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This page provides the latest news and information on Avian Flu outbreaks and articles around the world. Click on the map for articles from a specific region or here for global news.
Global
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WHO raises swine flu alert level BBC News, 28
April 2009 |
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World closer to swine flu pandemic Reuters, 27 April
2009 |
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H9N2 avian flu
strain has pandemic potential
Science News, 12 Aug 2008 |
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Factbox: Bird Flu's spread around
the globe
Reuters, 28 December 2007 |
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UN Expert Says World Unprepared
for Avian Flu Pandemic, Voice of America, 24 October
2007 |
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Concern for bird flu increases
among researchers
Daily Vidette, 15 October 2007 |
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International meeting tackles
impasse on avian flu research, London Free Press, 01 August
2007 |
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H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of
Major Events
WHO, 18 June 2007 |
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Avian Flu high on World Health Assembly
Agenda
RedBolivia .com, 14 May 2007 |
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Amid bird flu vaccine debate, scientists aren't
sure of protective, CBC North, 14 May 2007 |
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Study: Migratory birds not to
blame for spread of avian flu, Times of India, 14 April
2007 |
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Bird Flu Season Again
Council on Foreign Relations, 9 February
2007 |
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Bird flu sparked by market trade,
not wildlife: UN
Globe and Mail, 9 February 2007 |
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WHO chief issues H5N1 bird flu
warning amid new deaths, SpiritIndia, 23 January 2007 |
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Bird flu epidemic rumbles on
around the world
New Scientist, 11 January 2007
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Human flu transfers may exceed
reports
New York Times, 04 June 2006 |
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Bird flu may remain for years:
experts
CNN-IBN , 01 June 2006 |
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Bird traders fingered in spread of
avian flu
Independent Online, 31 May 2006 |
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Worldwide human death toll from
Avian flu reaches 125, 24dash.com, 30 May 2006 |
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WHO seeks data on avian flu
treatment
Financial Times, 30 May 2006 |
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WHO: Avian flu rapidly spreading in birds around
world, Voice of America, 23 May 2006 |
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Avian flu figures high on world
health assembly agenda, Voice of America, 21 May 2006 |
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Be prepared for pandemic bird
flu
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 May
2006 |
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Bird flu prevention hampered by
poor international coordination
FoodProductionDaily.com, 17 May
2006 |
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Officials anticipated spread of
disease in annual migration
San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May
2006 |
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Making bird flu vaccine proving
problematic
CTV .com, 11 May 2006 |
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Bird flu: Fears, fact &
fiction
ABC News, 09 May 2006 |
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UN warns of inequities in avian
flu arsenal
The Globe and Mail, 08 May
2006 |
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Bird flu one of many pandemic
threats
ABC Online, 27 April
2006 |
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UN Report: Restoring world's
wetlands key to reducing bird flu, Voice of America, 12 April
2006 |
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Rich nations slow to act on bird
flu: FAO
People's Daily Online, 7 April 2006 |
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Bird flu goes for the
throat
ABC Net, 4 April 2006 |
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WHO calls for cooperation to fight
bird flu, other new diseases, The Hindu, 4 April 2006 |
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Clue to slow human bird flu
jump
The Daily Star, 26 March 2006 |
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Officials planning for
pandemic
Times Herald-Record, 26 March 2006 |
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Why bird flu doesn't spread
between humans
ABC Online, 23 March 2006 |
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Bird flu mutation 'adds to threat
of human pandemic'
The Times, 21 March 2006 |
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Bird flu has evolved into two
strains: researchers
CTV, 21March 2006 |
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Companies prepare their own bird
flu messages
The Financial Express, 21 March
2006 |
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Leader: Bird flu threat highlights
disaster-planning flaws, Silicon.com, 15 March 2006 |
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Bird flu plans
require $30.5 mln more for 2007, US FDA says
, Bloomberg,
14 March 2006 |
Americas
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Tests Negative on LI Man Whose
Relatives Had Avian Flu
New York Times, 17 December 2007 |
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New-Fields Exhibitions: Marsh
Joins the 5th International Bird Flu
Insurance News Net, 11 September
2007 |
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US issues one year summary of
nation's Pandemic Flu Plan Associated Content, 24 July
2007 |
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Canada stockpiling avian flu
vaccines for poultry
CTV.ca, 18 may 2007 |
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First Avian Flu vaccine approved
by FDA
The Money Times, 19 April 2007 |
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US bird flu detection plan is wild
goose chase, study says, National Geographic, 05 December
2006 |
