[BREAKING] Russia's First Human 'Bird Flu' Case; H5N8 Can Cause Death, Experts Predict
Close Russia has now recorded its first human case of H5N8 bird flu. Technically, this is also the world's first cases of H5N8 avian influenza. World's bird flu cases (Photo : (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) A worker disinfects chickens transported to a chicken slaughtering factory on May 4, 2006 in Xining of Qinghai Province, China. Surveillance has been stepped up in Qinghai Province following the discovery of a dead wild goose carrying the bird flu virus in Gangcha County. The Ministry of Agriculture said on April 30 that the dead bar-headed goose found in the county tested positive...