Polish bird flu under control (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Poland has managed to contain its recent outbreaks of bird flu and improved its general animal disease situation, the European Commission said on Wednesday. [News Source]

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (Moldova.org) Key bird flu infection factor foundWASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have identified a key factor that determines the ability of influenza viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tract.The finding, published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology, explains how the H5N1 avian flu virus would have to change to spread through human populations, the National Institute of ... [News Source]

Key bird flu infection factor found (EARTHtimes.org) U.S. scientists have identified a key factor that determines the ability of influenza viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tract. The finding, published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology, explains how the H5N1 avian flu virus wo... [News Source]

Key bird flu infection factor found (Moldova.org) U.S. scientists have identified a key factor that determines the ability of influenza viruses to infect cells of the human upper respiratory tract.The finding, published online in the journal Nature Biotechnology, explains how the H5N1 avian flu virus would have to change in order to spread through human populations, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences said in a release .Although ... [News Source]

China bird flu outbreak ‘under control.’ A bird flu outbreak in northwestern China that killed nearly 5,000 fowls and led to the slaughter of 35,000 more is under control, state press on Wednesday quoted a top official as saying. [News Source]

Polish bird flu under control, situation better-EU (AlertNet) Source: Reuters BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Poland has managed to contain its recent outbreaks of bird flu and improved its general animal disease situation, the European Commission said on Wednesday. Since early ... [News Source]

New Discovery Could Lead To Bird Flu Early Warning (The Tech) By Stephen Smith THE BOSTON GLOBE For a decade, disease trackers have watched anxiously as avian influenza has migrated from Asia to Europe and on to Africa, devastating poultry flocks and wild birds. To humans, it has proved — so far — less of a widespread peril, lacking the genetic machinery necessary for efficient person-to-person transmission. Just 348 people have been infected worldwide ... [News Source]