Bird-flu workers risked infection (BBC News)
Workers at a government laboratory risked contamination with a strain of deadly bird flu after accidentally jabbing themselves with needles, the BBC learns.

Vietnamese woman dies from bird flu: doctor (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A Vietnamese woman has died from bird flu, a doctor said Friday, making her the country's fourth human victim of the disease this year.

Third bird flu death in Egypt this week (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 33-year-old woman died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the third death from the disease in Egypt this week, the health ministry announced.

Risk of bird flu pandemic probably growing (Tiscali)
GENEVA (Reuters) - The risk of a human influenza pandemic remains real and is probably growing as the bird flu virus becomes entrenched in poultry in more countries, health officials warned on Tuesday.