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Health officials in New Zealand are working to contain a virus outbreak as suspected cases of swine flu are reported in several regions. Nine students and a teacher are thought to have contracted it… Audio

All the papers are dominated on Monday by the swine flu outbreak.

The World Health Organisation chief says a new flu virus suspected of killing up to 81 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic.

An Egyptian child has contracted the bird flu virus after coming into contact with infected birds. There is a growing spate of infections in Egypt.

Egypt has reported its second bird flu case in four days. Two boys are in hospital.

China has warned of the risk of further human cases of bird flu in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday after two more cases during the weekend.

A two-year-old girl has been confirmed to be infected with bird flu in north China's Shanxi Province, the second case in the country recently.

A Tauranga couple have been fined $23,400 for claiming they could cure or prevent diseases such as herpes, SARS and bird flu.

China issued a bird flu alert on Wednesday and closed poultry markets around Beijing for disinfecting after a woman died of the virus.

Bird flu has resurfaced in poultry in northern Vietnam killing ducks and chickens at two farms.

The Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce is meeting in Nadi in Fiji this week to assess the region's preparedness for possible outbreaks of infectious diseases. The Epidemiologist at the...

The use of genetically-modified organisms has been approved in New Zealand for the first time. Two horse vaccines will be available in case of an outbreak of equine flu.

New Zealand's ability to cope with an outbreak of bird flu is being tested on Wednesday in an exercise at Auckland International Airport. More than 20 Government agencies will be involved.

An anti genetic engineering group has raised concerns about what it sees as a threat to New Zealand bird populations from importing a genetically modified vaccine to protect horses against equine…

The World Health Organisation is calling for more funds to fight dengue fever, arguing it has reached pandemic proportions in the Pacific. Thousands of people in the region are infected...

The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, says with the economic gains the country has been making, the new government should focus on helping house the thousands of...

The Papua New Guinea health minister says his country is not prepared for a bird flu outbreak. Sir Peter Barter says there is not enough public awareness, and response preparedness...