Monday, February 27, 2012

My Way News - Bird flu kills 12-year-old Indonesian boy on Bali
My Way News reports: "A 12-year-old boy has died of bird flu on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, bringing the human death toll in the country worst hit by the illness to 154 since 2005, a health official said. [...] Bird flu has killed at least 347 people worldwide since it began ravaging poultry stocks in 2003."

My Way News - Bird flu, pig flu, now bat flu? Human risk unclear
My Way News reports: "The CDC has an international outpost in Guatemala, and that's where researchers collected more than 300 bats in 2009 and 2010. The research was mainly focused on rabies, but the scientists also checked specimens for other germs and stumbled upon the new virus."

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