SKorea begins slaughtering chickens after outbreak of deadly strain of bird flu
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SEOUL, South Korea - Quarantine workers have destroyed more than 100,000 chickens in South Korea following the first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu in the country in more than a year, an official said Friday. (article 9)
JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 24 The World Health Organization might soon convene an expert panel to decide whether an unprecedented human outbreak of bird flu in Indonesia should trigger a higher global alert for a possible pandemic, health officials said Wednesday. (article 5)
Federal officials announced plans yesterday to sharply increase testing of wild birds to try to detect the arrival of the deadly avian flu in the United States as early as possible and stanch any outbreaks of disease. (article 11)
Laboratory tests conducted for the World Health Organization confirmed this week that five members of one extended family in Kubu Sembilang village had died of bird flu during the first two weeks of May and a sixth had been infected but was recovering. (article 6)
CAIRO, Feb. 25 Of all the panicky ways that people worldwide have sought protection from bird flu, perhaps the most striking took root among Egyptians last week. (article 12)
Unlike influenza viruses that are passed easily between people, H5N1 has a hard time attaching to cells in the nose, throat and upper airways. (article 13)
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- WHO Probes Bird Flu Cluster (Washington Post, 04/04/2008, 672 words)
- Indonesians Love Chicken, Bird Flu Scare or Not (Washington Post, 04/04/2008, 723 words)
- Fatal bird flu cases in Pakistan (BBC News, 04/04/2008, 337 words)
- SKorea begins slaughtering chickens after outbreak of deadly strain of bird flu (cbc.ca, 04/04/2008, 237 words)
- A Pandemic of Fear (Washington Post, 04/03/2008, 934 words)
- U.S. to Increase Testing Of Wild Birds for Avian Flu (Washington Post, 04/04/2008, 474 words)
- Spooked by Bird Flu, Egyptians Hoard Water (Washington Post, 04/04/2008, 639 words)
- Researchers Shed More Light on Bird Flu (Washington Post, 04/04/2008, 614 words)
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