Authorities in Shanghai said Thursday night that another person has died from H7N9 bird flu, bringing the death toll from the new deadly strain to five around the country.
The World Health Organization says there is no evidence that a type of bird flu that killed two Chinese men can be transmitted between people.
A new outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus - otherwise known as 'swine flu' has been reported in Beijing, killing two women in the past 10 days.
Governor Andrew Cuomo on Saturday declared a state of public health emergency for all of New York State, in response to this year's increasingly severe flu season.
A bird-flu outbreak has been confirmed in Dharke of Dhading district in central Nepal, officials said Friday as some 3,000 fowls have already died in the area and have been safely dumped into pits