Bird Flu News  

Concerted efforts to tackle the obstinate bird flu epidemic seem to have paid off.

With the last of its cleaning and disinfecting drive in West Bengal on June 8^th and no o... Read more

The cell-signaling protein, interferon type 1, has the potential to reduce H5N1 influenza virus' (bird flu virus) replication in mice, and can thus offer protection in the early stages of in... Read more

A new study has found that the bird flu virus can survive for up to two years in the carcasses of buried birds.

Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, an environmental engineer at the Univer... Read more

A computer model that can help airport authorities screen passengers for pandemic influenza has been created by a team of scientists from four national laboratories in the U.S.

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More than 1,800 chickens have been culled in southeastern Bangladesh this week after avian flu was detected on a farm, an official said Tuesday.

Veterinary surgeon Rupen Chakma, ... Read more

A 33-year-old woman died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the third death from the disease in Egypt this week, the health ministry announced.

The woman, from Kafr el-Sheikh prov... Read more

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday approved a test that can diagnose the human strain of avian flu in less than 40 minutes.

The test detects the A/H5N1 virus in... Read more

Nine health workers went on trial in northern Poland Monday accused of having tested a vaccine against bird flu on nearly 200 patients without their knowledge, court officials said.

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An Egyptian toddler has contracted bird flu, the 62nd recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006 and the second this week, state-news agency MENA reported o... Read more

It has been just over a month since WB authorities claimed bird flu had been contained in the state. They are now, however, reporting that avian influenza has resurfaced in West Bengal's Dar... Read more