Avian Influenza Photo Gallery

SEPT 2006

 

 

AP - Tue Aug 29, 10:26 PM ET

U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne holds a young Dunlin shorebird after taking a test sample from the bird, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Barrow, Ala. Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States. (AP Photo/H. Josef Hebert)

AP - Tue Aug 29, 10:27 PM ET

U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, right, watches volunteer Audrey Taylor tag a young Dunlin shorebird, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Barrow, Ala. Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States. (AP Photo/H. Josef Hebert)

AP - Tue Aug 29, 10:28 PM ET

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, left, with biologist, Cheryl Rosa, gathers test samples from birds, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Barrow, Ala. Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States. (AP Photo/H. Josef Hebert)

AFP/File - Thu Aug 31, 1:19 PM ET

Mannequins dressed in medical protective gear are displayed at the Medical and Health Care fair in Hong Kong 18 August 2006. China is seeking up to 500 volunteers for the second trial of a vaccine to protect humans against the deadly bird flu virus after first-phase tests indicated it was safe, state media said.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)

Reuters - Sat Sep 2, 6:11 PM ET

A pair of Mallard ducks swim through fallen leaves in a pond in New York's Central Park, in a November 14, 2004 file photo. Mallard ducks in Pennsylvania have tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments said on Saturday, adding to cases detected recently in Maryland and Michigan. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)

Avian flu virus found in wild duck habitat in Maryland

AFP/POOL/File - Sat Sep 2, 1:15 PM ET

A mother mallard duck and her ducklings are seen in Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC in 2005. A more benign strain of the deadly bird flu virus that has ravaged poultry farms in Asia, Europe and other parts of the world has been discovered near the US capital in an indication the pathogen may be making inroads into North America, the US government reported.(AFP/POOL/File/Adele Starr)

AP - Mon Sep 4, 4:46 AM ET

Chicken meats are on sale at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. More than 100 ducks died suddenly in southern Vietnam last week in a suspected new bird flu outbreak. Another 400 ducks were culled as precaution and samples have been sent for testing. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

AP - Mon Sep 4, 4:45 AM ET

Chicken meats are on sale at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. More than 100 ducks died suddenly in southern Vietnam last week in a suspected new bird flu outbreak. Another 400 ducks were culled as precaution and samples have been sent for testing. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

AFP/File - Sun Sep 3, 10:19 AM ET

Egypt reports new bird flu case in poultry

An Egyptian holds up a chicken at Alexandria's Bab Omar Basha market in February 2006. The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in a domestic poultry farm in southern Egypt, the first time the highly pathogenic virus was detected in the country in months.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)

AFP/File - Fri Sep 1, 3:39 AM ET

Major obstacles remain in Indonesia's bird flu fight: UNICEF

A Jakarta bird seller. Indonesia faces major obstacles in its fight against bird flu, the UN Children's Fund said as officials reiterated calls for more international financial aid(AFP/File/Adek Berry)

AFP/File - Fri Sep 8, 7:42 AM ET

China blames US for bird flu delay

Ducks for sale are displayed at a market in Changsha, Hunan province. China's agriculture ministry has said the United States was to blame for the fact that it had not yet shared bird flu virus samples, but the WHO put the blame squarely on the ministry.(AFP/File/Jin Liu)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 5, 11:53 AM ET

China will not be hit hard by bird flu this fall

A vendor sells prepared chickens at a Hong Kong market stall in June 2006. Top agricultural official Li Jinxiang says China does not expect to be hit hard by deadly bird flu despite the cooler weather in the autumn, as mass vaccination efforts will be stepped up.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

China has not shared bird flu samples promised in March: WHO

AFP/File - Tue Sep 5, 9:21 AM ET

Health officials take samples of poultry faeces from bird cages at a Hong Kong market in February 2006. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that China hasn't shared virus samples from poultry killed by bird flu as promised six months ago, potentially hurting global efforts to develop an effective vaccine.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 5, 9:21 AM ET

A chicken vendor cleans his stall at a Hong Kong market in June 2006. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that China hasn't shared virus samples from poultry killed by bird flu as promised six months ago, potentially hurting global efforts to develop an effective vaccine.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 5, 9:21 AM ET

A bottle containing a bird flu vaccine from Beijing-based pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that China hasn't shared virus samples from poultry killed by bird flu as promised six months ago, potentially hurting global efforts to develop an effective vaccine.(AFP/File)

