Thousands of birds culled in India after 24 cases of bird flu reported

www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-26 17:27:36
NEW DELHI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — The Indian government has culled more than 8,000 birds in the east India’s Darjeeling area after 24cases of bird flu have been reported recently, government officials said on Thursday. The bird flu outbreak took place in Punding Forest of Darjeeling area, the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying [...]

Students in detention: bird flu suspects

goggle translated
Students in detention »fevers» Beni Suef on suspicion of being b «avian flu»
  Omar Sheikh wrote 2-19-2009
Detained fevers Beni Suef hospital, the day before yesterday, Muhammad Azim «18 years» Albranqp students from the village, of the Center for Bba, on suspicion of being infected with bird flu, after the emergence of symptoms similar to [...]

Google Flu Suggests Influenza Season Picking Up Speed

By Theresa Tamkins THURSDAY, Feb. 12, 2009 (Health.com) – It’s been a relatively mild flu season so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but activity on Google Flu Trends-which tracks search terms plugged into Google, not actual flu cases-suggests that cases will probably rise in coming weeks. As of this [...]

Cilendek, Indonesia

two related deaths and there is a team taking samples of blood from symptomatic people in the radius of 1 km of these deaths in Cilendek: After the Death of casualties Suspect Bird Flu in Cilendek Department of Health took the Sample of Residents’ Blood 31-01-2009 15:08 WIB
Bogor – After the death two related Nurul [...]

Suspect Bird Flu Case now declared negative

A suspect bird flu [avian A/H5N1 influenza] patient who was treated for 8 days in the regional Public Hospital Gunung Jati, Cirebon City, has now been declared bird flu negative. The patient was allowed to return home after receiving results from the laboratory of the Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Hall of the Department of the [...]

Nepal: Smuggling of chicken on rise

Sarlahi, Jan 31 – Though the government has banned the import of fowls and fowl products from India after the detection of bird flu, a large number of chickens and eggs are being imported to Sarlahi from India daily.
They are being imported via Sangrampur and Parsa entry point of the district, it is said. The [...]

CDC weekly seasonal influenza data

CDC Weekly Seasonal Influenza Data
Week 2, ending January 17, 2009

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Another H5N1 Confirmed Case in Guizhou China

Recombinomics Commentary 08:47
January 25, 2009
Zhou patients, male, 29 years old, now living yunyan District of Guiyang City. Patients January 15, 2009 the disease, the same day that is going to Provincial People’s Hospital for treatment, it is in a critical condition,
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The above translation from the Minstry of Health website describes the second confirmed H5N1 [...]

None infected by bird flu; capital safe

None infected by bird flu; capital safe
Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Jan 25 – With panic spreading among the public about the bird flu, authorities on Sunday confirmed that no person has been infected with the virus, nor has it spread in the capital.
Director of the BP Koirala Institute of Health Science (BPKIHS) Dr BP Das rebuffed the [...]