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Avian Flu in the News

  • Transmitters fixed on birds, The Hindu, December 21, 2008
  • Migratory birds do not cause bird flu: experts, The Nation, November 17, 2008
  • DEC gets assistance from duck hunters, Watertown Daily Times, October 5, 2008
  • Scientists dispute role of migration in bird flu outbreak, Voice of America, August 14, 2008

  • Bird flu: New strain found in Africa, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, August 11, 2008

  • Bird flu search finds none yet coming to N. America, Reuters, June 10, 2008

  • Siberian birds test positive for bird flu antibodies, Russian News and Information Agency, May 19, 2008

  • Deadly H5N1 bird flu virus detected in wild swan found dead in Hokkaido, Mainichi Daily News, May 6, 2008

  • U.K. wild goose has H5N1 avian flu, Farmer's Guardian, March 3, 2008

  • Link between migratory birds, avian influenza unsubstantiated, The International News, Feb. 10, 2008

  • Thousands of miles from home, and possibly carrying avian flu, New York Times, January 29, 2008

  • Fifth swan tests positive for H5N1 bird flu, Reuters, January 21, 2008

  • Wild swans in Britain found dead of bird flu, Environmental News Service, January 10, 2008

  • WHO urges vigilance as bird flu spreads, Associated Press, December 17, 2007

  • Hong Kong bird reserve closed after H5N1 case, Reuters, December 13, 2007

  • Testing of wild birds reveals no sign of avian flu, Tundra Drums, November 16, 2007

  • Bird flu cases are deadly H5N1 strain, Reuters, November 13, 2007

  • Faster bird flu test developed, Science Daily, September 25, 2007

  • China confirms new bird flu outbreak, Bangkok Post, September 18, 2007

  • U.N. says domestic birds mainly to blame for spreading bird flu, not wild birds, International Herald Tribune (AP), September 3, 2007

  • France reports four ducks found with bird flu, Voice of America, August 14, 2007

  • Germany finds bird flu virus in dead ducks, New York Times (Europe), August 5, 2007

  • Two swans die of H5N1 in northeastern France, Forbes, July 31, 2007

  • Germany culls poultry after bird flu found in pet, Reuters, July 9, 2007

  • French, German bird flu outbreaks may signal more, Bloomberg, July 5, 2007

  • Wild bird culls not avian flu answer, say scientists, Scotsman, June 30, 2007

  • More bird flu found in swans in Germany, Voice of America, June 26, 2007

  • Bird flu found in several birds in southern Germany, International Herald Tribune, June 23, 2007

  • Bird flu found in Siberian ducks, Science Daily (UPI), June 19, 2007

  • GPS devices implanted into birds to track migratory routes, The China Post, May 28, 2007

  • U.S. to test fewer wild birds in 2007, Reuters, May 4, 2007
  • U.K. bird flu outbreak: wild birds exonerated, BirdLife International, April 19, 2007

  • FDA approves first bird flu vaccine for humans, FDA news release, April 17, 2007

  • Bird flu study shows new strains, Western spread, Newswise, April 16, 2007
  • No person-to-person spread of bird flu yet, Science Daily (UPI), March 22, 2007
  • Feathers could yield maps to predict bird flu outbreaks, LiveScience, March 21, 2007
  • Scientists doubt sick birds can migrate to Alaska, KTUU-TV, March 15, 2007
  • Study says southern China is source of avian flu, Bloomberg, March 6, 2007
  • FDA advisors OK bird flu vaccine, CNNMoney.com, February 28, 2007

  • FDA tests bird flu vaccine effectiveness, CBS News (AP), February 26, 2007

  • Bird flu outbreak shuts farms near Moscow, New York Times, February 21, 2007

  • No sign of deadly avian flu found in the U.S., MSNBC (Reuters), February 15, 2007

  • Most bird flu victims under 40, WHO analysis finds, CNN (Reuters), February 12, 2006
  • UN: Wild birds not to blame for bird flu spread, Fox News (AP), February 9, 2007
  • Cleanup on U.K. farm after avian flu culling, BBC, February 6, 2007
  • Taiwan to track migratory birds, The China Post, January 26, 2007
  • WHO official: recent bird flu cases a reminder of threat, Voice of America, January 12, 2007
  • Hong Kong: dead wild bird tests positive for avian flu, International Herald Tribune (AP), January 6, 2007
  • Cornell report: avian flu unlikely to spread in water treatment systems, Cornell Chronicle, January 2, 2007