantine center to prevent bird flu
People’s Daily Online - Beijing,China
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will set up a new quarantine center at the UAE-Oman border to prevent the possible entry of the H5N1 bird flu virus, …

02 March » Myanmar reports fresh outbreak of bird flu
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Myanmar has reported a fresh outbreak of virulent bird flu on the outskirts of Yangon, the country’s largest city, the World Organization for Animal Health …

01 March » HK notified of human bird flu case in Fujian
News.gov.hk - Hong Kong
The Ministry of Health has notified the Centre for Health Protection of a confirmed case of avian influenza H5N1 in a person in Fujian Province. …

Alerts are the top, daily news headlines with the keywords of H5N1, Avian (bird) influenza (or combination thereof). Since our goal is to forecast or calculate, we view these headlines as interesting indicators. Scanning over the whole year gives you a broad picture of what is going on in the world.

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