This information has been compiled as a courstesy service by the Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme (MWBP) (www.mekongwetlands.org) from information that is publicly available. The information does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of MWBP, and the views and information expressed do not necessarily reflect those of MWBP or its partners.
Iraq investigating possible bird flu death
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq - Iraq and the World Health Organization are investigating whether bird flu killed a 15-year-old girl who died in a region that is a ...
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/13654081.htm
STMicro Lab-On-Chip Detects Bird Flu
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... it has teamed with Singapore-based medical firm Veredus Laboratories to develop a disposable laboratory-on-a-chip that can detect strains of bird flu and other ...
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177101549
Fifth child death linked to bird flu
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... old girl who died in Turkey today after suffering from pneumonia is suspected to be the fifth child in the country to be killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus in ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/birdflu/story/0,,1689502,00.html
World Leaders Pledge $1.9 Billion for Bird Flu Fight (Update3)
Bloomberg - USA
... Bird flu spread from Southeast Asia to the fringe of Europe in recent weeks, sickening thousands of birds and killing four children in Turkey. ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=anlKNzPq58Ek&refer=asia
Bird Flu Suspected Child Dies in Mus
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
... Turkish province of Mus. A third child from the same family died two weeks ago, possible of bird flu. Contacting the bird flu crisis ...
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060118&hn=28786
China announces 6th human death from bird flu
Xinhua - China
18 (Xinhuanet) By Li Xing -- China's Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced another human case of bird flu, bringing the country's death toll from the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/19/content_4069819.htm
Pandemic fear boosts pledges at bird flu conference
CBC News - Canada
An international donor conference to raise money to fight bird flu is proving more successful than organizers hoped as fears escalated that the deadly virus ...
http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2006/01/18/birdflu-confer...
BIRD FLU: FAO WARNS EUROPE OVER SPRING MIGRATIONS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
... David Harcharik - is concerned that new areas may be contaminated as a result of traffic involving goods, people and animals, as well as through bird migrations ...
http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200601181805-1229-RT1-CRO-0-NF51&p...
TURKEY: Poultry farmers feel impact of bird flu
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... cull millions of their egg-laying fowl following a sharp decline in egg consumption after four confirmed deaths because of avian influenza or 'bird flu' in the ...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/635e9d2a44cd3d961fb7887c4a...
