China uses smear tactics against bird flu professor (Daily Telegraph) The authorities in Beijing, accused of covering up Sars three years ago, are pursuing a bitter feud with a professor who published a paper hinting at a new cover-up, this time of the avian influenza virus. [News Source]

World may have averted bird flu pandemic (Financial Express) SYDNEY, Nov 19 (AFP): The world may have already averted a bird flu pandemic by widespread chicken culls and the isolation of infected humans, Australia's chief medical officer said in a report released Sunday. [News Source]

Officials disinfect flooded poultry farms to prevent bird flu (MCOT) PATHUM THANI, Nov 19 (TNA) – Thailand's provincial livestock authorities countrywide have been ordered to disinfect poultry farms, especially those located in flood-hit provinces, to prevent further outbreaks of the deadly bird flu disease during this season, a senior official said Sunday. [News Source]

Officials disinfect flooded poultry farms to prevent bird flu (MCOT) PATHUM THANI, Nov 19 (TNA) – Thailand's provincial livestock authorities countrywide have been ordered to disinfect poultry farms, especially those located in flood-hit provinces, to prevent further outbreaks of the deadly bird flu disease during this season, a senior official said Sunday. [News Source]