China says latest bird flu outbreak under control (Reuters via Yahoo! News) China's latest outbreak in poultry of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, in the far western region of Xinjiang, has been brought under control, state media reported. [News Source]

Barrier to bird flu transmission found in humans. Umbrella-shaped sugars that decorate proteins in the nose and throat could be preventing widespread human-to-human transmission of avian flu, new research suggests. [News Source]

QIAGEN to Supply Singapore Ministry of Health With Avian Flu Surveillance Solutions (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) VENLO, The Netherlands, Jan. 8, 2008 -- QIAGEN today announced that it has been awarded an exclusive contract by the Singapore Ministry of Health to supply sample preparation solutions and molecular tests for the specific detection of Influenza H5N1 viruses -- better known as avian flu. [News Source]

Officials say strain of Bird Flu detected in Dom Rep no threat to Jamaica (The Jamaica Observer) THE health and agriculture ministries on Friday assured that an H5N2 strain of the Avian Influenza or Bird Flu that was discovered in the Dominican Republic late last month was not a threat to Jamaica. [News Source]