China reports new H5N1 bird flu outbreak (AP)

BEIJING - A new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu killed 985 chickens in China's northern region of Inner Mongolia, a state news agency reported Saturday. The discovery in a village near the city of Baotou prompted authorities to destroy 8,990 other chickens to prevent the virus from spreading, the Xinhua News Agency said. A laboratory confirmed Friday that the dead birds had the H5N1 strain of the virus, Xinhua said. The strain has killed at least 148 people worldwide since it started ...