WHO trying to get bird flu vaccine agreement (Reuters via Yahoo! News) World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday they are "scurrying" to reach an agreement that ensures developing countries most at risk from an influenza pandemic will get the vaccines they need. [News Source]

Baby in Hong Kong infected with H9N2 avian flu (CIDRAP) Mar 20, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Hong Kong officials have reported that a 9-month-old girl is infected with the strain of avian influenza known as A/H9N2, which has caused mild human illness in the city three times before and is considered capable of evolving into a pandemic strain. [News Source]

Egypt, Laos Report More Human Cases of Avian Influenza (U.S. Department of State) As the number of human cases of avian influenza confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) rises to 281, with new cases reported in Egypt and Laos, WHO and international experts are meeting in Turkey to discuss how best to treat people who become infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 form of the bird flu virus. [News Source]

WHO trying to get bird flu vaccine agreement (Reuters via Yahoo! News) World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday they are "scurrying" to reach an agreement that ensures developing countries most at risk from an influenza pandemic will get the vaccines they need. [News Source]

WHO trying to get bird flu vaccine agreement (Reuters via Yahoo! News) World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday they are "scurrying" to reach an agreement that ensures developing countries most at risk from an influenza pandemic will get the vaccines they need. [News Source]

Hong Kong investigates baby bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hong Kong health authorities are investigating the case of a nine-month-old girl infected with a strain of bird flu after similar past cases, health officials said Tuesday. [News Source]

1,000 chickens killed in new Myanmar bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Myanmar has slaughtered more than 1,000 chickens after discovering another outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Yangon, a livestock department official said Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu: Public advised to be prepared just in case (The Courier Express) DuBOIS - There's no such thing as crying wolf when it comes to bird flu. Through a partnership among DuBois Regional Medical Center, the DuBois Chapter of the American Red Cross and other organizations, the public is being advised to take precautions against pandemic flu in case it strikes locally. [News Source]

Bird flu found in endangered Japanese eagle. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in the body of an endangered eagle in southern Japan, the environment ministry said Sunday, according to reports. [News Source]

H5N1 virus found in eagle’s carcass. The highly virulent H5N1 bird-flu virus has been detected in the carcass of an endangered eagle in the village of Sagara, Kumamoto Prefecture, the Environment Ministry said Sunday. [News Source]

Small business urged to adopt stockpile plan for flu pandemic. Businesses and households around the nation will be encouraged to stockpile cash and food as part of an APEC plan to keep services operating if an avian flu pandemic hits Australia. [News Source]

Thai bird flu strain found to be resistant to drug (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Scientists have found that a strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus circulating in Thailand is resistant to the flu drug amantadine, and they called for rigorous study of H5N1 strains to better treat human victims. [News Source]