Bird flu suspected in Meghalaya

Fears of bird flu gripped Shillong Friday and Meghalaya state authorities sounded a general alert after a hundred pigeons were found dead in the state capital, an official said.

Bird flu panic abates in Meghalaya

Authorities Saturday gave the all-clear signal and calmed the panic in Meghalaya after clinical tests on dead pigeons proved negative for bird flu, a veterinary official said Saturday.

Recurrence of bird flu catches Vietnam off guard

Vietnamese people and health officials became lackadaisical in their approach to bird flu during the nearly two years with no reported human cases, experts said at a meeting in Hanoi Tuesday.

U.S. Advisers Explain Request to Censor Bird Flu Research

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Concerns that research into a genetically mutated form of bird flu could escape from labs or fall into the hands of bioterrorists led U.S. scientific advisers to ask two prominent journals to withhold key details of the groundbreaking research, the advisers explained Tuesday.

Bird flu outbreak threatens Vietnam

Ha Noi (Viet Nam News/ANN) - Vietnam's Department of Animal Health has warned that there is a high risk of a large-scale outbreak of bird flu without drastic preventive measures in the near future.