New risk maps identify geographic areas predicting spread of avian flu (News-Medical-Net) The 2003 epidemic of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the Netherlands is the only recent epidemic of HPAI in the developed world. [News Source]

Search for Highly Effective Bird Flu Vaccine Goes On (MedicineNet.com) Title: Search for Highly Effective Bird Flu Vaccine Goes On Category: Health News Created: 4/20/2007 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 4/20/2007 [News Source]

Disquiet over pay to ‘bird flu farmer’. Jack Straw, the Leader of the Commons, said he was "uncomfortable" with the payment of £589,000 in compensation by the taxpayer to Bernard Matthews, the turkey products company at the centre of the bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

Anger over bird flu compensation (Meat News) UNITED KINGDOM: Final epidemiology report into avian influenza outbreak in Suffolk is published. [News Source]

China to send bird flu samples to WHO. China is preparing to send virus samples from recent human bird flu cases to the World Health Organization after the agency said this week that it had not received any for over a year, state media reported Friday. [News Source]

US to have 127 million flu vaccine doses. The United States is expected to have at least 127 million flu-vaccine doses on hand for this coming influenza season - the most ever, companies told the US Centrer for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. [News Source]

Report: China to send avian flu samples to WHO (USA Today) China is preparing to send virus samples from recent human bird flu cases to the World Health Organization after the agency said this week that it had not received any for over a year, state media reported Friday. [News Source]