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The CDC says the current strain of bird flu cannot cause a pandemic, why is Chinese art underrepresented around the world and Germany has experienced its biggest...
Cooler Weather Aids Fight Against Calif. Wildfire
Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.
Saudi Arabia Reports 7 Cases of SARS-like Virus
(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says five people have died and two other patients are in critical condition with confirmed cases of a new...
WHO: New Flu Passes More Easily from Bird to Human
(BEIJING) -- A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because...
H7N9 Bird Flu: Could Animals Other than Birds Harbor the Virus?
Researchers have more questions than answers about the latest bird flu circulating in China, including whether birds are the only reservoir for the virus. The...
Bird Flu: China Reports 102 H7N9 Cases, 20 Deaths
Experts are suspecting human-to-human transmission, but there is no evidence confirming this yet.
Polio Vaccine Developer Koprowski Dies
(PHILADELPHIA) — Dr. Hilary Koprowski, a pioneering virologist who developed the first successful oral vaccination for polio, died this week at his suburban...
Death Toll From Bird Flu In China Rises To 13
(BEIJING) — Two more people have died in China from a new strain of bird flu, raising the death toll from the virus to 13, state media reported Sunday. The...
China Reports New Bird Flu Death, 2 New Infections
(BEIJING) — Chinese health authorities have reported another bird flu death and two new cases of infection. The new cases reported Friday in Shanghai bring the...
Anti-HIV Antibodies May Spur AIDS Vaccine Development
Researchers report a breakthrough in generating powerful antibodies that can neutralize HIV. An HIV infection is really an intensive molecular arms race...
2 More People Die in China from New Bird Flu Virus
(BEIJING) — China says two more people have died of a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll to nine. The official Xinhua News Agency also says the...
China Detains 3 for Spreading Bird Flu Rumors
(BEIJING) — Chinese state media say police in southwest China have detained three people for spreading false rumors online that a new strain of bird flu had...
SAfrica: H7N1 Bird Flu Found in Ostrich Farm
(JOHANNESBURG) — South African officials say they have detected bird flu on an ostrich farm but that it is unrelated to the strain that has killed eight people...
Vietnam Confirms 1st H5N1 Bird Flu Death in a Year
(HANOI, Vietnam) — Vietnam has confirmed its first human death from bird flu in more than a year, though it is not related to an outbreak of a new strain in...
China Reports 2 More Cases of New Bird Flu Virus
(BEIJING) — Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the...
Bird Flu Cover-Up? Chinese Social Media Out Possible Cases of Deadly Disease
The fact that a deadly strain of influenza has hatched in China isn’t surprising. But what is new this time is the level of scrutiny the Chinese themselves are...
2 in China First Known Deaths from H7N9 Bird Flu
(BEIJING) — Two Shanghai men have died from a lesser-known type of bird flu in the first known human deaths from the strain, and Chinese authorities said it...
Multiple Vaccinations on Same Day Does Not Raise Autism Risk
Infants now receive dozens of shots at a time, but the latest study says that does not increase their risk of developing autism. About one-third of parents...
