Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: pigeons http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. H7N9 bird flu: Lancet study confirms poultry as source (Update) Chinese researchers reporting in The Lancet on Thursday confirmed poultry as a source of H7N9 flu among humans but said they found no evidence of person-to-person transmission. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-h7n9-bird-flu-lancet-poultry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:40:01 EST news286096531 H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as spreads to Taiwan (Update) International experts probing China's deadly H7N9 bird flu virus said Wednesday it was "one of the most lethal influenza viruses" seen so far as Taiwan reported the first case outside the mainland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-h7n9-lethal-influenza-viruses-experts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:00:02 EST news286004372 China to vaccinate 90,000 pigeons against bird flu An association of pigeon enthusiasts plans to vaccinate up to 90,000 of the birds in eastern China to help ward off the spread of the latest avian flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-vaccinate-pigeons-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:10:01 EST news284701915 China kills market birds as flu found in pigeons (AP)—China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-birds-flu-pigeons.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:20:03 EST news284369411 China begins poultry cull after bird flu found Authorities in Shanghai began the mass slaughter of poultry at a market after the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed five people in China, was detected there, state media said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-poultry-slaughter-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:53:03 EST news284302376 Indonesia reports second bird flu death this year Indonesia on Friday reported its second human death from bird flu this year, with the death of a five-year-old girl who recently lost her relative to the deadly virus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-indonesia-bird-flu-death-year.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:40:02 EST news246254824 Man dies from bird flu in Indonesia: officials A 24-year-old Indonesian man infected with bird flu died in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Tuesday, in the country's third fatal case in three months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-dies-bird-flu-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:16:16 EST news245394965