Japan, RI exploring cooperation in bird flu vaccine production (The Jakarta Post) TOKYO (Antara): Indonesia and Japan are holding intensive talks on Indonesia's desire to develop its own capacity in handling the spread of bird flu disease and on possible cooperation in the production of bird flu medicines and vaccines. [News Source]

Tests of bird flu vaccine begin at Stony Brook (Newsday) Stressing the need to prevent the spread of a highly pathogenic influenza virus - such as the bird flu strain circulating in Southeast Asia and elsewhere - researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center have begun a clinical study of an experimental vaccine. [News Source]

Japan, RI exploring cooperation in bird flu vaccine production (The Jakarta Post) TOKYO (Antara): Indonesia and Japan are holding intensive talks on Indonesia's desire to develop its own capacity in handling the spread of bird flu disease and on possible cooperation in the production of bird flu medicines and vaccines. [News Source]

A toddler infected with bird flu (The Jakarta Post) TANGERANG: The Tangerang regency health agency confirmed Tuesday another bird flu infection involving a three-year-old boy from Suka Asih village in Pasar Kemis district. [News Source]

Farmers to lose £30m in next major avian flu outbreak FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) UK poultry farmers stand to lose as much as £30m in a major outbreak of avian flu due to EU regulations affecting government compensation. [News Source]

Bird flu returns to Nam Dinh, threatens North (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – Avian influenza has been discovered in a flock of one-month-old ducks in Nam Dinh Province, raising the total number of provinces with a return of the H5N1 virus to three. [News Source]