Birds Die

Dozens of tigers and lions in captivity died in the past month in southern Vietnam with tests showing they were positive for bird flu, health ministry and state media said.

Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday.

A man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain, died from multiple factors, the WHO said on Friday, adding that investigations were ongoing.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday a person in Mexico had died in the first confirmed human case globally of infection with the H5N2 variant of bird flu.

Other wildlife affected by bird flu in the Antarctic include elephant seals, fur seals, kelp gulls, and brown skuas.

In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.

In about 10 years, 88 cases of H5N6 have been reported from across the world. Of those, 87 were in mainland China.

An estimated 400 seals and sea lions have turned up dead on the coast of Uruguay in recent weeks, blamed by authorities on bird flu.

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people.

More than 400 chickens died in the last five days in the government poultry farm located in Lohanchal, Sector 12 of Bokaro district in Jharkhand after being affected by Bird Flu, a Kolkata lab has confirmed.

A 43-year-old businessman and his driver, who got down from their car to save an injured bird on Bandra-Worli Sea Link, died after being hit by a taxi on May 30, police said on Friday.

A flock of birds mysteriously fell out of the sky in Mexico, with several dying after crashing into the pavement below.

The presence of the H5N8 virus (bird flu) has been confirmed after at least 48 crows were found dead in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A 34-year-old man died and his wife was injured after he lost control of his two-wheeler and fell on the road when a flying peacock hit him at Ayyanthole near Thrissur today, police said.

A 11-year-old boy from Haryana who died today at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was infected with the H5N1 virus, which is also called 'avian influenza' or 'bird flu'

Dozens of tigers and lions in captivity died in the past month in southern Vietnam with tests showing they were positive for bird flu, health ministry and state media said.

Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday.

A man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain, died from multiple factors, the WHO said on Friday, adding that investigations were ongoing.

The World Health Organization said Wednesday a person in Mexico had died in the first confirmed human case globally of infection with the H5N2 variant of bird flu.

Other wildlife affected by bird flu in the Antarctic include elephant seals, fur seals, kelp gulls, and brown skuas.

In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.

In about 10 years, 88 cases of H5N6 have been reported from across the world. Of those, 87 were in mainland China.

An estimated 400 seals and sea lions have turned up dead on the coast of Uruguay in recent weeks, blamed by authorities on bird flu.

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people.

More than 400 chickens died in the last five days in the government poultry farm located in Lohanchal, Sector 12 of Bokaro district in Jharkhand after being affected by Bird Flu, a Kolkata lab has confirmed.

A 43-year-old businessman and his driver, who got down from their car to save an injured bird on Bandra-Worli Sea Link, died after being hit by a taxi on May 30, police said on Friday.

A flock of birds mysteriously fell out of the sky in Mexico, with several dying after crashing into the pavement below.

The presence of the H5N8 virus (bird flu) has been confirmed after at least 48 crows were found dead in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh, a senior official said on Tuesday.

A 34-year-old man died and his wife was injured after he lost control of his two-wheeler and fell on the road when a flying peacock hit him at Ayyanthole near Thrissur today, police said.

A 11-year-old boy from Haryana who died today at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was infected with the H5N1 virus, which is also called 'avian influenza' or 'bird flu'