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Global Health Worker Shortage Reaching Crisis Proportions, Says WHO

Saturday, April 08, 2006 9:40:00 PM

GENEVA—A critical shortage of health workers has resulted in inadequate access to even the most basic healthcare in 57 of the world's poorest countries, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on ...   Full Story

Britain Finds H5 Bird Flu in Dead Swan

Thursday, April 06, 2006 9:13:00 AM

Britain has found bird flu in a dead swan in Scotland, the government said on Wednesday.   Full Story

Fifteen Elementary Students Down With Flu Virus, One Dead

Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:15:00 PM

Fifteen elementary school students in Shuikou Town, Nanxiong City, Guangdong Province have contracted the type B flu. One has died, and the other 14 students are in the hospital.   Full Story

China Confirms 12th Human Bird Flu Death

Sunday, April 02, 2006 11:30:00 PM

BEIJING - A man in central China has died of bird flu, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, reporting the country's 12th H5N1 virus death since November.There have been more than 3 ...   Full Story

Egypt Reports Two More Human Bird Flu Infections

Sunday, April 02, 2006 9:20:00 PM

Two more Egyptians have been infected with the bird flu virus, Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali said, taking to eight the number of reported human cases in the country.   Full Story

Groups Urge Latin American Pact against Bird Flu

Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:05:00 PM

WASHINGTON - Latin American and Caribbean countries are among the least well-prepared in the world for bird flu and must work quickly to get ready for its arrival, international officials said on Frid ...   Full Story

Bird Flu Expected to Hit U.S. West Coast by Summer

Friday, March 31, 2006 6:05:00 PM

LOS ANGELES — California officials expect bird flu to arrive on the U.S. West Coast this summer in what could be the first sign in the United States of the deadly virus, which has already swept from A ...   Full Story

Attention to Bird Flu in China Increases

Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:00:00 PM

In the past few months China has not published any records of a bird flu outbreak.However, in the last month, more people in China have died from the bird flu, including a 32-year-old male from Guangd ...   Full Story

Bird Flu Likely in U.S. This Year, Says Government

Monday, March 20, 2006 9:12:00 PM

WASHINGTON - Bush administration officials said Monday it was "increasingly likely" that bird flu would be detected in the United States as early as this year but added it would not mean the start of ...   Full Story

Israel Kills Off Poultry in Bird Flu Battle

Monday, March 20, 2006 9:07:00 PM

JERUSALEM - Israel poisoned hundreds of thousands of turkeys and chickens as it sought on Monday to contain an outbreak of the dangerous H5N1 strain of bird flu which has been spreading at an alarming ...   Full Story

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