The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese official confirmed on Feb. 2 the country's second human death from avian influenza in less than a month, after it went nearly two years with no reported fatalities.
Test results confirm that a 26-year-old woman died of the disease Jan. 28 after being hospitalized in southern Soc Trang province, said Truong Hoai Phong, director of the provincial health department.
The woman had recently given birth in another hospital, but her infant son tested negative for the H5N1 strain of bird flu, Phong said.
Phong said the woman had. . .