Whimpers a man heard while doing yard work turned out to be a dog buried alive in a neighbor’s backyard. Robbie Wilson said he peeked over his fence and saw the dog’s nose poking out of the ground Sunday, a day after he first heard the cries for help. It was not known how long [...]

TESTS have confirmed that a dead bird discovered last week in Hong Kong was carrying the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the city’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced today.

British scientists have developed an air purifier that kills colds and flu germs, including H5N1 bird flu, as well as MRSA and Anthrax.

Rising numbers of human bird flu deaths in Indonesia and avian flu outbreaks among poultry in several Asian countries have put the region on alert.