Bird flu case in eastern Nigerian state (AFP via Yahoo! News) The most lethal strain of bird flu has been detected in the eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, bringing to 15 the number of states, out of a total of 36, to be affected by the virus, a state official said. [News Source]

China reports new bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) China announced a new bird flu outbreak in its northwestern Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region. [News Source]

Bird flu detected again in China (EARTHtimes.org) The bird flu scare has revisited China with the Agriculture Ministry announcing an outbreak of avian influenza in the city of Zhongwei in Ningxia. A confirmation was posted on the net that reports of the dead birds revealed them to have the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine ‘10 years away.’ Avian flu experts meeting in Paris have been told that a viable vaccine against the human form of the disease could take 10 years to develop. [News Source]

U.N. sees “high” risk of more easily-spread birdflu. The risk of bird flu mutating into a form more easily spread between people is still high and there could be an increase in human infections at the end of the year, the World Health Organisation warned on Friday. [News Source]

China’s Agriculture Ministry Confirms New Outbreak of Bird Flu (Bloomberg.com) July 1 (Bloomberg) -- China's agriculture ministry confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza in the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, according to a government statement. [News Source]

U.S. signs deal to stockpile anti-bird-flu drug / But 75 percent of Tamiflu cost falls on states (San Francisco Chronicle) Federal health authorities have signed a two-year deal to help states buy more than half a billion dollars worth of the antiviral drug Tamiflu as a hedge against a pandemic of deadly avian influenza, but there is a catch: States will have to pay for three-... [News Source]

China’s Agriculture Ministry Confirms New Outbreak of Bird Flu (Bloomberg.com) July 1 (Bloomberg) -- China's agriculture ministry confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza in the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, according to a government statement. [News Source]