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Romanian flu vaccines recalled [Jan 17, 2012] BUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A flu vaccination program in Romania was suspended Monday due to the poor quality of the vaccines, officials said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Mother, baby die from swine flu in Romania [Jan 18, 2011] Bucharest- A mother and her newborn baby succumbed to swine flu in Romania, the Realitatea TV news channel reported Tuesday. The infected 23-year-old woman delivered her baby, weighing just 900 grams, on Monday by Caesarean section. She was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Swine Flu Claims First Victim in Romania [Jan 18, 2011] Swine flu claimed its first victim in Romania for this year, the local authorities have announced. A 60-year-old man died Sunday night in the hospital in the city of Iasi, about 320 km north-east of Bucharest. The man had recently returned from Egypt and he started developing the symptoms shortly after that. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alcohol blamed for bird deaths in Romania [Jan 14, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Dozens of dead starlings found in a Romanian city were not victims of avian flu, as first feared, but were the victims of alcohol poisoning, officials said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania Reports First West Nile Virus Fatalities [Aug 30, 2010] Two people have died of the West Nile flu virus in Bulgaria?s northern neighbor Romania. Five others have been infected with the virus, announced Cseke Attila, Romania?s Health Minister. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu reported in Romania (Farmers Weekly Interactive) [Mar 22, 2010] The EU has confirmed its first case of H5N1 avian flu since March last year, in Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Avian flu found on Romanian farm (UPI) [Mar 17, 2010] BUCHAREST, Romania, March 17 (UPI) -- A poultry farm in southeastern Romania has been quarantined after the H5N1 avian flu virus was found in a flock, European Commission officials said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird Flu Discovered In Romanian Chickens (redOrbit) [Mar 17, 2010] The first European case of bird flu in over a year was discovered Monday at a Romanian poultry farm, the European Commission reported.The outbreak was discovered at a facility in Tulcea County near the Ukrainian border, a statement released by the organization on Tuesday reveals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania (Daily Telegraph) [Mar 16, 2010] THE first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania, EU's first in a year (Channel NewsAsia) [Mar 16, 2010] BUCHAREST - The first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania (The Courier Mail) [Mar 16, 2010] THE first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania, EU's first in a year (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News) [Mar 16, 2010] BUCHAREST (AFP) - The first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania, EU's first in a year (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Mar 16, 2010] The first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu breaks out in Romania, near Ukraine (The Star) [Mar 16, 2010] BRUSSELS/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm close to Ukraine and enforced a 20 km-wide surveillance zone around it, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania (Straits Times) [Mar 16, 2010] BRUSSELS - THE first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu in Europe for a year has been identified in a backyard poultry farm in Romania, the European Commission announced on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania, near Ukraine - EU (The Star) [Mar 16, 2010] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm close to Ukraine and enforced a 20 kilometre-wide surveillance zone around it, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bird flu outbreak in Romania, near Ukraine - EU (AlertNet) [Mar 16, 2010] Source: Reuters (Adds detail) BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm close to Ukraine and enforced a 20 kilometre-wide surveillance zone around it, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania reports bird flu outbreak - EU exec (The Star) [Mar 16, 2010] BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm and taken steps to control its spread, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania reports bird flu outbreak - EU exec (AlertNet) [Mar 16, 2010] Source: Reuters BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - Romania has identified an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm and taken steps to control its spread, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday. "The ... [via YahooNews] More >>