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[Voyager Travel Blog] New bird flu strain and film “Contagion” serve as reminders for ...: Oxford said travellers and expatriates in affected countries should exercise caution by remaining away from live poultry markets and increasing hygiene. Those who may have been exposed to bird flu (H5N1) and develop severe respiratory infections should seek medical attention and possibly be treated with an antiviral drug.

[Zoe - It's Our Nature] Zoe – It's Our Nature : Bird Flu Is Back: The pigs had caught a regular flu from factory farm workers, and then they’d picked up another flu virus apparently from birds migrating from Asia. The two viruses combined, leading to an outbreak of what we called swine flu, sickening around 60 million people as it spread around the world, and killing more than 12,000.

[Bird Flu Information Corner] Poso, Central Sulawesi ::: Bird flu spreads in Poso « Bird Flu ...: Poso - Official of Livestock Service in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi province, confirmed the sudden death of chickens recently was because of bird flu H5N1 infection. Bird flu was examined on dead chicken samples from several sub-districts in Poso.

[Channel3000.com - Health] India Culling Poultry After Bird Flu Scare - Health News Story - WISC ...: NEW DELHI (CNN) -- Authorities ordered immediate culling of poultry in eastern India after samples tested positive for bird flu.

[Sify.com] Bird flu detected in poultry samples in Nadia, West Bengal: The samples sent to the ERDDL Kolkata and High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) Bhopal have tested positive for H5 strain of Avian Influenza, it added.

[Medicine Blog] “Bird Flu”: What You Need To Know | Medicine Blog: The poultry industry and the U.S. government take Asian avian influenza very seriously because it can threaten commercial poultry. It’s spread by migratory birds, so the federal government monitors wild birds in areas where there could be contact with Asian birds.

[Fooducopia.com] What to Do About Bird Flu? | Fooducopia: And when I hear about children and seniors dying from the flu, it saddens and frightens me. Simple human emotions in response to tragedy”¦too bad the solution to this dilemma isn’t as simple as that.

[Medicine Blog] Bird Flu: Fundamental Questions and Answers You Need To Know ...: There have been cases of humans being infected with the virus and dying from it, but these people acquired the infection directly from birds and not from another infected person. This needs to be emphasized because there are some who think that the disease could be contracted from an infected human similar to how ordinary flu is transmitted.

[Northern Voices Online: NVO News Blog] Bird Flu Confirmed in Poultry Samples in Nadia District | Northern ...: As regards compensation for loss of poultry on account of culling and destruction of birds, the rate for payment of compensation has been indicated to the State Governments. The Government of India has conveyed the decision to share costs of compensation on 50:50 basis with the State Governments and authorized State Governments to utilize funds available with them under the programme of ”˜Assistance to States for Control of Animal Disease’ (ASCAD), which is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

[Medicine Blog] Bird Flu: A Global Outbreak, A Global Concern | Medicine Blog: The virus, which does not affect the carriers, is deadly to those who come in contact with birds carrying the virus. When chickens, birds or geese come in contact with a bird carrying the virus through the bird’s saliva, nasal secretions or feces, they can become infected, fall ill and die in 48 hours.

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