Bird samples from Tripura tested negative for avian influenza (New Kerala) New Delhi, Aug 7 : The samples of birds sent to the High Security Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal from Tripura for test of Avian Influenza virus were today found negative. [News Source]

Bird flu kills Vietnamese student: state media (TODAYonline) A farmer unloading chickens at a local poultry market in the northern Vietnamese province of Ha Tay, March 2007. A Vietnamese student has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the country's fourth victim of avian influenza this year, state media reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Avian influenza on the prowl again (Hindustan Times) There are risks that bird flu will flare up again with a potential catastrophe for the poultry industry, warns FAO chief Jacques Diouf. After almost 11 months, avian influenza has flown back to India. [News Source]

Vietnam reports new bird-flu death, fourth this year (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - A 15-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza, becoming the second death confirmed in a week and the fourth this year, state television reported Tuesday night. The boy died en route to a hospital in the capital Hanoi on Friday and ... [News Source]

Bird flu kills Vietnamese student: state media (AFP via Yahoo! News) A Vietnamese student has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the country's fourth victim of avian influenza this year, state media reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Avian influenza may resurface in India, warns UN official (Outlook India) The highly pathogenic version of birdflu, avian influenza H5N1 which created a havoc in the poultry sector last year, was likely to resurface in India, Jacques Diouf, Director General of Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations said today. [News Source]

Avian influenza may resurface in India, warns UN official (The Times of India) The highly pathogenic version of bird flu, avian influenza H5N1 which created a havoc in the poultry sector last year, was likely to resurface in India. [News Source]

Bird flu, crop shortfall may affect India: FAO chief (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) India may have to face repeated outbreaks of bird flu and lose as much as 125 million tonnes of its food production due to climate change in the coming years, director general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Jacques Diouf warned Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu kills Vietnamese student (Channel NewsAsia) HANOI : A Vietnamese student died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the country's fourth victim of avian influenza this year, state television reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Avian influenza may resurface in India, warns UN official (Press Trust of India) Chennai, Aug 7 (PTI) The highly pathogenic version of avian influenza H5N1 that created havoc in the poultry sector last year, is likely to resurface in India, a top UN official warned today. [News Source]

Indonesia halts bird flu sample sharing. Indonesia, the country worst affected by the deadly H5N1 bird flu, said on Tuesday it would not share human virus samples of the disease until a global mechanism has been established to give developing countries greater access to pandemic vaccines and help them manufacture their own medicines. [News Source]

Indonesia rejects criticism on bird flu samples (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will not resume full cooperation with the World Health Organisation on sharing of bird flu virus samples until a fair mechanism is in place, a health official said on Tuesday, but denied sending unusable specimens. [News Source]