Bird Flu News

People are hesitant to consume poultry products due to reports of bird flu in neighboring districts.

Following the discovery of H5N1 virus, hundreds and thousands of chickens were culled in Sunsari, Ilam and Panchthar last week.

Evidently H5N1 is spreading in eastern Nepal. Via The Himalayan Times : 3 Jhapa locations test positive for bird flu .

The team also destroyed 2,400 eggs. The team, a week ago, culled 3,500 chickens from the same farm.

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Besides meat, the administration has also prohibited sell and purchase of eggs. More than 2,300 chickens were culled on Monday from Khanar-based poultry farm in Sunsari.

ITAHARI: The technical team tasked with inspecting bird flu-infested poultry farms in Sunsari has conceded that it did not bother to inspect part of the PK Poultry in Itahari when its proprietor Nirmal Shrestha insisted that rest of his farm is free of inspection.

The recent controversy over whether to research and publish data about a human transmissible H5N1 bird flu is disheartening to one who has spent a career advocating policies to promote and protect the public's health.

In early October 2001, just days after Bob Stevens hiked through North Carolina's Chimney Rock Park and drank from a waterfall, government officials were retracing his steps.

The People's Committee of northern Ha Nam province yesterday announced the first outbreak of bird flu in Nhat Tan Commune, Kim Bang District, while many other localities reported high risk of the disease.

Fears of bird flu gripped Shillong Friday and Meghalaya state authorities sounded a general alert after a hundred pigeons were found dead in the state capital, an official said.

Initial investigation results show the blaze began at 6pm yesterday, destroying 2,500 sq.m of the company's workshop.

SCI reported that net loss available to shareholders for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 was versus during the same quarter ended December 31, 2010.

Health department workers cull infected birds in an effort to check the spread of bird flu in India.

Vials of H5N1 flu vaccine by Beijing-based drug maker Sinovac Biotech Ltd. are seen during production at Sinovac facilities in Beijing, Nov.24, 2011.

A Mississippi State University researcher has uncovered the first molecular evidence linking live poultry markets in China to human H5N1 avian influenza.

With all eyes on Egypt's new parliament in January, 13 cases of the H5N1, or bird flu, were reported in Egypt, highlighting that the deadly virus was making a return to the North African country.

City on guard against flu epidemic as peak season sets in http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=493997&type=Metro INFLUENZA activity remained stable in Shanghai as the city entered the peak season for respiratory diseases, Shanghai Health Bureau said today.