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FDA: Bird flu 'remedies' not so
helpful
CNN, 25 May 2006 |
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Ground zero in the war on bird
flu
CBS News, 24 May 2006 |
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Doctor: States unprepared for bird
flu
Washington Post, 19 May 2006 |
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Bird flu may be in US as early as
summer
Southeast Missourian, 11 May 2006 |
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Preparations for possible bird flu
outbreak go area wide, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2006 |
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ABC spreads the germ of a
disturbing 'Bird Flu'
Washington Post, 09 May 2006 |
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US plans for bird flu
disruptions
CBS News, 02 May 2006 |
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Avian flu could cripple telecom services
internet
GCN.com, 02 May 2006 |
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Guarding against avian flu
Chron.com, 14 April 2006 |
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Top scientist tries to calm bird flu
fears
MSNBC, 12 April 2006 |
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Bird flu: Things to know, not
fear
USA Today, 12 April 2006 |
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Bird-flu spurs World Health Agency
to lure top scientists, Bloomberg, 7 April 2006 |
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Vaccines against avian influenza -
A race against time
The New England Journal of Medicine, 30 March
2006 |
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Avian flu vaccine produces limited
success
USA Today, 29 March 2006 |
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Wild claims about avian
flu
The Tyee, 28 March 2006 |
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Continue to prepare for possible
flu pandemic
Star Bulletin, 28 March 2006 |
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Banks, insurers told to plan for
bird flu
Globe and Mail, 24 March 2006 |
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US launches avian flu surveillance
program
Voice of America, 23 March 2006 |
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Bird flu likely in US this
year
CBS News, 20 March 2006 |
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How will bird flu change your
life?
ABC News, 13 March 2006 |
Asia Pacific
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Singapore readies for swine flu,
Straits Times, 28 April 2008 |
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VIETNAM:
Uphill battle to raise awareness of bird flu IRINnews.org, 29 Aug 2008 |
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Flu pandemic drill for financial
institutions AsiaOne, 19 Aug 2008 |
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Bird flu strain in India,
Bangladesh similar Times of India, 25 Aug
2008 |
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Avian Flu strikes Indonesia again Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, 7 Aug
2008 |
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Cambodia, FAO start series of
market forums on bird flu, Xinhua, 12 Aug 2008 |
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Pakistanis, WHO check if bird flu
passed by people
Reuters, 18 December 2007 |
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China reports human death
from bird flu
United Press
International, 03 December 2007 |
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Humans spread Bird Flu to humans
in Indonesia
Science Daily, 29 August 2007 |
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China Rushes to Halt Bird Flu
Among Ducks
Washington Post, 18 September 2007 |
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Bali records 1st bird-flu
death
Xinhua, 14 August 2007 |
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Avian flu returns to Delta with
fresh outbreaks in provinces, Viet Nam News, 29 August
2007 |
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Indonesia bird flu
showdown
TIME, 11 May 2007 |
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WHO confirms backlog of 15
Indonesian H5N1 cases
CIDRAP, 18 May 2007 |
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WHO requesting human bird flu
samples from China, none shared ...
International Herald Tribune, 18 April
2007 |
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Red Cross spreads word on bird
flu
Nhan Dan, 19 April 2007 |
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Indonesian woman tests positive
for bird flu
Reuters, 09 Jan 2007 |
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Avian flu endemic in Indonesia:
expert
Sydney Morning Herald, 23 January
2007 |
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Bird flu outbreak spreads in
Vietnam's Mekong Delta
Reuters, 21 Dec 2006 |
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HK confirms dead bird carried H5N1
avian flu virus
Reuters, 06 Jan 2007 |
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Firms urged: don't take bird flu
lightly
The Age, 31 May 2006 |
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Korea Raises Bird Flu
Alert
Chosun Ilbo, 01 December 2006 |
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Officials backtrack bird flu
cluster
Washington Post, 26 May 2006 |
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Indonesian bird flu victim likely
to pass virus to relatives
Peoples Daily Online, 29 May 2006 |
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Bird flu report identifies
flaws
The Age, 24 May 2006 |
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Bird flu case may be first double
jump
New York Times, 24 May 2006 |
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Bird flu deaths in Indonesia raise
concerns
New York Times, 18 May 2006 |
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Bird flu outbreaks not over,
scientists say
People's daily Online, 24 May 2006 |
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Indonesia blames 5 deaths in
family on avian flu
CIDRAP, 16 May 2006 |
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WHO confirms avian flu case
cluster in Indonesia
CIDRAP News, 17 May 2006 |
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WHO confirms 25th avian flu death
in Indonesia
CIDRAP News, 09 May 2006 |
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Officials sacked over bird flu
case
People's Daily Online, 12 May
2006 |
