Azizman Daad from the state general hospital in the province told AFP that animal health teams from the Agriculture Ministry visited the area this week but didn't find any sick or dead chickens. JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia confirmed Saturday that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra island who died last week was infected with bird flu, raising the toll in the worst-hit nation to 91. Nurdin added that it was unclear whether the man had come into contact with poultry, the usual method of...

While the number of clinics has dropped by one or two compared with previous years, the clinic hours have been extended in most cases, Kalailieff said. In addition to the clinics, flu shots are also available through many family physicians, walk-in clinics, pharmacies, home nursing services and some workplaces. Kalailieff said the health department doled out about 130,000 doses of flu vaccine to its community partners last flu season. People planning on going to the health departments flu...

After telling the University of Wisconsin to halt research on the deadly Ebola virus because the university's lab didn't meet safety standards, the federal government has continued its own research on the virus in a lab with an even lower safety standard. Last year the National Institutes of Health pulled the plug on Ebola research done by Yoshi Kawaoka because the renowned researcher's lab had a safety classification of Biosafety Level 3, while the NIH requires such work done at the...

Several USDA inspectors said in interviews that their workloads are doubling or tripling as they take on the duties of inspectors who have left the department, not to be replaced. WASHINGTON - As alarm bells sounded for the second-largest hamburger recall in history, about 250 of the nation's top food safety officials were in Miami setting the "course for the next 100 years of food safety. They say the workload is unrealistic, reducing their duties to cursory checks of company records, not...

Warning that the H5N1 virus responsible for bird flu could still transform itself into the next human influenza pandemic, a senior United Nations specialist has stressed the need to ensure that the world can respond promptly and effectively in the case of an outbreak. Warning that the H5N1 virus responsible for bird flu could still transform itself into the next human influenza pandemic, a senior United Nations specialist has stressed the need to ensure that the world can respond promptly...