Reuters - Wed Sep 6, 12:56 AM ET

A vendor waits for customers behind slaughtered chickens in Xining, northwestern China's Qinghai province September 6, 2006. China has not provided international health agencies with samples of bird flu viruses found in the country since 2004, but is putting in place procedures to do so, a senior official said. The Chinese characters on the blackboard read 'Fresh chickens for sale at 6.6 yuan ($0.85) per half kilogramme'. CHINA OUT REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA)

AP - Thu Sep 7, 12:16 AM ET

An Indonesian chicken farmer collect chickens for market at a farm on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, in this June 1, 2006, file photo. A teenager died of bird flu in eastern Indonesia, raising the country's human toll from the disease to 47, the health minister said Thursday September 7, 2006, citing laboratory test results. The 14-year-old boy from South Sulawesi's capital Makassar appears to have been in contact with infected poultry, said Siti Fadilah Supari, adding that authorities stamped out chickens found near the victim's home. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, FILE)

AFP/File - Wed Sep 6, 5:40 AM ET

Cambodia reports fresh bird flu outbreak

A Cambodian worker carries ducks at a market in Phnom Penh, August 2006. A new outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in ducks on two family farms in eastern Cambodia, where the deadly H5N1 virus was also detected last month, senior agricultural officials have said.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)

Reuters - Wed Sep 6, 2:36 PM ET

A resident looks at a sign that reads, 'Swine fever, mad cow, bird flu - today toxic waste; and tomorrow?', during a protest in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan September 6, 2006, against the dumping of toxic waste around the city which doctors said killed a nine-year-old girl and made hundreds ill. Authorities said the pungent waste which contained hydrogen sulphide was unloaded from a Panamanian-registered ship at Abidjan port on August 19 and then dumped in at least eight sites around the city causing residents to complain of nausea, sore chests, vomiting and diarrhoea. REUTERS /Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST)

Swans fitted with transmitters in bird flu fight

Reuters - Wed Sep 6, 7:42 PM ET

Swans congregate on the beach at Broughty Ferry, Tayside near Dundee in Scotland April 7, 2006. Outfitting swans with super-light Teflon backpacks containing solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters is the latest way scientists and researchers are trying to fight the spread of avian influenza. (Nigel Roddis/Reuters)

Indonesia confirms another human bird flu death

AFP - Thu Sep 7, 2:56 AM ET

Two elderly livestock vendors wait for customers to sell their chickens on a street in Jakarta. Indonesia has confirmed another person has died of bird flu as the nation hardest-hit by H5N1 continues to battle a disease that experts fear could one day spark a global pandemic.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

Myanmar says free of bird flu

AFP/File - Wed Sep 6, 5:39 AM ET

A Buddhist nun feeds pigeons at a roadside in downtown Yangon, Myanmar in June 2006. Military-run Myanmar has declared itself free of bird flu after months without a new reported outbreak, state media have said.(AFP/File/Khin Maung Win)

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 9:03 AM PDT

Birds pass tests for York Fair - PA

"Big Daddy," a Light Brahma rooster, takes a close look at dinner Tuesday in York Haven, after Stephanie Adlon's daughter, Sommers, 16, tossed it from the landing. The Adlons will be showing their birds at this year's York Fair. (Photo by Bil Bowden)

 

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China Enters Bird Flu Vaccine Race

Quote "The vaccine virus is genetically engineered to lack the virulence gene that makes it lethal to the hen's eggs in which it is grown. " 'Whole-Virus' Approach Spares Hard-To-Get Ingredients".

Geese roaming freely in Argo Park yesterday. Geese could be the carriers of avian flu if it were to come to the University. (STEVEN TAI/Daily) Michigan Daily By Arikia Millikan

 

Avian flu would hit college students hard

China blames US for bird flu delay

AFP/File - Fri Sep 8, 7:42 AM ET

Ducks for sale are displayed at a market in Changsha, Hunan province. China's agriculture ministry has said the United States was to blame for the fact that it had not yet shared bird flu virus samples, but the WHO put the blame squarely on the ministry.(AFP/File/Jin Liu)

WHO confirms another bird flu fatality in Indonesia

AFP/File - Sat Sep 9, 4:21 PM ET

Workers prepare chickens at a market in Jakarta. A eight-year-old girl from who died last year has been confirmed as the Indonesia's latest bird flu case, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

Improved test can detect avian or seasonal flu

Reuters - Mon Sep 11, 7:38 PM ET

A paramedic takes a nasal swab sample from a suspected bird flu patient in Jakarta, October 6, 2005. An updated diagnostic test can simultaneously detect whether someone is suffering from an H5 strain of bird flu or seasonal influenza, its developer said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Probing the Mysterious Migration of Swans Suspected in Spread of Avian Flu

N. Batbayer/Mongolia W.S.C.C.

Scientists tag their catch. Their migration patterns are poorly understood, but they may have played a role in the brief appearance of the disease all across Europe early this year.

