Novavax’s new bird flu vaccine could bolster the arsenal against a pandemic (News-Medical-Net) The drug company Novavax has announced that it's experimental avian flu vaccine has proved to be both safe and effective in Phase I/IIa trials in humans. [News Source]

Vietnam’s Vaccination Effort Helps in Fight Against Avian Flu (U.S. Department of State) Vaccinating its highest-risk populations of chickens and ducks has been an expensive and logistically complex effort for Vietnam’s central government, but animal health officials say it has slowed deadly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among birds in the Southeast Asian nation and, critically, among people. [News Source]

Vietnam’s Vaccination Effort Helps in Fight Against Avian Flu (U.S. Department of State) Vaccinating its highest-risk populations of chickens and ducks has been an expensive and logistically complex effort for Vietnam’s central government, but animal health officials say it has slowed deadly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among birds in the Southeast Asian nation and, critically, among people. [News Source]

Vietnam’s Vaccination Effort Helps in Fight Against Avian Flu (U.S. Department of State) Vaccinating its highest-risk populations of chickens and ducks has been an expensive and logistically complex effort for Vietnam’s central government, but animal health officials say it has slowed deadly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among birds in the Southeast Asian nation and, critically, among people. [News Source]

Vietnam’s Vaccination Effort Helps in Fight Against Avian Flu (U.S. Department of State) Vaccinating its highest-risk populations of chickens and ducks has been an expensive and logistically complex effort for Vietnam’s central government, but animal health officials say it has slowed deadly outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among birds in the Southeast Asian nation and, critically, among people. [News Source]

Bird Flu Prep Boosts General Disease Capacity (Scoop.co.nz) This is the first in a series of articles about the response to avian influenza in Southeast Asia. [News Source]

Waterfowl undergo tests for fatal strain of avian flu (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) WESTMINSTER - More than two dozen waterfowl in town received a surprise lab test on Tuesday, when federal workers netted the birds to take samples to see if any of them have a deadly strain of avian flu. [News Source]

Waterfowl in Westminster tested for avian flu strain (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) WESTMINSTER - More than two-dozen waterfowl in town received a surprise lab test on Tuesday, when federal workers netted the birds to take samples to see if any of them have a deadly strain of avian flu. [News Source]