Bird Flu
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Latest bird flu strain, death rate reaches 277
World | Jun 24, 2013, 11:07 AM ISTLondon,24 June: More than a third of patients infected with a new strain of bird flu died after being admitted to the hospital earlier this year, Chinese researchers report in a new study. Since the
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Experts approve eating poultry in China despite bird flu
World | Apr 30, 2013, 08:53 AM ISTBeijing, April 30: Denying having come across any evidence of anyone getting infected with bird flu virus by consuming poultry or eggs, an expert group has declared poultry to be safe for eating in China.According
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China bird flu toll rises to 21
World | Apr 23, 2013, 11:37 AM ISTBeijing, April 23 Chinese authorities reported another fatality from the H7N9 bird flu, bringing the toll from the virus in China to 21. The number of people infected stands at 104.In addition, 13 patients have
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Hundreds of chicken culled after bird flu outbreak in Bihar
India | Mar 09, 2013, 11:30 PM ISTPatna, Mar 9: Hundreds of chicken were culled and large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Saturday.Purnea district magistrate Manish Verma said the administration had
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Bird flu in Karnataka, Kerala bans poultry from outside
India | Oct 30, 2012, 05:35 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Oct 30 : Kerala has banned entry of poultry from other states following detection of avian influenza (bird flu) in a central government farm atHesserghatt in southern Karnataka.Following an intimation in this regard from
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Cambodian deaths tied to common child illness
World | Jul 09, 2012, 03:45 PM ISTCambodia, Jul 9: A deadly form of a common childhood illness has been linked to the mysterious deaths in Cambodia that caused alarm when a cause could not immediately be determined, health officials said Monday.Lab
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Culling Begins In Odisha, Over 18,000 Birds Killed On Day 1
India | Feb 06, 2012, 08:38 AM ISTBhubaneswar, Feb 6: Around 18,000 poultry birds were culled on Sunday in the state capital following detection of avian flu in a farm of the Central Poultry Development Organisation (CPDO) here.The culled birds were buried