Probing the Mysterious Migration of Swans Suspected in Spread of Avian Flu - A dead infected bird found on the Scottish coast in March, originally identified as a local mute swan, was actually a whooper

Birds' migratory paths can be followed on http://www.werc.usgs.gov/sattrack/

Outbreak of deadly bird flu reported in south Sudan

Wed Sep 13, 3:13 PM ET

A pigeon sits in a cage in Africa. Authorities in autonomous southern Sudan said they had confirmed an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry, with two other suspected cases of the virus potentially fatal to humans.(AFP/File/Kambou Sia)

A patient is treated for bird flu symptoms in Sumatra, Indonesia, May 24, 2006. [file photo] (©AP/WWP)

Newly Confirmed Cases Boost Human Bird Flu Toll

"The investigation determined that he had exposure to his sister during her hospital stay," said the WHO September 14 report, "and that human-to-human transmission could not be ruled out as the source of his infection."

Five more in SKorea infected by bird flu

AFP/File - Fri Sep 15, 2:03 AM ET

A woman buys chicken meat at a traditional market in Busan. Five South Koreans were infected by the H5N1 bird flu virus two years ago while helping slaughter birds that had contracted the disease, health officials have said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)

WHO: Bird flu pandemic risk still high

AP - Sun Sep 17, 12:47 AM ET

The U.N.'s Chief for Bird Flu, David Nabarro speaks to reporters during a press briefing Sunday Sept. 17, 2006 in Singapore. Africa and East Asia, especially Indonesia and China, are particularly at risk for bird flu outbreaks despite progress in combatting the disease in many countries, World Bank and U.N. experts said Sunday.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Reuters - Mon Sep 18, 9:26 AM ET

A dead chicken is seen sticking out the top of a lorry near Hockering in eastern England, in this April 28, 2006 file photo. Britain's farm ministry on Monday unveiled a new bird flu strategy of testing more intensively in areas and species where an outbreak is most likely to occur. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

AFP/File - Mon Sep 18, 6:55 AM ET

A scientist tests biological samples taken from a dead swan for signs of the H51N virus. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of bird flu by introducing strategic testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus.(AFP/File/Carl De Souza)

AFP/file - Sun Sep 17, 8:19 AM ET

This file photo shows chickens displayed for sale at a market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A feared bird flu pandemic poses a "real and substantial" financial threat that could wipe as much as two trillion dollars off the value of the global economy, a World Bank expert warned.(AFP/file/Tang Chhin Sothy)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 19, 12:07 PM ET

Indonesian doctors examine a man suspected of suffering from bird flu in May 2006. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Asia-Pacific region is still not prepared to handle the threat from emerging infectious diseases such as bird flu.(AFP/File/Rahmad )

Reuters - Tue Sep 19, 7:53 AM ET

Chickens are kept inside a cage at a market in Baghdad, February 6, 2006. A three-year-old Iraqi boy in Baghdad has been confirmed as having survived a mild case of bird flu last March, the first confirmed human infection in the capital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. (Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters)

AP - Tue Sep 19, 12:56 AM ET

New Zealand Minister of Health Pete Hodgson, center, addresses the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee Meeting for the Western Pacific in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. The WHO still lacks about half the funds it needs to help countries fight bird flu, the acting director-general Anders Nordstrom said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Bradley)

AP - Mon Sep 18, 11:52 PM ET

World Health Organization (WHO) Acting Director General Anders Nordstrom listens during day two of the WHO Regional Committee Meeting for the Western Pacific in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. The World Health Organization still lacks about half the funds it needs to help countries fight bird flu, Nordstrom said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Bradley)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 19, 12:07 PM ET

Vietnamese doctors examine the chest X-ray results of an infant suffering from bird flu. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Asia-Pacific region is still not prepared to handle the threat from emerging infectious diseases such as bird flu.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist conducts shore bird research inside the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska

After testing 13,000 samples, they've only found less virulent virus

Migratory birds are captured and penned in the Alaska wilderness to be sampled for H5N1 virus infection. University of Alaska © 2006

 

Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge in southwest Alaska

Jonathan Runstadler drills through the ice covering Creamer's Field Waterfowl Refuge to collect samples of bird droppings left over from the previous year's migration.

