There is no evidence that the deadly H7N9 bird flu has yet spread between humans in China but health authorities must be ready for the virus to mutate at any time, a top US virologist has warned.
Hundreds of survivors of a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit southwest China, killing nearly 200 people, pushed into traffic along a main road on Monday.
The death toll from a new strain of bird flu in China has reached 18, with dozens infected, state-run media reported, after experts said there is no evidence so far of human-to-human transmission.
Fast-paced African countries may have growth rates that are the envy of developed economies, but the continent's boom has failed in recent years to significantly dent poverty levels.
Rescuers and relief teams struggled to rush supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province on Sunday after an earthquake left at least 179 people dead and more than 6 700 injured.
A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing 56 people and injuring about 600 close to where a big quake killed almost 70 000 people in 2008.
