Deadly Bird Flu Strain Confirmed in Niger
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060227/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060226/capt.ans10402261828.switzerland_bird_flu_ans104.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=rUu1ofqPEXR7JfaIuBlPZg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Brids look for food on the shore of Lake Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006, where Swiss authorities sealed off a protective zone around the area after an H5 subtype of bird flu was found in a dead duck in Geneva. Tests were still pending to determine if it was the deadly H5N1 strain, Switzerland's veterinary office said Sunday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" /></a>AP - Niger has become the second African country with confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain, a lab official said Monday.</p><br clear=all>