By George Dwyer Washington 30 May 2007 Ivory-billed woodpecker A North American bird believed to have become extinct in 1944 has apparently re-appeared. The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was rediscovered in February 2004 when it was reportedly spotted twic...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 07 February 2007 The Indonesian government has announced it is withholding samples of a deadly bird flu virus in light of its new partnership to develop a vaccine with a U.S. drug company. As Chad Bouchard reports from Jakart...
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 February 2007 The Nigerian government's announcement earlier this week that tests confirmed the country's first human death from the bird flu virus appears to have left Lagos residents unfazed. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 July 2006 Nigerian child holds up a chicken outside the family home in Todo village Recent research findings that Nigeria may have been hit repeatedly by different strains of bird flu are raising concern, as the West Afr...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 May 2006 The 192-nation World Health Assembly will consider ways to speed up efforts to contain a potential pandemic resulting from bird flu. More than 100 health ministers a...
By Franz Wild Ivory Coast 04 May 2006 People working at a local market slaughtering chickens in the city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast The government of Ivory Coast has announced that the lethal H5N1 strain...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 April 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an appeal for $13.4 million for operations aimed at preventing the spread of bird...
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch US Bird Flu Plan report President Bush is expected to sign off on a plan on how the United States would handle bird flu pandemic if Americans contra...
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 10 April 2006 United Nations officials say the bird flu virus that has killed more than 100 people and millions of fowl in various parts of the world continues to pose a major th...
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