- 03 Apr 2013 15:00 - Kate Kelland
- Genetic sequence data on a strain of bird flu has shown the virus has acquired mutations that might make it more likely to cause a human pandemic.
- 04 Apr 2012 13:54 - Staff Reporter
- A researcher in the US has shown how he created a hybrid of H5N1 bird flu and swine flu that can easily spread between people.
- 01 Jan 2012 07:06 - Staff Reporter
- Bus driver from Guangdong dies after testing positive for the H5N1 strain, despite having had no apparent contact with poultry.
- 21 Dec 2011 08:14 - Julie Steenhuysen
- The US has asked Nature and Science to censor data on a lab-made version of bird flu that could spread more easily to humans.
- 22 Nov 2010 09:53 - Hazel Parry
- Hong Kong officials said on Monday tests indicated there was no city-wide outbreak of bird flu as the first patient in seven years was recovering.
- 12 Jun 2009 07:24 - Jonathan Lynn
- The World Health Organisation declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and advised governments to prepare for a long-term battle.
- 26 Apr 2009 07:36 - Staff Reporter
- A new flu virus that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico could start a global epidemic, the World Health Organisation warned on Saturday.
- 25 Apr 2009 07:23 - Catherine Bremer
- Mexican and US health officials searched on Saturday for signs an outbreak of a new flu strain is spreading further, after it killed up to 68 people.
- 12 Aug 2008 17:16 - Staff Reporter
- Scientists have detected for the first time in Nigeria a new strain of the virus that causes avian influenza -- also known as bird flu.
