U.S. orders $200 million in bird flu vaccine (MSNBC) The U.S. government said it had contracted for $200 million more worth of vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Satellites to Track Bird Flu Virus Spread (RedNova) A U.S.-led team of scientists is using satellite data to predict avian influenza's spread and create an accurate early warning system. [News Source]

U.S. orders more bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. government said on Monday it had contracted for $200 million more worth of vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Satellites to track bird flu virus spread (UPI) DURHAM, N.H., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A U.S.-led team of scientists is using satellite data to predict avian influenza's spread and create an accurate early warning system. [News Source]

Bush pledges to help Indonesia fight avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Visiting US President George W. Bush pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56. [News Source]

U.S. signs for more bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. government said on Monday it had contracted for $200 million more worth of vaccines against the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Satellite Observation Tracks Avian Flu (Science Daily) An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers led by professor Xiangming Xiao of the University of New Hampshire is taking a novel scientific approach in an attempt to understand the ecology of the avian influenza, develop better methods of predicting its spread, and provide an accurate early warning system. [News Source]

Congo-Brazzaville: Still Vulnerable to Avian Flu (AllAfrica.com) The avian flu threat continues to hang over the Republic of Congo because, despite a ban, imported poultry and its products still appear in the country's markets and it is on the flight path of European migratory birds. [News Source]

U.S. Officials Warn of ‘Pandemic’ Avian Influenza & Urgent Need for Cell-Based Vaccines, HepaLife’s Primary Target (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) BOSTON----HepaLife Technologies, Inc. today announced that a US Government report issued last week by the Department of Health and Human Services has reiterated warnings of the Avian Flu's pandemic threat, and among its response recommendations, urged cell-culture-based influenza vaccine production, HepaLife's primary application for its patented 'PBS-1' cell line. [News Source]

Bush pledges to help Indonesia fight avian flu (Channel NewsAsia) BOGOR, Indonesia : Visiting US President George W. Bush on Monday pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56. [News Source]

GLOBAL: Build community defences, says UN bird flu specialist (IRIN) BANGKOK, 20 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - Global defences against avian influenza have been strengthened but Dr David Nabarro, the United Nations’ senior coordinator for avian and human influenza, says there are still challenges ahead in limiting the damage should the virus mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans. [News Source]

Bush pledges to help Indonesia fight avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Visiting US President George W. Bush pledged to help fight avian influenza in Indonesia, which has the world's highest death toll at 56. [News Source]