5 More Die From Bird Flu

5 more people have died from the Bird Flu in Azerbaija. This brings the total of people that have died worldwide to 103.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed five young people in Azerbaijan in recent weeks, possibly after several of the victims plucked dead swans, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

The WHO also said that 4 of the dead came from the same region.

The WHO said an investigation in Salyan had found some evidence that "carcasses of numerous swans, dead for some weeks, but not buried", may have been collected by residents as a source of feathers.

I haven't heard anything about this being able to be transferred by plucking feathers. Makes me want to go get some goose feather pillows.