Disaster Drill Preps Los Angeles For The Inevitable
"In short, it is a question of when, not if the Big One will strike.
"We all were quite dismayed at the relief efforts in response to Katrina, and we know that Southern California has a high potential of both man-made and natural disaster."
Bird flu in Bulgaria is not high pathogenic type: minister
Latest test results appear to have ruled out the existence of the deadly H5 or H7 bird flu virus strains in samples taken from dead birds in a village in southern Bulgaria, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil said on Friday.
But Kabil said the final results would be known in 10 to 14 days following tests at a European Union laboratory in Britain, the state-run BTA reported.
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The Bulgarian authorities confirmed the first case of bird flu in domestic fowl in Slanchogled on Thursday, one day after 107 hens and turkeys were found dead in the village.
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(Province in Northern Thailand) -- Avian influenza suspected after two dine on doves
Two cases of suspected bird flu in humans have been found in Uttaradit, one of the seven provinces declared a "red zone" by the Department of Livestock Development (DLD), a local health official said yesterday.
A 67-year-old man and his 35-year-old son-in-law were recently admitted to Uttaradit Provincial Hospital. They had developed symptoms similar to those caused by the bird-flu virus after eating spotted doves, said Dr Boonrieng Chuchaisaengrat, head of the provincial health office.
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