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[Healthnewsblog.com] Health News Blog -- Bird Flu / Avian Flu H5N1: Another WHO expert, Dr Mike Ryan, director of epidemic and pandemic alert, said, "We truly feel that this present threat is likely to stretch our global systems to the point of collapse." H5N1 has continued to spread easily from country to country and scientists are sounding more alarmist with each new human case and with each discovery of the virus in a new country.

 [Townhall.com] Townhall.com::The News::News Article: This latest outbreak prompted Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun to urge people across the country to be on "high alert" for bird flu. In a nationwide broadcast, he ordered strict enforcement of the ban on poultry imports from neighboring countries or poultry trade near the stricken village.

 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Bird flu claims first ...: At a meeting today of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, regional leaders agreed to step up collaboration in their efforts to combat the spread of the disease, which has killed 66 people since it was first identified in South Korea in 2003.

[Birdflumonitor.com] Bird Flu Monitor: Over 100 Bird Flu H5N1 Outbreaks In Burma: ..: Burma, meanwhile, culled 5,000 birds in a two-mile radius of a farm where the country's first case of H5N1 was detected last week, the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department said. It has also banned the sale of chicken and eggs near the property where 112 chickens died.

[TipsNet.info] Latest news: AP - Ariel Sharon’s condition has deteriorated, according to the hospital where the ailing former Israeli prime minister is being treated. A spokeswoman wouldn’t say whether Sharon’s life was in danger, but said doctors were treating him with broad-spectrum antibiotics and steroids.

[H5N1] Cambodian village monitored for bird flu: This latest outbreak prompted Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun to urge people across the country to be on "high alert" for bird flu. In a nationwide broadcast, he ordered strict enforcement of the ban on poultry imports from neighboring countries or poultry trade near the stricken village.

[CollectiblesGift.com] Inspectors find no bird flu  (Safe bird toy): JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A 44-year-old man died of bird flu in Indonesia, a senior health official said Sunday, putting the country on the cusp of being the world’s hardest hit by the disease.The man died July 12 after being hospitalized for two days with high fever, coughing and breathing difficulties, said the official, Nyoman Kandun.

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