State testing yields no evidence of bird flu (Lincoln Journal Star) Random testing done last year on the state’s wild bird populations found no evidence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that has jumped from birds to humans. [News Source]

Bird flu hits farm in northern Vietnam: officials (PhysOrg) Bird flu has hit a poultry farm in northern Vietnam in the year's first outbreak after also infecting domestic birds in the country's south in recent weeks, the government said Friday. [News Source]

China reports bird flu outbreak in far west (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China has reported an outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in its far west Xinjiang region, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. [News Source]

K-State’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab Is Kansas’ First Line of Defense Against Bird Flu (Kansas City InfoZine) If the highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza ever comes to Kansas, diagnosticians at Kansas State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will be the first to know. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine shows promise (Business Weekly) Early trials show that Acambis's new vaccine may provide protection against the deadly HN-51 strain of bird flu. The Cambridge biotech has kicked off 2008 in much the same way as it signed off 2007, with a share price-boosting announcement. [News Source]

China reports bird flu outbreak in far west (AlertNet) Source: Reuters BEIJING, Jan 4 (Reuters) - China has reported an outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in its far west Xinjiang region, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. The first bird flu outbreak in ... [News Source]

EGYPT: Another death highlights avian flu threat (IRIN) DUBAI, 27 December 2007 (IRIN) - Another human victim of bird flu - the 16th in Egypt - has been registered in the country, underlining the fact that the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, which was first detected in Egypt in February 2006, has not disappeared. [News Source]

EGYPT: No bird flu pandemic despite recent deaths – health officials (IRIN) DUBAI, 3 January 2008 (IRIN) - Four humans have died of bird flu in Egypt in the past week but health officials deny the country is gripped by an influenza pandemic. [News Source]