Indonesian bird flu toll hits 55. The death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has now reached 55, after officials confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had succumbed to the disease. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine for kids, elderly. Scores of children and seniors will be immunised against deadly bird flu after an Australian-made test vaccine proved safe on adults. [News Source]

Governments still dither on bird flu, study finds (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A third of countries trying to plan for a possible bird flu pandemic have not made any decision on who would be first in line ... [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills Third Indonesian in a Week, WHO Says (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 27-year-old woman on Indonesia's Java island, the third person to die of the virus there in less than a week, the World Health Organization said. [News Source]

Spanish flu vaccine late, but welcome (Chicago Tribune) Virus in 1918 outbreak leads to breakthrough that offers hope now if bird flu turns deadly Government scientists reported Monday they have created a vaccine against the catastrophic Spanish flu virus of 1918-19, raising hopes that a remedy could be developed if a modern strain of avian flu turns equally deadly. [News Source]

Research raises hope for bird flu vaccine (Contra Costa Times) Government scientists reported Monday they have created a vaccine against the catastrophic "Spanish flu" virus of 1918-19, raising hopes that a remedy could be developed if a modern strain of avian flu turns equally deadly. [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills Third Indonesian in a Week, Health Agency Says (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 27-year-old woman on Indonesia's Java island, the third person to die of the virus there in less than a week, the World Health Organization said. [News Source]

Americans piled up Tamiflu on bird flu fear: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Fears of an outbreak of bird flu led Americans to hoard the anti-viral medicine Tamiflu in 2005, with prescriptions spiking most sharply when media coverage rose, a study released on Tuesday said. [News Source]