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US plane lands in Myanmar, critics ponder airdropping aid to cyclone survivors

AP - Mon, May 12

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A U.S. plane ferried relief to Myanmar for the first time Monday, but with 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation, a radical proposal was gaining ground.

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UN land convoy for Myanmar cyclone victims arrives in Yangon AP - Mon, May 12
GENEVA (AP) _ The U.N. refugee agency says two trucks with shelter material for 10,000 cyclone victims in Myanmar have arrived in Yangon.
Kyrgyz president orders help for children infected with HIV due to apparent negligence AP - Mon, May 12
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) _ The Kyrgyz president has provided aid to scores of children who contracted HIV due to apparent negligence at local hospitals in the impoverished ex-Soviet nation.
US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN pleads with junta to cooperate with foreign donors AP - Mon, May 12
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.
5 more die in China of child virus, bringing death toll to 39 AP - Mon, May 12
BEIJING (AP) _ Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
South Korea kills all poultry in Seoul after bird flu reported in city AP - Mon, May 12
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korean officials said Monday they had killed Seoul's entire poultry population to curb the spread of bird flu following a fresh outbreak of the disease in the capital.
US begins airlift to cyclone victims as Myanmar junta is accused of 'malign neglect' AP - Mon, May 12
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ The U.S. began its first airlift of relief goods for Myanmar cyclone victims Monday after prolonged negotiations with its military rulers, accused of endangering the lives of up to 1.5 million survivors by restricting international aid efforts.
US health secretary visits China, talks about product safety, child virus, heparin AP - Mon, May 12
SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ Exporters of foods, drugs and other products to the United States must be prepared to face closer scrutiny on quality and safety, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said Monday during a visit to Shanghai.
South Korea kills poultry in Seoul after bird flu reported in city AP - Mon, May 12
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korean quarantine officials have started killing poultry in Seoul to curb the spread of bird flu after a fresh outbreak of the disease in the capital, officials said Monday.
US to begin airlift as Myanmar junta accused of "malign neglect" AP - Mon, May 12
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ The U.S. was launching its first relief airlift Monday after prolonged negotiations with Myanmar's military rulers, accused of restricting international efforts to help up to 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.
US health secretary visits China; progress reported in curbing virus that killed 34 children AP - Mon, May 12
SHANGHAI, China (AP) _ U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt visited Shanghai on Monday to discuss a viral outbreak that has killed at least 34 children.
Preventing disease outbreaks is 'race against time' for cyclone victims in Myanmar AP - Sat, May 10
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) _ Getting supplies to survivors of a brutal cyclone in Myanmar is now a "race against time" to prevent a disease disaster, as many impoverished victims continue to await help a week after the storm, experts warned Saturday.
South Korea plans to double its Tamiflu drug stockpile as bird flu spreads AP - Sat, May 10
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea says it will double its stockpile of the antiviral drug Tamiflu as bird flu spreads among poultry across the country.
UNICEF: Bangladesh to open vitamin A, de-worming campaign for children AP - Fri, May 9
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) _ Bangladesh will stage a massive campaign Saturday to provide millions of children with vitamin A and de-worming tablets.
Child death toll in China from hand, foot and mouth virus outbreak rises to 34 AP - Fri, May 9
BEIJING (AP) _ The United States is offering to help China in its fight against a viral infection that has killed 34 children, including two reported Friday, and sickened thousands of others.
Disease outbreaks remain a worry in Myanmar AP - Fri, May 9
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) _ The potential emergence of waterborne diseases in areas pummeled by a massive cyclone in Myanmar raised worries Friday that more could still die, as reports of diarrhea surfaced and shortages of clean water created concerns of a cholera outbreak.
China child death toll from hand, foot and mouth disease rises to 32, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Fri, May 9
BEIJING (AP) _ The death toll from a viral illness striking children across China has risen by two to 32, and the total number of reported cases has jumped to nearly 25,000, health officials said Friday.
Myanmar cyclone survivors battle malaria, diarrhea outbreaks, AS AP - Thu, May 8
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) _ Reports of malaria outbreaks and diarrhea in Myanmar's low-lying areas hardest hit by a disastrous cyclone have health experts scrambling to prevent widespread illness, U.N. health officials said Thursday.
China death toll from child viral disease rises to 30, AS AP - Thu, May 8
BEIJING (AP) _ The death toll from a viral illness that is striking children across China has risen by two to 30, health officials said Thursday, as the number of reported cases jumped to nearly 20,000. The latest deaths from hand, foot and mouth disease occurred on the island province of Hainan in China's south, where 180 cases have been reported, Hainan's health bureau said on its Web site.
SKorea may demand revision of beef deal with US, 1st Ld-Writethru, AS AP - Thu, May 8
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ South Korea said Thursday it may demand a revision of a beef import agreement with the United States as the government struggled to quell widespread perceptions that American beef is unsafe.