Report: Bird flu from south China (CNN.com) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- China's southern Guangdong Province is the source of the dangerous H5N1 avian flu virus, according to a genetic analysis of the virus published on Monday. [News Source]

Experimental bird flu vaccine could be doubly promising (USA Today) An experimental pandemic flu vaccine appears to protect against infection with bird flu at very low doses and also protects against a variant strain of the virus that doesn't match the one in the vaccine, researchers reported Monday in Hong Kong. [News Source]

UCI Researchers Chart Spread Of Avian Flu (CBS 2 Los Angeles) U.C. Irvine researchers Monday announced that they identified multiple strains of the bird flu originating in China's Guangdong province and tracked many of the migration routes as the virus spread around the world. [News Source]

China is source of bird flu virus, study shows (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China's southern Guangdong Province is the source of the dangerous H5N1 avian flu virus, according to a genetic analysis of the virus published on Monday. [News Source]

GSK: Bird flu vaccine could protect against multiple strains (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that tests of the company's bird flu vaccine candidate indicate the treatment works for other versions of the virus as well. [News Source]

GSK: Bird flu vaccine could protect against multiple strains (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) GlaxoSmithKline said Monday that tests of the company's bird flu vaccine candidate indicate the treatment works for other versions of the virus as well. [News Source]

Scientists to exhume diplomat’s corpse for bird flu clues. Scientists plan to exhume within the next five months the body of a British diplomat who died in 1919 of the Spanish flu, in a move they hope will provide vital clues on how to fight any future pandemic. [News Source]

First Human Avian Flu Case in Laos, More in China, Egypt (U.S. Department of State) Officials from U.S. agencies have offered help to the government of Egypt in controlling the spread of avian influenza among birds there and have met with World Health Organization leaders to discuss international cooperation in preventing and responding to avian and pandemic influenza. Separately, scientists from the National Institutes of Health and its National Institute of Allergy and ... [News Source]

Malaysia on high alert for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Malaysia is on high alert for a possible outbreak of bird flu following fresh reports of the deadly virus around the region, a senior veterinary department official said Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu breakthrough could halt pandemic. Researchers in the United States believe they have found an easily-produced vaccine for the killer H5N1 bird flu that could halt a feared pandemic, a media report said on Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu experts urge halt to wild bird trade. Leading virologists urged governments on Saturday to curb the trade of wild birds as they can spread the H5N1 bird flu virus. [News Source]

Avian flu proves deadly for Laos woman. A 42-year-old Laos woman believed to have contracted the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus died in hospital in the capital Vientiane on Sunday, the World Health Organisation said. [News Source]