3-year-old boy in Cambodia's Takeo province contracts H5N1 bird flu after exposure to dead chickens.

3-year-old boy in Cambodia's Takeo province contracts H5N1 bird flu, raising number of cases to six this year. The boy had symptoms of fever, cough, fatigue, and breathing difficulty and is now recovering after receiving intensive care. Health authorities are investigating as the child had contact with dead chickens in his village, where chicken and ducks had died 10 days before his illness.