Vietnamese officials have confirmed the first human case of avian influenza since 2005, state media said Friday. Five days before he fell ill, the man slaughtered chickens for a wedding party in Vinh Phuc. Vietnam once had the highest number of human bird flu fatalities, with 42 people having died of the infection between 2003 and 2005, but it has since been surpassed by Indonesia with 76 deaths. He cannot breathe without the aid of a respirator. Related Links Medindia on Bird Flu Avian...

Health officials investigating the bird flu outbreak in north Wales have said that 36 people could have been in contact with the disease. She said: "Person-to-person spread would be very unusual but limited spread of this type has been seen elsewhere in the past in some cases of bird flu. The NPHS defined possible contacts of bird flu as those who had been in contact with affected premises or infected poultry. Dr Lyons added: "Of the people with conjunctivitis or a flu-like illness, some...

ONeil, his health-care colleagues and agencies as diverse as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and local and regional public health agencies are feverishly preparing for a worldwide flu epidemic that they say has the capacity to kill millions, cripple economies and alter the course of history. ONeil, his health-care colleagues and agencies as diverse as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, and local and...

And unlike charcoal, which can require 20 to 30 minutes to reach its 700-degree cooking temperature, heat from the infrared burners can be adjusted quickly. With the expiration of a key patent, major gas grill manufacturers, including market leader Char-Broil, have scrambled to bring infrared cooking to the masses with models in the $500 to $1,000 range. They re great for searing, and then either you turn it down or move over to another burner for cooking. Nicole Lasorda, a spokeswoman for...

The poultry industry s dilemma created an opportunity for Fibrowatt ltd., which developed three smaller poultry litter power stations in Britain in the 1990s. So poultry producers across the country have been looking for another way to get rid of it. Poultry litter works as a fuel because it s relatively dry, so it s easy to burn compared with cow and hog manure, which are too wet and smell far worse. The 55-megawatt Fibrominn LLC plant will be the first poultry litter-fired power plant in...

NEW DELHI: The animal husbandry department has ruled out bird flu as the cause of death of 2,350 chicken at a poultry farm in Matigara near Siliguri on Tuesday. The farm, where the deaths sparked a bird flu scare on Tuesday, has already been quarantined. Not taking any chances, especially because Matigara village is just 25 km from Bangladesh, which is reeling under an H5N1 bird flu outbreak having resulted in the culling of 132,000 chickens in 52 farms of 10 districts, two samples of the...