From AP, via OhmyNews International:
China has reported its eighth human death from bird flu and says researchers suspect contamination from dead poultry might be to blame for cases that have occurred in areas without outbreaks in birds.
The latest death was a 20-year-old female farmer from the county of Suining in the southern province of Hunan, the Health Ministry said Friday on its Web site. It identified her only by the surname Long and said she had handled poultry.