BEIJING: The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak inChinahas risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more people dying of the virus inChina’s eastern provinces. The number of people infected also increased to 129, official statistics showed, up two since Thursday. The four ...

SHANGHAI :China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to a province in the country's south, the government said Friday, marking the second announcement in two days of a case in a new location. The local health bureau in the southeasternprovinceofFujiansaid a 65-year-old man was confirmed to ...

BEIJING/LONDON : Health officials raised further questions on Friday about the source of a new strain of bird flu infecting humans in China after data indicated that more than half of patients had had no contact with poultry.The H7N9 virus has been found in 87 people, mostly in eastern China, and ...

GENEVA  International experts are poised to head to China to probe the outbreak of H7N9 bird flu which has claimed 14 lives, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.The mission, including four international flu specialists, is due to arrive in China in the coming days for a week-long ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China’s H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan on Sunday, as govt websites and state media reported two deaths and 11 new cases nationwide. The new strain of the flu had been confined to the  city of Shanghai and nearby Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui ...

BEIJING - China’s H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan on Sunday, as govt websites and state media reported two deaths and 11 new cases nationwide. The new strain of the flu had been confined to the  city of Shanghai and nearby Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui until ...

BEIJING (AFP) - A seven-year-old girl is Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu, local authorities said on Saturday as China's outbreak of the disease spread to the capital.The girl, whose parents are poultry traders, was in a stable condition in hospital, the Beijing health bureau said. Her ...

SHANGHAI - US public health experts said developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu could take "many months", as China seeks to control an outbreak which had killed 11 people by Friday. Chinese authorities have confirmed 43 human cases of H7N9 avian influenza since announcing nearly two ...

PARIS (AFP) - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on Thursday said H7N9 bird flu posed an “exceptional situation” as the outbreak among Chinese poultry claimed a 10th human victim. “Based on the information currently available we are facing a rather exceptional ...

SHANGHAI  - China has detained at least a dozen people for spreading false rumours about bird flu, police statements showed Wednesday, with authorities seeking to control "panic" as the number of cases rose to 33.There have been nine deaths since China announced over a week ago that the H7N9 ...

SHANGHAI - China confirmed three more cases of bird flu on Sunday, as authorities sought to curb a deadly outbreak by banning live poultry sales and disinfecting schools. The new cases of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza brought the number recorded in China’s eastern region to 21 since it ...

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Cities in eastern China where an H7N9 bird flu outbreak has killed six people moved to prevent the virus from spreading by banning live poultry trade and culling fowl. Nanjing city shut markets selling live poultry to its more than 8m residents, while Hangzhou culled birds after ...

BEIJING (AFP) - A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday. Four of the deaths have occurred in the commercial hub, while the other was reported ...

SHANGHAI  - A man in the Chinese province of Zhejiang has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu, state media said Wednesday, bringing the total deaths attributed to the virus to three since the first human cases. He was one of two H7N9 avian influenza infections reported in Zhejiang in eastern ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Two people in China have died after being infected with H7N9 avian influenza - a sub-type that had not previously been transmitted to humans - the government said Sunday. An 87-year-old man in Shanghai fell ill on February 19 and died on March 4, while a man aged 27 in the city got ...

SARGODHA - Flu related diseases including cough, sore throat, Pneumonia and chest infection have affected a large number of people, especially children as the ongoing cold and dry spell persists. Dr Khalil Rana, ENT specialist at Divisional Teaching Hospital, said that a large number of patients ...

NEW YORK  - Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird flu virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab.In a letter published in the ...

LAHORE – Around 15 peacocks have been expired at the Safari Park during the last seven days due to bird flu virus, authorities said on Tuesday. The price of single peacock starts from Rs 6,000 and goes up to Rs 20,000. Safari Park, also called Woodland Wildlife Park, is located on Raiwind ...

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT UNITED NATIONS - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Monday called for heightened preparedness and surveillance amid signs that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading in Asia and beyond. While the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus was ...

A UNIVERSAL flu vaccine has been successfully tested on humans with the disease for the first time, it was reported Monday. The U.K.s Guardian newspaper said that unlike existing vaccines, this one, which was tested by scientists at Britains Oxford University, does not need to be changed every ...

KARACHI (Online) - Eight people including a doctor were reportedly infected with the Swine flu virus totalling 19 cases in a week here on Saturday. Talking to a private TV channel, Head of the Swine Flu Cell of Health Department Sindh Dr Suresh Kumar said that different cases of swine flu have been ...

A VACCINE that gives lifelong protection against all strains of flu in a single jab could be available in only three years. It could ward off everything from the seasonal flus that bring misery to millions each winter to deadly pandemic strains such as bird and swine flus. Amazingly, a single jab ...

The South Korean government on Wednesday confirmed a bird flu outbreak in a southwest region that serves as a main habitat for migratory birds. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said avian influenza virus was detected in wild birds on Mangyeong River, located in Iksan, ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 11,516 people around the globe have died from the H1N1 flu virus since the pandemic emerged in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Wednesday. But in its weekly update, which showed an increase in officially reported deaths of nearly 1,000 since its ...

'DESPERATE Housewives star Teri Hatcher has denied rumours that shes suffering from swine flu. It was reported that the cast and crew on the set of her hit drama series were put on high alert after she notified show producers of being diagnosed with H1N1 virus. It was said that the shows ...

At least 4,735 people have been killed by swine flu since the viral disease was detected in April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a latest update. Of all the deaths, 3,406 occurred in the Americas, 530 occurred in South-East Asia and 432 occurred in the West Pacific. Europe, East ...

The global swine flu death toll has reached 3,486, up 281 from a week ago, the World Health Organisation said Friday. In its weekly data published on its website, the UN health agency said the number of deaths since the A(H1N1) virus was uncovered in April rose by 281 from 3,205 a week ago. The ...

The World Health Organisation said Friday that at least 2,837 people had died from swine flu virus infections. "There are now at least 2,837 deaths attributable to pandemic H1N1," said Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the UN health agency. The data mark an increase of 652 deaths from the last toll of ...

PARIS (AFP) - Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the worlds top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday. This virus travels at an unbelievable, almost unheard of speed, World Health Organisation ...

Saudi Arabia is likely to ban the elderly and children from the hajj this year to limit the risk of swine flu, but this will not change country quotas for the pilgrimage, a health official said Saturday. Dr. Khaled Marghlani, spokesman for the Saudi health ministry, said the government is expected ...