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Boy dies from bird flu in China (University of New Mexico Daily Lobo)
BEIJING - A 16-year-old boy infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus has died in central China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Tuesday, the country's third fatality from the disease this month. China, meanwhile, stepped up bird flu precautions on fears that the virus can spread more quickly in cold weather and as an estimated 188 million people travel between cities and rural hometowns for ...