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  1. News Summary: Stock Market Rally Pauses

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    failed to give the markets a boost. NOT SO YUM?: Yum Brands fell $1.44, or 2 percent, to $68.92 after the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken reported that sales in China fell 29 percent last month, driven by concerns about Avian flu .

  2. 2 New Diseases Could Both Spark Global Outbreaks

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the respiratory cases. At the same time, a new bird flu strain, H7N9, has been infecting people far. Q: How are people catching the bird flu H7N9? A: Some studies suggest the new

  3. 2 New Diseases Could Both Spark Global Outbreaks

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the respiratory cases. At the same time, a new bird flu strain, H7N9, has been infecting people far. Q: How are people catching the bird flu H7N9? A: Some studies suggest the new

  4. 2 New Viruses Could Both Spark Global Outbreaks

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the respiratory cases. At the same time, a new bird flu strain, H7N9, has been infecting people far. Q: How are people catching the bird flu H7N9? A: Some studies suggest the new

  5. Stocks Open Lower Despite Rise in Retail Sales

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    after the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken, reported that sales in China fell 29 percent last month, driven by concerns about Avian flu . — Theravance, a biopharmaceutical company, surged $4.57, or 13.1 percent, to $39.52. Irish drugmaker Elan Corp

  6. 2 New Diseases Could Both Spark Global Outbreaks

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the respiratory cases. At the same time, a new bird flu strain, H7N9, has been infecting people far. Q: How are people catching the bird flu H7N9? A: Some studies suggest the new

  7. Fears Drive Satirical 'Odds Against Tomorrow'

    Fri, 10 May 2013

    into the perfect salesman for FutureWorld. The panicky nerd not only researches terrible possibilities — nuclear wars, bird flu pandemics and terrorism are just part of his repertoire — he also presents them to clients with a frightening earnestness

  8. Fears Drive Satirical 'Odds Against Tomorrow'

    Wed, 8 May 2013

    into the perfect salesman for FutureWorld. The panicky nerd not only researches terrible possibilities — nuclear wars, bird flu pandemics and terrorism are just part of his repertoire — he also presents them to clients with a frightening earnestness

  9. Asia, Europe Weakness Hit McDonald's Sales

    Wed, 8 May 2013

    In the region encompassing Asia, the Middle East and Africa, it was down 2.9 percent. The chain blamed fears over the avian flu for part of the Asian weakness. Sales at restaurants open at least 13 months is a key metric because it strips out the impact

  10. Bird Flu Crosses Strait to Taiwan

    Wed, 24 Apr 2013

    man has contracted a deadly strain of bird flu once confined to mainland China, health to China's Jiangsu Province, where bird flu has sickened at least 24 people and killed be in "severe condition." RELATED: Bird Flu a 'Truly Nasty Virus' The latest case

  11. Richard Besser's Book Brings a Healthy Dose of Truth

    Mon, 22 Apr 2013

    would be great to be able to continue working with my wife." In the meantime, he'll be tracking the deadly outbreak of bird flu in China and translating the latest medical research into news you can use. "Every day I get to look at the most important

  12. Deadly Bird Flu Spreading in China, Unclear How

    Thu, 18 Apr 2013

    Beijing became infected with a new strain of bird flu . The H7N9 virus, which has killed 17 shooting in the dark," he said. RELATED: Bird Flu a 'Truly Nasty Virus' To complicate transmission." RELATED: Inside Hong Kong's Bird Flu Screening ABC News' chief health and

  13. Hong Kong Screening Chinese Poultry for Bird Flu

    Tue, 16 Apr 2013

    is countered by a healthy respect for bird flu . They've been through this before they're pioneers. The first strain of bird flu to ever infect people appeared in Hong cracked down in an effort to thwart future bird flu outbreaks. The number of live chicken

  14. Bird Flu a 'Truly Nasty Virus'

    Tue, 16 Apr 2013

    HONG KONG -- A new strain of bird flu has been reported in China, and it has concern is that unlike previous strains of bird flu , this strain doesn't seem to harm birds a different flu virus -- a strain of bird flu called H5N1. Normally, influenza viruses

  15. H7N9 Avian Influenza : Virus Widens Geographic Reach in China

    Sat, 13 Apr 2013

    girl is infected with H7N9 avian influenza , widening the geographic said the total number of new bird flu infections across the country dead birds. Unlike the H5N1 bird flu that raised concerns starting sick flocks. This case of bird flu in Beijing illustrates that

  16. H7N9 Bird Flu Death Toll Rises to 8

    Tue, 9 Apr 2013

    Treating a patient in China. (Credit Image: Liu Junxi/Xinhua/AP Photo) Another person has died in China of the new bird flu , H7N9, bringing the death toll to eight, according to China's Xinhua News Agency . Twenty others have been infected

  17. 5 Things to Know This Morning

    Mon, 8 Apr 2013

    injury or damage. 2. WHO Says No Proof of Bird Flu in China The World Health Organization said Monday that there is no proof that a bird flu virus is being transmitted between people number of confirmed cases of the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to at least 21, with

  18. H7N9 Bird Flu Update: 21 Infected, 6 Dead

    Mon, 8 Apr 2013

    ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) Three new cases of the new bird flu strain, H7N9, have been reported in China, bringing the easily transmittable from birds to humans than the original bird flu strain, H1N1, Cox said she expects to see limited human-to-human

  19. Today in Pictures: Cherry Blossoms, Pillow Fights, and Bird Flu

    Mon, 8 Apr 2013

    Revelers take part in a giant pillow fight in Trafalgar Square on “International Pillow Fight Day,” April 6, 2013 in London. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Click to see the rest of ABC’s Today in Pictures

  20. Bird Flu Deaths Prompt Shanghai Poultry Slaughter

    Fri, 5 Apr 2013

    Getty Images) The new bird flu strain in China has killed on vaccine for the new bird flu , H7N9, according to This is the first time avian influenza A viruses, also known was the sixth confirmed bird flu case - and fourth death

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