Researchers swab birds to test for infection. The nets around the researchers' faces are to protect them from swarms of insects. University of Alaska © 2006

Researchers spot flocks of migratory birds from the air via helicopter. University of Alaska © 2006

U.S. Wildlife officials fear the virus could reach Hawaii through migratory birds.

At the James Campbell Wildlife Refuge on O'ahu, State and Federal agencies are now conducting tests for the bird flu.

 

Warbler

"Samples from sick or dead wild birds could increase the probability of detecting the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus should it arrive in Montana," said Mark Atkinson, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wildlife veterinarian in Bozeman

AP - Wed Sep 20, 9:33 PM ET

Pigeons roost in a coop in Nindiri, 22 km (about 15 miles) south of Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Sept, 20, 2006. Israel Kontorovsky, vice-minister of Nicaraguan Health, speculated that a hypothetical bird flu pandemic in Nicaragua would cause about 50,000 dead and a million hospitalized. The United Nations maintain that an epidemic of such nature 'could cause between five and 150 million deaths in the world'. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Reuters - Fri Sep 22, 9:23 PM ET

Poultry farmers who participate in a program to prevent the spread of diseases would be fully compensated for loss of birds and equipment if low-pathogenic strains of avian influenza are found, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday. In this photo a flock of birds fly in front of the rising sun in Hong Kong September 22, 2006. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)

If you notice sick or dead birds, please contact your local USDA Wildlife Services office at 1-866-4-USDA-WS.

GO TO- http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/hot_issues/avian_influenza/avian_influenza_report-birds.shtml to click on your state

AFP/File - Sun Sep 24, 6:47 AM ET

A boy holds a pigeon in Jakarta, September 7. A nine-year-old boy has been confirmed as Indonesia's 51st human bird flu fatality, a health ministry official said.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)

AFP - Tue Sep 26, 6:20 AM ET

Thai monks look back on a walkway full of pigeons outside a park in downtown Bangkok. A 59-year-old farmer has died of bird flu in northeastern Thailand, bringing the country's death toll from the H5N1 virus this year to three, the kingdom's top health officials said.(AFP/Saeed Khan)

 

AFP - Tue Sep 26, 6:20 AM ET

A boy feeds pigeons outside a park in downtown Bangkok. A 59-year-old farmer has died of bird flu in northeastern Thailand, bringing the country's death toll from the H5N1 virus this year to three, the kingdom's top health officials said.(AFP/Saeed Khan)

AFP/File - Tue Sep 26, 2:01 AM ET

Chickens are transported on a truck in Badung. Indonesian health officials have said they are examining possible person-to-person transmission of bird flu after three brothers developed symptoms of the virus, one of whom has died.(AFP/File/Sonny Tumbelaka)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 7:18 AM ET

A man burns bird cages as a bird flu prevention in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. An Indonesian man hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu has the disease, health officials confirmed Tuesday, pointing to a possible new family cluster in the nation hardest hit by the virus. (AP Photo/Asep Buhun)

AP - Mon Sep 25, 7:53 AM ET

A rooster perches on a cage at a market in Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 25, 2006. A 9-year-old boy died from bird flu hours after he was admitted to a hospital in the Indonesian capital, becoming the 51st confirmed fatality in the world's hardest-hit nation, a senior health official said Monday. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 5:42 AM ET

Health workers wearing masks and protective gown, carry a woman who acts as a patients during an anti-avian flu drill at a hospital in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006.Hong Kong officials have seized about 6,000 live chickens being smuggled into the territory from mainland China. The seizure on Tuesday highlights the challenges Hong Kong faces as it tries to protect against the threat of bird flu spreading from mainland China, where several outbreaks have been reported in the past year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 5:38 AM ET

Health workers wearing masks and protective gown, carry a man who acts as a patient during an anti-avian flu drill at a hospital in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Hong Kong officials have seized about 6,000 live chickens being smuggled into the territory from mainland China. The seizure on Tuesday highlights the challenges Hong Kong faces as it tries to protect against the threat of bird flu spreading from mainland China, where several outbreaks have been reported in the past year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 5:35 AM ET

