Bird flu patient discharged from hospital (China Daily) NANJING -- The latest bird flu patient was discharged from an unidentified hospital on December 26 in the eastern province of Jiangsu, local health authorities said. [News Source]

WHO finds human bird flu in Pakistan (AAP via Yahoo!7 News) The World Health Organisation reported that the first case of human infection with H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Pakistan. [News Source]

WHO experts worried by bird flu transmission. Experts with the World Health Organisation on Thursday confirmed the first case of inter-human transmission of bird flu in Pakistan, but ruled out any risk of a widespread outbreak. [News Source]

RP remains bird flu-free: health center (Sun Star) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Philippines remains free from the Avian Influenza (AI), commonly known as bird flu, and one of the only two countries in Asia-Pacific that have no reported cases of the disease that is feared to pass on from fowl to human. [News Source]

Cholera, dengue, bird flu on rise (The Nation) Thailand faces a higher risk of dengue fever, bird flu and hand-and-foot-mouth disease outbreaks next year,.... [News Source]

Bird flu hits Myanmar. Myanmar has reported an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus among domestic chickens in a village near the Myanmar-Thai border. [News Source]

Bahrain maps out plan to fight bird flu (Gulf Daily News) BAHRAIN has stepped up its fight to keep bird flu at bay by distributing thousands of booklets in three Asian languages, plus Arabic and English. [News Source]

DA steps up drive against avian flu (Sun Star) AMIDST the resurgence of bird flu disease in Asia, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has stepped up anti-bird flu measures. [News Source]

Another death highlights avian flu threat in Egypt (Middle East Online) 16th victim of human bird flu infection reported since H5N1 virus first detected in Egypt. [News Source]

WHO confirms human-to-human bird flu case. The World Health Organization confirmed on Thursday a single case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus in a family in Pakistan. [News Source]

Tests confirm bird flu case in cluster in Pakistan (CTV.ca) One member of a large family of suspected H5N1 avian flu cases in Pakistan was found positive for infection in confirmatory testing by two international influenza laboratories, the World Health Organization announced Thursday. [News Source]

FACTBOX-Bird flu’s spread around the globe (AlertNet) Source: Reuters Dec 28 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the first case of human infection with H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Pakistan. Earlier this ... [News Source]