H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed in England
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_he_me/bird_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070203/capt.lon80102031143.britain_bird_flu_lon801.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=oYmNI7y7hetGXKA2A5eTIA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A worker in protective gear rides a bicycle outside a turkey farm after a suspected outbreak of bird flu, in Holton, England, Saturday Feb. 3, 2007. The European Commission said Saturday tests by an EU lab have confirmed that turkeys at a British poultry farm have died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The outbreak occurred on a farm with 159,000 turkeys, the Commission said in a statement. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller,PA)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain confirmed its first outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu in a domestic flock on Saturday, saying the virus has been detected on a farm owned by Europe's largest turkey producer where 2,500 turkeys died.</p><br clear="all"/>