http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/avian-influenza.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-08-07T07:57:30+11:00 2008-08-07T07:57:30+11:00 Health officials in Indonesia say 13 people from a village in North Sumatra province have been hospitalised after suffering symptoms of bird flu.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200808/s2326648.htm2008-08-07T07:57:30+11:00South Korea is to start year-round monitoring for bird flu after being hit by its worst outbreak earlier this year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2311464.htm2008-07-22T22:20:14+11:00Two women from Jakarta and a nearby town have died of bird flu, bringing Indonesia's death toll from the disease to 110.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2281493.htm2008-06-20T22:08:52+11:00Australian drug company, CSL, says it is now capable of providing a vaccine to all Australians in the event of a bird flu outbreak.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2277658.htm2008-06-17T22:32:55+11:00Authorities in Hong Kong are beginning a mass poultry cull in a bid to halt the spread of the H5N1 bird flu virus among the territory's many markets.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200806/s2272028.htm2008-06-11T22:23:55+11:00Australia's readiness to deal with an outbreak of bird flu will be high on the agenda at a forthcoming conference on infectious diseases.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2241443.htm2008-05-12T15:32:38+11:00Vietnam says it has had good results with the first stage of human testing of its locally developed bird flu vaccine.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2240038.htm2008-05-09T22:10:10+11:00South Korea has reported a new suspected bird flu outbreak, as officials confirm two more cases of the virus despite a big poultry cull.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2233182.htm2008-05-01T22:25:26+11:00South Korea, grappling its worst outbreak of bird flu, has reported another suspected outbreak of the virus at a chicken farm in Ulsan City.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2230548.htm2008-04-29T19:05:58+11:00Indonesian authorities have wrapped up a major three-day bird flu drill on the resort island of Bali.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2228733.htm2008-04-28T12:48:11+11:00South Korea's prime minister, Han Seung-Soo, has called for an all-out fight against bird flu as police prepare to join troops in quarantine and culling efforts.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2220321.htm2008-04-17T22:21:58+11:00South Korea has issued a nationwide bird flu alert, deployed troops and put firefighters on standby to contain the disease.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2219044.htm2008-04-16T22:40:54+11:00America's top health official says Indonesia and the United States must work together to prevent a global bird flu pandemic.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2216914.htm2008-04-15T09:19:17+11:00The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is meeting a top US health official in Jakarta to discuss the birdflu crisis.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2216334.htm2008-04-14T22:14:21+11:00There has been a fresh outbreak of bird flu in poultry in Tripura State in northeast India.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200804/s2209322.htm2008-04-07T03:21:49+11:00