Reuters
The H5N1 bird flu virus may sometimes stick to surfaces or get kicked up in fertilizer dust to infect people, according to a World Health Organization report published on Wednesday.
The WHO team reviewed all known human cases of avian influenza, which has infected 350 people in 14 countries and killed 217 of them since 2003, [...]

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As is the normal procedure, the samples here have been sent to a lab capable of accurately determining if it is bird flu. Local labs are wrong 50% plus of the time.
WHO
The Ministry of Health in Pakistan has informed WHO of 8 suspected human cases of H5N1 avian influenza infection in the Peshawar area [...]

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YEAR
KILLED
TOTAL CASES

2007
49
73

2006
79
115

2005
43
98

2004
32
46

2003
4
4

World Health Organization

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Two items from Reuters, France and Germany

France confirms H5N1 flu virus in swans
PARIS, July 5 (Reuters) - Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France’s first cases of the disease in over a year.
The government raised [...]

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It looks like some accomodations have been made by WHO concerning Indonesia.
WHO
WHO can now confirm 15 additional cases, including 13 deaths of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza that occurred in Indonesia from the end of January 2007 up to the present and has updated its table of confirmed human cases accordingly.
Testing for H5N1 [...]

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Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, can be a poopy head at times, but he is very correct in this Reuters article.
While many health experts see the H5N1 bird flu virus as a likely cause for an influenza pandemic, another influenza virus could just as likely mutate into [...]

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WHO
Since the last meeting in Hanoi, May 2005, eight new countries have reported human infections with avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses. Clinicians, epidemiologists, virologists and public health specialists from the countries with human cases, and experts in pulmonary medicine, critical care, and influenza attended the meeting to share their experiences.
Participants agreed that standardizing care and [...]

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WHO
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
The 5-year-old boy from Sharkia Governorate was admitted to hospital with symptoms on 14 February, [...]

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Here are some snips from the article. Worth a look. The usual doomsayers, Osterholm and Webster, get the big quotes. My take at the end of the piece.
IHT
“I’ve gotten at least 10 media calls in the last few months asking me to deliver the death sentence for avian flu,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the [...]

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WHO
6 February 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced a new human case of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
The 17-year-old female from Fayyoum Governorate developed symptoms on 25 January 2007 and [...]

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