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Some Vietnam breeders regain after
bird flu scourge
Thanhnien News, 09 May 2006 |
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Bird flu bill passes first hurdle
TVNZ, 09 May 2006 |
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Bird flu one of many pandemic
threats
ABC Online, 27 April 2006 |
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ASEAN Japan joins hands in
combating bird flu
People's Daily Online, 02 May 2006 |
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Thailand 'clean' but bird flu
spreading
Bangkok Post, 12 April 2006 |
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Pakistan confirms H5N1 birdflu
outbreak near Islamabad, People's Daily Online, 17 April
2006 |
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Myanmar faces bird flu
crisis
News24, 10 April 2006 |
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Human contamination of bird flu up
to 33 in Indonesia
People's Daily Online, 12 April
2006 |
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ADB says avian flu pandemic
threatens developing Asia
TMC Net, 6 April 2006 |
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Bird flu crisis management to be
discussed on April 16
The Financial Express, 5 April 2006 |
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Bird flu-hit farms to get 4% loan
relief
The Economic Times, 5 April 2006 |
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China in process of sharing bird
flu virus samples with WHO, Xinhuanet, 4 April 2006 |
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People urged to vaccinate as flu
season approaches
ABC Net, 4 April 2006 |
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Bird flu: Experts differ on govt's
response
The Times of India, 4 April 2006 |
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Vietnam vaccinates 6 million fowls
against bird flu
People's Daily Online, 30 March 2006 |
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Avian flu continues spreading in
India
Earth Times, 30 March 2006 |
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People need to be alert to bird
flu: expert
Xinhua, 29 March 2006 |
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The response to bird flu: Too much
or not enough?
International Herald Tribune, 28 March
2006 |
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Health ministry calls for
continued prevention, control of bird flu
People's Daily Online, 21 March 2006 |
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Bird flu scare impacting egg,
chicken market
Business Line, 20 March
2006 |
Europe
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Bird Flu Silently Spreads Across
Europe, theTrumpet.com, 31 October 2007 |
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Avian flu H5N1 cases top 740,
Farmer's Weekly, 31 May 2006 |
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Bird flu outbreak registered in eight villages
in Siberia, RIA Novosti, 26 May 2006 |
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Birds back in Europe without
flu, International Herald Tribune, 11 May 2006 |
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Romania to cull 1mln birds after
avian flu outbreak, Xinhuanet, 14 May 2006 |
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Bird flu tests in Britain
'flawed', The Times, 12 April 2006 |
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EU says fully prepared for bird
flu, Xinhua, 10 April 2006 |
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H5N1 confirmed in 3 cases of bird
flu in Czech Republic, Xinhua, 10 April 2006 |
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Can bird flu and bureaucrats
synchronise their schedules?,The Times, 10 April 2006 |
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Chances of bird flu pandemic 'very
low', Financial Times, 10 April 2006 |
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Bird flu confirmed in UK, ABC
Online, 7 April 2006 |
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Germany culls 30,000 domestic
birds amid avian flu outbreak, Xinhua, 9 April 2006 |
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Avian flu: Wild birds, pets and
poultry now at risk, Guardian Unlimited, 7 April 2006 |
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EU to shoulder half of bird flu
compensation in Hungary, People's Daily Online, 7 April
2006 |
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Albania, Greece cooperate to keep
bird flu under control, People's Daily Online, 24 March
2006 |
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Seventh case of bird flu in Czech
Republic, Xinhuanet, 5 April 2006 |
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EU aid sought
for poultry 'crisis', International Herald Tribune, 21
March 2006 |
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Experts
prepare advice in event of bird flu outbreak, Financial
Times, 19 March 2006 |
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Avian flu
reaches Albania; US to expand testing, CIDRAP News, 8
March 2006 |
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Bird flu
likely to spread to more European countries: OIE, Xinhua
News Agency, 1 March 2006 |
Middle East/Africa
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Egypt: 4 Women Die of Bird
Flu, New York Times, 03 January 2008 |
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Africa joins fight against bird
flu, Health24.com, 18 May 2007 |
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Nigeria confirms fresh outbreak of
bird flu, People's Daily Online, 26 May 2006 |
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Tests show Iranian siblings had
lethal bird flu strain, Globe and Mail, 23 May 2006 |
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Sixth bird-flu death in Egypt,
Mail&Guardian Online, 18 May 2006 |
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First human bird flu reported in
Horn of Africa, Environment News Service, 15 May 2006 |
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Cote d'Ivoire culls poultry after
bird flu cases confirmed, Xinhua, 08 May 2006 |
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Gaza bird flu contained, News
24, 16 April 2006 |
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Bird flu is on the rise in West
Africa, Independent Online, 10 April 2006 |
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Niger begins bird flu cull, after
delay, The Age, 10 April 2006 |
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