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SKorea to start year-end monitoring for bird flu

July 22, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday.


HK, British health alert after TB death: report

June 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

British and Hong Kong health authorities are urgently tracing people who came into contact with a woman who died of TB after flying home from the Chinese city, a newspaper reported on Sunday.


New cholera outbreaks in Vietnam: health official

June 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Vietnam is experiencing new outbreaks of cholera, the health ministry said Friday, despite efforts since last year to eradicate the dangerous bacterial disease.


Taiwan combats virus as death toll hits seven

June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

Taiwan has barred children aged under five from going to public play areas in a bid to contain the spread of a highly contagious virus that has killed seven so far this year, officials said Sunday.


'Elephant legs' woman set for operation in Taiwan

June 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A desperate young Chinese woman with a rare condition which has caused her legs to deform and treble in size is dreaming of a normal life after upcoming surgery in Taiwan.


Hong Kong culls all live poultry in markets after bird flu outbreak

June 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Hong Kong said Wednesday it would slaughter all live poultry in markets and shops around the city following a fresh outbreak of bird flu.


British bird flu outbreak 'highly pathogenic': officials

June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday.