UN urges vigilance in fight bird flu despite progress (Eastday.com) Despite significant advances to deal with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu in the past two years, countries must maintain their vigilance and cooperate in the face of a possible pandemic, according to a joint UN and World Bank report released today. [News Source]

Animal health crucial in bird flu battle (Straits Times) WASHINGTON - MOST governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported. [News Source]

U.N. urges vigilance in fight bird flu despite progress (People’s Daily) Despite significant advances to deal with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu in the past two years, countries must maintain their vigilance and cooperate in the face of a possible pandemic, according to a joint U.N. and World Bank report ... [News Source]

Countries Must Maintain Vigilance Against Bird Flu (Scoop.co.nz) Despite significant advances to deal with the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu in the past two years, countries must maintain their vigilance and cooperate in the face of a possible pandemic, according to a joint United Nations and World Bank report. [News Source]

Animal health crucial in bird flu battle (TVNZ) Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported. [News Source]

Animal health seen crucial in bird flu battle (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported on Thursday. [News Source]

Bird flu reported in 60 countries, met by health measures, UN says (EARTHtimes.org) New York - The avian influenza has been reported in 60 countries in the last three years, but governments have mounted improved responses against the pandemic that have kept it mostly in check, the UN said Thursday. David Nabarro, the UN's influenz... [News Source]

Animal health crucial in bird flu battle: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at least three countries, the United Nations and World Bank reported on Thursday. [News Source]

Animal health crucial in bird flu battle - report (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Most governments are working quickly to attack avian flu when it pops up among birds but the virus is now entrenched in at ... [News Source]

UK: Cause of Bird Flu Outbreaks Unknown (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The cause of two bird flu outbreaks that led to the slaughter of thousands of turkeys, ducks and geese in eastern England earlier this month remains unknown, Britain's environmental authority said Thursday. [News Source]

DEFRA: Avian flu contained but source inconclusive FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) DEFRA’s first epidemiological report into the recent H5N1 avian flu outbreak in Suffolk, published today (29 November), indicates the outbreak has been confined to one index case, but fails to ‘categorically identify the source of the outbreak”. [News Source]

Flu cases ‘linked to wild birds’. The preliminary report into the latest outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk concludes that wild birds "may have been" the main source of infection. [News Source]