Migrating Birds Didn't Carry Flu http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/world/europe/11birdflu.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Published: May 11, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/world/europe/11birdflu.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
ROME, May 10 — Defying the dire predictions of health officials, the flocks of migratory birds that flew south to Africa last fall, then back over Europe in recent weeks did not carry the deadly bird flu virus or spread it during their annual journey, scientists have concluded.

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