Article: Health Agencies Urge Worldwide Effort to Halt Spread of Avian Flu.

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Jan. 28--BEIJING -- As the deadly avian flu leapt into Laos and populous China, international health agencies on Tuesday demanded urgent actions to prevent the epidemic from sweeping the globe and U.S. doctors tried to figure out how this flu strain turned so nasty.

A 6-year-old Thai boy died early Tuesday, becoming the eighth known fatality of what health officials said is an outbreak that's moving at unprecedented speed.

Avian flu has spread into 10 Asian countries, spanning from Pakistan to Japan, and has forced farmers and health officials to kill tens of millions of ...

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