H5N1 bird flu virus reassuringly stable: animal health chief (AFP via Yahoo! News) The H5N1 virus that causes deadly avian flu has proven remarkably stable and action to curb outbreaks of the disease are highly effective, the head of the world's paramount agency for animal health said here Thursday. [News Source]

Father in bird flu case infected through contact with ill son (China Daily) BEIJING - Health authorities confirmed here on Thursday that the latest human case of bird flu in the eastern province of Jiangsu, which involved a 52-year-old father, came from close contact with his infected son and not a viral mutation. [News Source]