Archive for July, 2006

Deadly Bird Flu Virus Spreads in Remote Nigerian State

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

The remote state, Taraba, in eastern Nigeria, has reported the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Officials in Nigeria say the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has spread to another state, bringing the total number of states now affected by the virus to 14.

China Failed to Detect and Report an Early(Yr. 2003) Human Infection of Bird Flu

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

More testing is needed before China can confirm whether a soldier who died in Beijing in 2003 was an early case of bird flu, the Health Ministry said Monday. The case, first disclosed last month in a letter by Chinese researchers to a US medical journal.


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