Over 50% of H5N1 patients die:  Most H5N1 patients suffer from lung injuries and their lungs will not be able to recover completely, doctors report.  This type of flu appeared in Viet Nam for the first time in 2004, and 50% of their patients have died from H5N1 complications. 

Viet Nam - Ministry warns of pandemic bird flu outbreak in Viet Nam:  Although the ministry of health has continually warned the public not to consume sick, dead or undercooked poultry or water fowl in Viet Nam, people have paid little or no heed to the warnings.  Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Department of Preventative Health, under the Ministry of Health, warned that the disease is developing a more complicated strain and the number of dying or infected by bird flu will increase if awareness is not raised, as the disease is becoming more widespread, reported Saigon-gpdaily.com.vn.

India - Bird flu detected in government owned poultry farm in Tripura, India:  Director of Animal Resource Department, Manoranjan Sarkar, said that following the deaths of poultry in the farm, samples were sent to High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal, which confirmed the presence of H5N1 in the affected birds.  The Rapid Response Squad of Animal Resource Development Department are ready and waiting to begin culling.  The culling will be restricted to the farm only.  There are 3,871 poultry in Grandhigram Farm in the West Tripura district, reported DNAIndia.com.

Wild bird deaths from highly pathogenic avian influenza in Bihar, India:  Hundreds of crows have died in Bihar in the last one and a-half months, particularly in Gaya, Banka, Nawada, Jamui, Bhagalpur, Munger and Aurangabad districts.  The High Security Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed that H5N1 is responsible for wild bird deaths in Bihar, reports ThePoultrySite.com.

Virus kills wild turkeys in Montana:  State wildlife officials reported 10 wild turkeys near the town of Olive in Powder River County have died of the avian pox virus, reported Helenair.com. 

Tibet on alert after Nepal's bird flu outbreak:  Tibet, China has been placed on alert after Nepal reported an outbreak of bird flu last month that has left at least 20,000 chickens dead, reported ShanghaiDaily.com.

Bird flu in six city markets in Bangladesh:  The H5N1 strain of bird flu has affected six poultry markets in the capital recently.  Khaled Saifullah Sohel, secretary of Poultry Farmers' Association told the DailyStar.net that this season farm owners are feeling insecure.  If they find any sort of avian flu symptoms in their birds, they hurriedly sell them, fearing financial loss.  According to livestock services, this season 12 farms have been found infected and 42,000 fowls culled.  However, experts and farm owners say the real number is much higher, reported TheDailyStar.net.

...and these are only the few articles covered today...and only a few of the known facts...

Commentary:  The Bible says concerning the last days, "The land will mourn and everyone that dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven, yes, the fishes of the sea will also be taken away" Hosea 4:3.  If you still don't believe we are living in the last days, after reading this and many, many articles pointing to the end times prophecies of the Bible on this website, that is your prerogative.  Nevertheless, Jesus said, "Blessed are those servants who the Lord will find watching when He comes.  Truly, I tell you, He will gird Himself and make them sit down to meat and will come forth and serve them" Luke 12:37