Glaxo bird flu vaccine can be stretched - study (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A new additive has allowed doctors to stretch an experimental GlaxoSmithKline bird flu vaccine, offering some ... [News Source]

Glaxo bird flu vaccine can be stretched - study (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A new additive has allowed doctors to stretch an experimental GlaxoSmithKline bird flu vaccine, offering some hope of being able to vaccinate more than just a few people in case of a pandemic. [News Source]

Baxter says it has deal with U.K. to supply bird flu vaccine (Chicago Tribune) Baxter International Inc. said today it has entered into an "advanced supply agreement" with the United Kingdom Department of Health to supply the country with the company's bird flu vaccine as an option should the World Health Organization declare a pandemic. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 83rd bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News) A 17-year-old Indonesian teenager has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the country worst hit by the virus to 83, the health ministry said Thursday. [News Source]

Geneticist trades plants for politics. Nina Fedoroff, a plant geneticist who has won many accolades for her work and a staunch proponent of genetically modified crops in Africa, is the new science and technology adviser to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. [News Source]

Hong Kong piggeries head for China as city cites health concern . Hong Kong's government is encouraging 90 percent of the city's hog farms to close, citing health risks as the population expands. [News Source]

Bird flu’s spread around the globe. The World Health Organisation confirmed on its Web site the death of a 29-year-old Indonesian woman from bird flu. [News Source]

Not so secure after all. In the movie 28 Days Later a deadly virus escapes from a British research lab and wreaks havoc across the country. That was fiction, but concerns about lab safety are not. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 83rd bird flu death (Khaleej Times) JAKARTA - A 17-year-old Indonesian teenager has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the country worst hit by the virus to 83, the health ministry said on Thursday. [News Source]

Baxter inks bird flu vaccine agreement with U.K. (Chicago Tribune) Baxter International Inc. said this morning it has entered into an "advanced supply agreement" with the United Kingdom Department of Health to supply the country with the company's bird flu vaccine as an option should the World Health Organization declare a pandemic. [News Source]

Bird flu kills Indonesian teenager, raising death toll to 83 (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - A 17-year-old Indonesian girl who died after being admitted to hospital in western Java tested positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus on Thursday, bringing the country's world-worst death toll to 83, a health official said. The girl, i... [News Source]

Indonesia confirms another bird flu death (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A 17-year-old Indonesian teenager has died of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the country worst hit by the virus to 83, a Health Ministry statement said. [News Source]