Bird Flu Continues March 4 Years Later
February 1, 2008 By MARGIE MASON, AP Medical Writer
Ducks and chickens are sold in a market in Ha Tay Province,Vietnam, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
(AP) -- Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.
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