Bird Flu Kills Two More Indonesians, Raising Fear of Resurgence (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed two Indonesian women as health officials prepare for a seasonal resurgence in poultry outbreaks similar to last year, when the virus spread to more than 30 countries in the first quarter. [News Source]

Avian flu likely in chicken deaths (Asahi.com) KIYOTAKE, Miyazaki Prefecture--A highly virulent strain of avian flu is believed to have killed about 2,400 chickens at a poultry farm here, the agricultural ministry and the Miyazaki prefectural government said Friday. [News Source]

Indonesian dies as bird flu makes winter return (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has made a comeback in Nigeria and Japan and killed another person in Indonesia, perhaps revived by winter, experts said on Friday. [News Source]

Stay alert to prevent spread of bird flu (Daily Yomiuri Online) Thousands of chickens have died in the past few days at a chicken farm in Miyazaki Prefecture. Suspecting that virulent avian influenza might be responsible for the deaths, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry has taken emergency steps to contain the outbreak. [News Source]

2,400 fowl killed by ‘bird flu’ in Miyazaki (Daily Yomiuri Online) The agriculture ministry announced Friday that about 2,400 chickens at a farm in Kiyotakecho, Miyazaki Prefecture, had died over the three days since Wednesday due to suspected high-pathogenic avian influenza. [News Source]

Trade in wild birds stopped at a stroke. Chief veterinary officers from EU member states met in Brussels to ban wild bird imports on the ground of the health risk posed by avian flu and other diseases. [News Source]

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu. An Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, bringing the country's death toll from the disease to 59. [News Source]

Avian flu suspected in deaths of 750 chickens. A highly virulent strain of avian flu is believed to have killed about 750 chickens at a poultry farm here, the agricultural ministry and the Miyazaki prefectural government said Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu epidemic rumbles on around the world. The H5N1 bird flu virus shows no signs of going away in 2007, with outbreaks in poultry and people flaring up across its heartland in east Asia and, most worryingly, in Africa. [News Source]

UN body says EU ban on wild bird imports won’t help stop bird flu. An EU decision to maintain a ban on wild bird imports will not help prevent the spread of bird flu, a United Nations agency warned on Friday. [News Source]

Japan to conduct nation-wide bird flu inspections at all poultry farms. The Agricultural Ministry decided on Friday to inspect all poultry farms across Japan for bird flu after about 750 chickens died on a farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, officials said. [News Source]

EU to ban imports of wild birds. The trade in wild birds is to be permanently banned across the European Union starting in July as part of measures to prevent outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]