Southern China Is Epicenter of Bird Flu, U.S. Researchers Find (Bloomberg.com) March 6 (Bloomberg) -- The bird flu virus that's infected people in a dozen countries can be traced to southern China, where it was discovered more than a decade ago, researchers found. [News Source]

Bird flu hits poultry farm near Vietnamese capital (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has struck a chicken farm outside the Vietnamese capital, a provincial veterinary official said Tuesday, raising fears the virus will spread to Hanoi and through the country's north. [News Source]

County preparing for bird flu pandemic (The Herald-Sun) Durham County is preparing for a mass outbreak of the bird flu, Arlene Sena, medical director of the county Health Department, said Monday. [News Source]

Scientists Reconstruct Migration Of Avian Flu Virus (Science Daily) UC Irvine researchers have combined genetic and geographic data of the H5N1 avian flu virus to reconstruct its history over the past decade. They found that multiple strains of the virus originated in the Chinese province of Guangdong, and they identified many of the migration routes through which the strains spread regionally and internationally. [News Source]