Bird flu emerges in Japan, two more deaths reported in Indonesia (Calcutta News) Japan has confirmed bird flu affected chickens on a farm in the south of the country. Also, an Indonesian health official announced Saturday the recent deaths of two women from Avian influenza. Two other people died earlier in the week. [News Source]

Miyazaki gov’t begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ The Miyazaki prefectural government on Sunday began disposal of some 12,000 chickens at a poultry farm in the southwestern Japan prefecture, after a large number of fowl there were confirmed to have died from avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird Flu Cases Climb in Indonesia; Virus Kills Poultry in Japan (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed two more Indonesians, infected fowl in Japan and reached another Vietnamese province, signaling a resurgence of outbreaks similar to last year, when the virus spread to more than 30 countries in the first quarter. [News Source]

Indonesia Announces Two Bird Flu Deaths; Japan Confirms Outbreak (Voice of America) An Indonesian health official announced Saturday the recent deaths of two women from Avian influenza. Two other people died earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Japan confirmed bird flu affected chickens on a farm in the south of the country. VOA's Sean Maroney reports from Washington. [News Source]

More suspected bird flu reported in northern Nigeria (AFP via Yahoo! News) Suspected avian influenza was recorded in northern Nigeria's Sokoto State, a day after the disease reportedly infected 5,000 birds in nearby Kastina state, a senior official said. [News Source]

Hong Kong confirms bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News) A dead bird found in Hong Kong has tested positive for a milder strain of the bird flu virus, the city's health authorities said. [News Source]

Avian flu likely in chicken deaths. 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]

Two die of bird flu in Indonesia. Two women in Indonesia have died after contracting bird flu, health officials have confirmed, raising the country's total number of human deaths to 61. [News Source]

Bird flu ban remains despite migration shift. The Swiss authorities say they have no intention of relaxing preventive measures against bird flu despite changes in migration patterns due to the warm weather. [News Source]

Two more in Indonesia from bird flu. Two more Indonesian women have died from bird flu, a health official said Saturday, pushing the toll this week to four in the latest cases to strike the country worst hit by the virus. [News Source]

Emergency tent tests pandemic plans. Capital Health has set up a portable triage tent across the street from the Royal Alexandra Hospital to test how well it will work during a major emergency such as a global flu pandemic. [News Source]

Website for the germ-obsessed. For the germ-obsessed, there is no more terrifying reading than the daily reports focusing on outbreaks of mysterious illnesses or emerging infectious diseases around the globe on the website known as ProMED, one of the most powerful surveillance tools for protecting public health. [News Source]