SKorea suspects bird flu after thousands of chickens die (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea has reported a suspected bird flu outbreak after 6,000 chickens on a poultry farm died in three days -- the first suspected cases since the country declared itself free of the disease last December. [News Source]

SKorea suspects bird flu after thousands of chickens die (AFP via Yahoo! News) South Korea has reported a suspected bird flu outbreak after 6,000 chickens on a poultry farm died in three days -- the first suspected cases since the country declared itself free of the disease last December. [News Source]

Outbreaks Show Bird Flu Virus Is Changing (KOLD News 13 Tuscon) By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Detailed data on clustered human cases of avian flu have experts agreeing that the... [News Source]

Outbreaks Show Bird Flu Virus Is Changing (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Detailed data on clustered human cases of avian flu have experts agreeing that the H5N1 virus is evolving -- but in what direction? [News Source]

Another 1918? To help prevent a pandemic, HHS should consider investing heavily in technologies such as the reverse genetic engineering of flu vaccines, a process that promises to speed up vaccine production dramatically. [News Source]

UNH gets $1.55M for avian flu study (Portsmouth Herald) DURHAM -- An international, interdisciplinary team of researchers led by professor Xiangming Xiao of the University of New Hampshire is taking a 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]

Bird flu to be topic of seminar (Press & Sun-Bulletin) The Tioga County Environmental Management Council will play host to a seminar on avian influenza -- bird flu -- at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Edward D. Hubbard Auditorium, Tioga County Office Building, 56 Main St., Owego. [News Source]

Dead birds raise avian flu fears in Somalia (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Ibrahim Mohamed JOWHAR, Somalia, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Dozens of dead birds in a flood ravaged village in Somalia have raised fears of an avian flu outbreak in a country with limited health ... [News Source]

No deadly bird flu strain found in Greek wild duck (AFP via Yahoo! News) Greece's agriculture ministry has said that a wild duck found to carry bird flu last week was not ill with the highly pathogenic strain that has killed 152 people in the Far East, the Middle East and China since 2003. [News Source]

New vaccine being tested offers protection against most avian flu strains (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News) SINGAPORE : A new vaccine that promises protection against a wide range of avian influenza virus has been developed. [News Source]

New vaccine being tested offers protection against most avian flu strains (Channel NewsAsia) SINGAPORE : A new vaccine that promises protection against a wide range of avian influenza virus has been developed. The vaccine which is produced using a cell-based technology is still in its early phase of clinical trials. [News Source]

MEDEX Assistance Publishes Latest Precautions For Avian Flu Pandemic Planning Including Immunizing Against Deadly (Medical News Today) Immunization against secondary bacterial infections such as pneumonia, meningitis and Influenza B may well reduce the impact of an Avian flu pandemic outbreak and may even be a wise precaution for current strains of influenza. According to a brief feature published on the website -- http://www.medexassist.com -- by MEDEX Assistance Medical Director Dr. Walter B. [click link for full article] [News Source]