Health workers wearing masks and protective gown, carry a man who acts as a patient during an anti-avian flu drill at a hospital in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. Hong Kong officials have seized about 6,000 live chickens being smuggled into the territory from mainland China. The seizure on Tuesday highlights the challenges Hong Kong faces as it tries to protect against the threat of bird flu spreading from mainland China, where several outbreaks have been reported in the past year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

AFP/File - Wed Sep 27, 3:04 AM ET

Jakarta bird vendors. A 20-year-old Indonesian man has contracted bird flu, the country's health minister said, after the death of his brother in a case that has raised fears of possible human transmission(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 12:28 AM ET

Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque, left, delivers his statement thanking the U.S. government through U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, center, and U.S. Aid for International Development acting Mission Director Francis Donovan after the signing of the bilateral agreement Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 in Manila. The U.S. will provide US$ 125 million (euro 98 million) to the Philippines in the next five years to help it fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and bird flu, and improve public health service. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 12:24 AM ET

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney, right, receives the document from Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque during the signing of a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and United States Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 in Manila. The U.S. will provide US$ 125 million (euro 98 million) to the Philippines in the next five years to help it fight diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and bird flu, and improve public health services, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

Reuters - Thu Sep 28, 7:44 AM ET

A vendor selects chickens from a poultry storehouse in Jakarta September 15, 2006. A 20-year-old Indonesian man who health officials thought had been part of a family cluster of bird flu cases died of the disease on Thursday, a hospital official said. (Supri/Reuters)

AP - Thu Sep 28, 6:29 AM ET

A worker sorts chickens at a farm in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. A 20-year-old Indonesian man died of bird flu Thursday, medical authorities said, raising the death toll in the nation hardest hit by the disease to 52. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah)

AP - Wed Sep 27, 7:32 AM ET

An Indonesian health official burns chickens during a culling in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006. An Indonesian man hospitalized with symptoms of bird flu has the disease, health officials confirmed Tuesday, pointing to a possible new family cluster in the nation hardest hit by the virus. (AP Photo/Asep Buhun)

AP - Fri Sep 29, 7:40 AM ET

A vendor sorts chickens at a market in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. An Indonesian woman whose brother died of bird flu this month is also sick with the virus, a senior Health Ministry official said Friday, confirming the country's latest family cluster of infections. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Reuters - Fri Sep 29, 10:05 AM ET

An Indonesian man burns chickens after the chickens suddenly died in Makassar, South Sulawesi September 29, 2006. A 21-year-old Indonesian woman from the Tulungagung town in East Java, the sister of a boy who died of bird flu earlier this month, is suffering from the same disease, the health ministry said on Friday REUTERS/Ahmed Tawil (INDONESIA)

AFP - Fri Sep 29, 5:44 AM ET

Livestock workers prepare chickens for customers at a market in Jakarta. An Indonesian woman hospitalised in East Java has tested positive to the bird flu virus, a hospital official has said, bringing the total number of cases in the world's worst-hit country to 69.(AFP/Jewel Samad)

Reuters - Fri Sep 29, 10:03 AM ET

An Indonesian man carries a dead chicken after chickens suddenly died in Makassar, South Sulawesi September 29, 2006. A 21-year-old Indonesian woman from the Tulungagung town in East Java, the sister of a boy who died of bird flu earlier this month, is suffering from the same disease, the health ministry said on Friday. REUTERS/Ahmed Tawil (INDONESIA)

Reuters - Fri Sep 29, 10:05 AM ET

An Indonesian man burns chickens after the chickens suddenly died in Makassar, South Sulawesi September 29, 2006. A 21-year-old Indonesian woman from the Tulungagung town in East Java, the sister of a boy who died of bird flu earlier this month, is suffering from the same disease, the health ministry said on Friday REUTERS/Ahmed Tawil (INDONESIA)

Reuters - Fri Sep 29, 3:59 PM ET

Chickens gather at a temporary poultry storehouse before they are sent to the market in Jakarta September 15, 2006. A new drug being developed to fight both bird flu and seasonal flu can be given safely to people in very high doses, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Friday. (Supri/Reuters)

Reuters - Fri Sep 29, 9:22 PM ET

A Bosnian pharmacist displays Swiss drug maker Roche's Tamiflu bird flu anti-viral tablets at a pharmacy in the capital Sarajevo February 18, 2006. Children with flu who are given Tamiflu, Roche AG's influenza pill, are 53 percent less likely to develop pneumonia than untreated children, the company reported on Friday. REUTERS/ Danilo Krstanovic

 

 

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