USDA lab confirms low-path H5N1 Strain in Virginia turkeys


Jul 17, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today confirmed that turkeys at a Virginia farm were exposed to the low-pathogenic North American strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus.

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Jakarta still ‘probing the source of avian flu death' Published: Friday, 13 July, 2007, 01:54 Doha Time (Gulf Times)

JAKARTA: Medical officials in Indonesia are still trying to pinpoint the source of infection after a 6-year-old boy died of bird flu at the weekend, a health official said yesterday.

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In a Bird Flu Hot Spot, Community Radio Reporters Learn How to Cover the Virus

(Internews)
(July 12, 2007) Indonesian radio journalists learned how to stay safe while reporting on avian flu, how to conduct interviews with empathy, and how to communicate the risks of the virus accurately—all at a recent workshop in Bandung, West Java. Organized by Internews Network, the workshop was the first training tailored for Indonesia’s community radio stations in how to cover avian flu.

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