Governement officials confirm a 48-year-old man died of bird flu in Thailand after eating a neighbor's infected chickens smuggled in from China.

More than 60 people have died of Avian flu since late 2003, all of them in Asia. This fatality is the first in Thailand in about a year. Most human cases have been linked to contact with sick birds, but health officials warn the virus could mutate into a form that can be easily passed between humans, possibly triggering a global pandemic

UNICEF warns Wednesday that tens of thousands of children are in danger in remote earthquake-affected parts of Pakistan, because of deteriorating weather, injury, and illness.

The agency says immediate action must be taken to increase the number of children being reached, in order for another wave of deaths to be avoided during the harsh winter months just around the corner. As many as 10,0000 could die of hunger, hypothermia and disease within coming weeks

Cats have long been blamed for triggering asthma attacks in humans, but veterinarians in Scotland say it may also work the other way around, that cat sneeze you hear might be from you.

Irritants such as cigarette smoke, dusty homes, and human dandruff can raise inflammation in feline lungs and worsen pre-existing cases of asthma in cats

Government officials report almost 2,600 birds have been found dead from the bird flu strain, H5N1, in the northern grasslands of China.

European Union officials believe the disease has entered Macedonia, amid confirmation of infected birds in Romania and Greece

The frightening prospects of an epic pandemic of bird flu (Avian flu) leads to a rush on protective masks across the U.S.

Custom Browser Inc., a distributor of N95 face masks reports a dramatic spike in sales in recent weeks in light of the Avian Flu news. The firm, which usually sells a few cases a month of the popular 3M 9211, 3M 9210, 3M 8233 N100, 3M 1860, 3M 1870 and 3M 8210 masks, now reports its nearly impossible to keep up with demand