New Quick And Cheap Bird Flu Test (Medical News Today) Scientists in Singapore say they have invented a quick and cheap bird flu test in a hand held kit that can detect the deadly H5N1 virus in under 30 minutes.The innovation is reported in the journal Nature Medicine and is the work of Dr Juergen Pipper and colleagues at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.The device relies on two technologies. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Quick test for bird flu devised. Scientists in Singapore say they have created a hand-held device that can detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus within 30 minutes. [News Source]

Singapore develops hand-held bird flu detector (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Scientists in Singapore say they have created a hand-held device that can detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus within 30 minutes. [News Source]

State to continue testing for bird flu (Rapid City Journal) PIERRE — The second phase of testing for bird flu will be conducted during the duck-hunting season that begins Sept. 29 in much of the state. [News Source]

Two suspected bird flu patients aged under five hospitalized (Antara News) Two suspected bird flu patients aged under five years were admitted to Arifin Achmad General Hospital here on Sunday night, a doctor said. [News Source]

Scientists in Singapore invent compact device to detect bird flu (Japan Today) SINGAPORE — Scientists in Singapore have invented a palm-sized device that can be used to detect the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu in less than 30 minutes. [News Source]

New bird-flu detector 10 times faster than current tests – Summary (EARTHtimes.org) Singapore - A palm-sized bird-flu detector developed in Singapore is 10 times faster than current available tests and could help curtail an epidemic, its developers said Monday. The miniature laboratory is capable of telling in less than 30 minutes w... [News Source]