H5N1 virus Reaches Nigeria (February 10, 2006)
A virulent strain of bird flu virus has killed 40,000 birds in a large poultry farm in Nigeria.<More>

Common Flu Vaccine Control H5N1 Virus in Mice (February 04, 2006)
US Scientists at the Center for Disease Control and Purdue University published a study in the journal The Lancet, that a variation of a vaccine based on common flu controlled the dreaded H5N1 in mice.<More>

H5N1 Researchers Find Virus Communicable to Humans (January 24, 2006)
Researchers performing autopsies of H5N1 virus infected cats have found that the virus can be transmitted through urine and faeces thus intensifying fears of a human pan endemic.<More>

Intl Donors Pledge USD 1.9B to Fight Bird Flu (January 20, 2006)
International donors meeting in Beijing have pledged USD 1.9 billion to fight the dreaded H5N1 bird flu virus.<More>

15 Bird Flu Deaths in Turkey  (January 13, 2006)
Turkey struggled to cull its poultry population even as the dreaded H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus disease seen heading westwards into Europe.<More>

More Bird Flu Infections in Vietnam (January 12, 2006)
A new study of 45000 humans in Vietnam has revealed that up to 750 cases of human infection of the dreaded H5N1 bird flu virus. <More>

WHO Warns Bird Flu May Spread to Humans (January 11, 2006)
World Health Organization (WHO) said that five more people have been infected by the dreaded H5N1 strain of bird-flu virus in Turkey indicating that the disease is spreading. <More>