Indonesia confirms 109th bird flu case (Antara News) A 12-year-old Indonesian boy was confirmed Thursday to be suffering from bird flu, bringing the country's cases of the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 109, according to Indonesia's Health Ministry. [News Source]

Indonesia has another avian flu case (CIDRAP) Oct 11, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesian officials have reported an H5N1 avian influenza case in a 12-year-old boy in the Jakarta area, raising the country's human case count to 109, according to news services. [News Source]

Lab-on-a-chip steps up bird flu fight in Asia (Electronic Engineering Times Asia) Singapore research collaborators recently demonstrated a lab-on-a-chip that can detect avian flu in less than 30mins, promising a huge step forward in the fight against bird flu in Asia. [News Source]

Another Tangerang Resident Infected with AI (Antara News) A 12-year-old boy, identified by his initials as Ir, tested positive for the H5N1 virus, bringing to 109 the human cases of bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI) in Indonesia, the Health Ministry said. [News Source]

Fight for flu funds back this session. Massachusetts public-health officials and a leading legislator are resuming their lobbying effort to buy thousands of additional hospital beds, breathing machines, and doses of medication to prepare for a global influenza epidemic. [News Source]

 Avian influenza lessons learned report published (Government News Network) In line with our commitment to learn lessons from all disease outbreaks, Defra has today published a lessons learned report following the outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Suffolk in February this year. [News Source]

 Avian influenza lessons learned report published (Government News Network) In line with our commitment to learn lessons from all disease outbreaks, Defra has today published a lessons learned report following the outbreak of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Suffolk in February this year. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 109th bird flu case (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - A 12-year-old Indonesian boy was confirmed Thursday to be suffering from bird flu, bringing the country's cases of the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 109, according to Indonesia's Health Ministry. The boy, from the Tangerang district in Bant... [News Source]

Bird flu returns to Vietnam (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - After months of no reported cases of avian influenza, ducks in Vietnam's Mekong Delta have tested positive for the virus, a local official said Thursday. Samples taken from ducks at a farm in southern Vietnam's Tra Vinh province have confirme... [News Source]