WHO: Death Toll Rises From New China Bird Flu

Six more people in China have been confirmed as infected with the new H7N9 strain of bird flu and one of them has died, the World Health Organization [WHO] said on Monday. Three of the other five patients are hospitalized in either serious or critical condition, while the remaining two have mild symptoms, the United Nations health agency said in a disease outbreak update. H7N9 bird flu emerged last year in China and has infected about 150 people there so far, and in Taiwan and Hong...

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