A recently unearthed tomb from Ancient Egypt contained several mummified animals, including birds, mice and dogs, researchers said. The tomb, built for a man known as Tutu and his wife, Ta-Shirit-Iziz ...

Two Egyptian women died of bird flu on Monday, bringing to four the number of fatalities from the virus in the most populous Arab country in less than a week as Egypt emerged from a warm-weather lull ...

A 25-year-old Egyptian woman has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in the most populous Arab country to 38, a World Health Organisation official ...

SAQQARA, Egypt – Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday revealed details on recently discovered animal mummies, saying they include two lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds and cats.

(Adds WHO quote, colour) By Cynthia Johnston EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt, March 13 (Reuters) - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta ...

* WHO concerned about possible bird flu human carriers * U.N. body to test if cases exist * Worries about mutation of the pathogenic virus By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - The World ...

CAIRO, Egypt – Initial tests at a U.S. Navy lab show that a 35-year-old woman who died this week in Egypt had bird flu, officials said Saturday. If the results are confirmed, she would be the ...