Israel Announces First Cases of Deadly Bird Flu Strain, in Turkeys
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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)
Initial test results appeared to confirm that birds being raised on four farms in southern Israel died after being infected by the H5N1 virus, avian influenza's deadly strain. (article 3)
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 1)
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 4)
Cases of bird flu continue to occur worldwide, mostly in Indonesia, and this is the colder time of year when flu is expected to hit hardest in the northern hemisphere. (article 8)
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- U.S. to Increase Testing Of Wild Birds for Avian Flu (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 474 words)
- A Pandemic of Fear (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 934 words)
- Israel Announces First Cases of Deadly Bird Flu Strain, in Turkeys (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 497 words)
- Spooked by Bird Flu, Egyptians Hoard Water (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 639 words)
- Bird Flu in Indonesian Family May Raise Global Alert Level (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 393 words)
- WHO Probes Bird Flu Cluster (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 672 words)
- Indonesians Love Chicken, Bird Flu Scare or Not (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 723 words)
- Large bird flu cluster emerges (Nature Journals, 07/11/2008, 558 words)
- Q&A: Siti Fadilah Supari (Nature Journals, 07/11/2008, 609 words)
- Bird Flu Fears Ignite Debate on Scientists' Sharing of Data (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 428 words)
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