Iraq on Alert After First Bird-Flu Case (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060131/ap_on_he_me/iraq_bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.bag11801302037.iraq_bird_flu_bag118.jpg?x=130&y=92&sig=8wyVHV5HJIeuzcubWPw4kw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Iraqi government workers disinfect vehicles traveling out of local villages, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Raniya, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Battered by rampant violence and political instability, a new threat in Iraq was confirmed Monday _ the Middle East's first case of the deadly bird flu virus. Iraqi and U.N. health officials said that 15-year-old girl, who died in this northern Kurdish town on Jan. 17, had the H5N1 strain of the disease. (AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)" border="0" /></a>AP - Health authorities went on high alert Tuesday following Iraq's first reported case of the deadly bird flu virus, killing hundreds of thousands of birds and warning farmers across the country to inspect their flocks.</p><br clear=all>