A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported Tuesday, but the World Health Organization said the case did not appear to signal a new public health threat. China's Ministry of Health said Huang Yanqing, 19, died Monday and tests confirmed she ...

Health authorities in India on Saturday confirmed a fresh outbreak of deadly bird flu after thousands of chickens died, officials said. The latest infection is the fourth outbreak of the H5N1 virus in the eastern West Bengal state in the past year, they said, adding that thousands of poultry perished in the hilly Darjeeling district. "Several thousands of poultry dropped ...