U.N.: $1.5B Needed to Fight Bird Flu (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_he_me/un_bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060112/capt.ppc10501121156.turkey_bird_flu_ppc105.jpg?x=101&y=130&sig=gmPPKgFDPcNeAOX7OtTi1g--" align="left" height="130" width="101" alt="A chicken peers from a bag after being collected, with other poultry, by Turkish Agriculture Ministry employees in a small village near the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Turkey's fast-moving outbreak of bird flu prompted authorities across Europe to take more steps to keep the deadly H5N1 strain from spreading, despite assurances from the World Health Organization that there was no evidence of person-to-person infection and no reason to panic. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)" border="0" /></a>AP - Poor countries and international organizations need about $1.5 billion to help fight bird flu and prepare for a possible pandemic in humans, a senior U.N. official said.</p><br clear=all>