Bird Flu Deaths in 2006 Match Prior 2 Years Combined (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a 39-year-old woman in Egypt, pushing the number of fatalities worldwide this year to 74, as many as reported in the previous two years combined. [News Source]

State helps Ithaca company launch bird flu-detection system (This Ithaca Journal) Kionix Inc., a designer and maker of microelectromechanical devices, will enter a partnership with New York state to develop a rapid test for avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, the company and state officials announced today. [News Source]

Bird flu mutates to remain a pandemic risk. Experts have renewed their warnings of a bird flu pandemic after a new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus deadly to humans and poultry was found to have spread. [News Source]

H5N1 strain may cause new wave of bird flu. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have detected a new strain of H5N1 bird flu virus in China and warned it might have started another wave of outbreaks in poultry in Southeast Asia and move deeper into Eurasia. [News Source]

New strain of bird flu found. A new strain of the H5N1 influenza virus has emerged in China and could cause another global wave of infection among birds and human beings who come into close contact with them. [News Source]

New strain of bird flu found that ’sidesteps’ vaccines. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. [News Source]

FACTBOX-Bird flu’s spread around the globe (AlertNet) Source: Reuters Oct 31 (Reuters) - Egypt has confirmed the country's seventh death from H5N1 avian influenza. The 39-year-old woman, whose infection was confirmed on October 11, died on October 30. Bird flu has ... [News Source]

Scientists uncover new bird flu strain. Scientists have discovered a new strain of bird flu that appears to sidestep current vaccines. It's infecting people as well as poultry in Asia. [News Source]

New strain of bird flu takes over. Despite mass vaccinations of poultry in China, the bird flu virus continues to evolve. [News Source]

Bird flu strain found in China dominates. A strain of H5N1 avian influenza identified last year has become dominant in southern China and is the source of a new wave of bird flu in Southeast Asia, scientists reported today. [News Source]

New strain of H5N1 bird flu emerges in China. A new strain of H5N1 bird flu has emerged in China that is poised to start yet another global wave of infection. [News Source]

New strain of bird flu found in China’s poultry markets (SciDev.net) [BEIJING] A previously unidentified strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus found in poultry in southern China has spread from birds to people in a third wave of infection, rekindling fears that China's poultry vaccination programme is ineffective. [News Source]