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Here are the top Bird Flu stories for this month, December 2006 - click the links to read the actual news reports.

31. December » Study: Travelers Should Take Simple Precautions Against Avian Flu …
All Headline News - USA
Although Avian bird flu is rarely transmitted from one human to another travelers need to be cautious and know about Avian influenza A (H5N1) …

30. December » Three People Dead in Egypt, Raising Human Avian Flu Toll to 157
Washington File - Washington,DC,USA
Our understanding is that there is exposure to sick poultry, in this case ducks, by the people that became ill…

29. December » More culls in South Korea
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands
… last week confirmed a fourth case of bird flu, at a … completely stop the spread of the AI (avian influenza) virus … month’s two outbreaks there of the H5N1 virus. …

28. December » Bird flu outbreak isn’ta threat to troops in Korea, USFK says
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
… with HPAI, or Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, the … Most bird flu cases result from direct contact … In late November authorities discovered H5N1 bird flu at a …

27. December » KILLED BY BIRD FLU
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
… woman has died from bird flu. Intisar Fareed, 30, is the eighth in the country to fall victim to the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus. Avian flu has now killed …

26. December » Egyptian girl dies of bird flu, the country’s 9th avian flu death …
International Herald Tribune - France
CAIRO, Egypt: A girl died of bird flu on Monday, the … two days and one that brought the avian flu toll to … 20 and diagnosed as having the fatal H5N1 virus three …

25. December » Bird Flu Struck Aceh Region In Indonesia
All Headline News - USA
Suyono, a member of the investigation team of the ministry combating avian flu said the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has contracted tens of thousands of …

24. December » Fresh Bird Flu Concerns in Nigeria
RedBolivia.com - USA

23. December » Vietnam, South Korea, Nigeria battle avian flu
CIDRAP - Minneapolis,MN,USA
More poultry have died of H5N1 avian influenza in Vietnamese provinces where the virus recently re-emerged, and the disease has spread to another province in South Korea and 3 more Nigerian states, according to news reports.

22. December » Bird flu in Nigeria is more widespread than thought
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands
According to experts, a fresh outbreak of avian influenza in Nigeria is more widespread than thought, provoking fears of long-term risks.

21. December » Fresh Bird Flu Concerns in Nigeria
Voice of America - USA
The Nigerian Veterinary Association says the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu remains a major problem in Nigeria and warns that the country risks triggering an even bigger round of infection.

20. December » New bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Vietnam on Tuesday confirmed two new outbreaks of bird flu in domestic poultry, the first in more than a year in the country once hardest-hit by the deadly H5N1 strain.

19. December » France testing dead birds for flu
BBC News - UK
French authorities say they cannot rule out bird flu after 4,000 chickens died on a French farm on Saturday, 16 December 2006.

18. December » Untrue Bird Flu Rumors Hurt US Poultry, Says Expert
ThePoultrySite.com - Sheffield,UK
GEORGIA - Poultry and poultry products are getting some bad press and are the subject of untrue rumors linked to Asian Bird Flu, says the University of Georgia’s Jim Crawford.

17. December » NJ only partly prepared for expected flu pandemic
Press of Atlantic City - Atlantic City,NJ,USA
If New Jersey is hit by an anticipated influenza pandemic, more than 8,100 residents will die - and that’s a conservative estimate from the state health department.

16. December » Recent bird flu outbreaks may have come from midwestern China …
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
South Korean officials said Friday the two cases of bird flu viruses discovered last month in the country were likely to have originated from the midwest of China.

15. December » States’ flu plans vary widely
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
Parts of southeastern Washington are considering drive-through flu shots during a pandemic –

14. December » US braces itself for bird flu
WorldPoultry.net - Doetinchem,Netherlands
Although the deadly virus has not infected a human in the US, officials have detected a low-grade strain of the virus in wild birds in Pennsylvania and elsewhere …

13. December » Don’t give up on advanced human bird flu cases -expert
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
… Tamiflu could still be used to fight bird flu many days after the onset of symptoms because the avian virus would still be multiplying. The H5N1 virus remains …

12. December » Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak at Jeolla Quail Farm
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
A new outbreak of a deadly bird flu strain has been … they were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza … the highly pathogenic strain of the H5N1 virus has …

11. December » COTE D IVOIRE: Suspicion and denial over bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Poultry breeders in Cote d’Ivoire have accused the government of inventing two recent cases of bird flu …

10. December » Donors pledge 475 million dollars to fight bird flu
People’s Daily Online - Beijing,China
… the international community remains firmly focused on the fight against avian influenza, with … which remains vulnerable to the spread of the H5N1 virus,” said …

09. December » Bird flu has deadly friends: health experts
Reuters - USA
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Bird flu may be the tip of the iceberg. Experts meeting in Mali say the deadly H5N1 virus is just one of a plethora of diseases threatening animals and people around the world as global warming, intensive farming, increased travel and trade help dangerous microbes breed and spread.

08. December » Bird flu could force changes to African traditions
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
BAMAKO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - African customs such as using children to rear village poultry could expose people to deadly bird flu and must be addressed to lower the risk of human infection, delegates said at a summit this week.

07. December » Guam steps up bird flu tests
Pacific Daily News - Hagåtña,GU,USA
Guam, Hawaii and the CNMI share $190,000 of the $29 million in federal funding allocated to the monitoring project, which pays for the trapping and testing of migratory and other wild birds by U.S. Department of Agriculture wildlife specialists on Guam.

06. December » Swiss spell out pandemic vaccination plan
Swissinfo - Switzerland
The Swiss authorities have given further details of plans to vaccinate the entire population in the event of an influenza pandemic.

05. December » Bird imports may spread bird flu in Americas-study
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
… likely route for bird flu to spread into the Americas, a group of researchers predicted on Monday. Migrating fowl would then spread the H5N1 avian flu virus …

04. December » Use of bird flu vaccine considered
Bangkok Post - Thailand
… decide whether or not to allow bird flu vaccine to immunise poultry against the H5N1 virus within … and negative, of using available avian influenza vaccine …

03. December » Bird flu battle needs $1.5B to continue
AlaskaReport - Juneau,AK,USA
… in Bamako, Mali from December 6th to the 8th discussing bird flu, would call for … themselves more ready to deal with the outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza and to …

02. December » (Yonhap Interview) ASEAN summit to address N. Korean nuke issue …
Yonhap News - Seoul,South Korea
… latest outbreak of the disease, commonly known as avian influenza, was … The type of bird flu that broke out in South Korea has been confirmed H5N1, a high …

01. December » South Korea to expand mass cull to curb bird flu
TODAYonline - Singapore
… more chickens after its first bird flu outbreak for … three kilometers after the potentially deadly H5N1 virus was … the first country to report avian flu when the …

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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