As avian flu breaks out, Lakenheath reassuring but ready (Stars and Stripes) RAF LAKENHEATH, England — RAF Lakenheath will rely on its pandemic influenza response plan if the latest outbreak of avian influenza somehow worsens and people start falling ill, a base health official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Poultry culled in fears that avian flu may have spread to a second farm (Times Online) Poultry suspected of being infected with avian flu were being culled at a second farm in Suffolk yesterday. [News Source]

Bird flu cull leads to ‘festive crisis’ fears. Just weeks before Christmas, white-suited vets are being despatched to the countryside to begin the cull of thousands of turkeys infected with a highly lethal strain of bird flu. [News Source]

BANGLADESH: Return of the bird flu threat (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Avian flu has re-emerged in Bangladesh after four months, with five reported new outbreaks in poultry farms across the country since October. [News Source]

22,000 turkeys culled to stop bird flu spreading. Nearly 22,000 more free-range turkeys on four farms closely linked to the H5N1-infected poultry farm in Suffolk were last night being culled as a precaution against the bird flu strain spreading. [News Source]

Lessons From Turkey’s Bird Flu Outbreak (Medical News Today) Rapid responses by Turkey's health authorities and key health personnel were critical in bringing the 2006 bird flu outbreak under control, according to research published in the online open access journal, BMC Public Health. Those involved cite poverty and families sharing their homes with poultry as factors behind the virus' transfer to humans. [click link for full article] [News Source]