Latest Bird Flu News

A summary of the latest Bird Flu news from around the world.

• Bird flu most deadly in teens, young adults: WHO
  The H5N1 avian flu virus has exacted an alarmingly high death toll among adolescents and young adults -- an eerie echo of the infamous Spanish flu, a new analysis of cumulative cases by the World Health Organization confirms.
  
  
• Massive H5N1 Bird Flu Die-off in Tuva, Siberia
  The Siberian office of the Russian emergencies ministry Tuesday said the outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the constituent Tuva Republic was intensifying.
  
  
• Bird flu may have spread among family members
  Jakarta/Beijing: The World Health Organisation concluded that human-to-human transmission likely occurred among seven relatives who died from bird flu on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, while an animal health expert said the disease was more widespread in poultry than previously thought.
  
• WHO Bird Flu update for June 20
  Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO.

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