U.S. offers help to check spread of bird flu (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: The United States has offered to provide technical assistance and equipment to check the spread of avian influenza, now afflicting poultry in West Bengal. “Bird flu has affected as many as 13 out of the 19 West Bengal ... [News Source]

Bird flu spreads in Bangladesh (Japan Today) DHAKA — Avian influenza has spread to 29 of Bangladesh's 64 districts, causing serious concern about the country's livestock industry, official sources said Sunday. Since the outbreak of bird flu in the country earlier this month, 93 poultry firms have been affected by the virus, the sources added. [News Source]

India bird flu disease ‘alarming’. The bird flu epidemic has spread further in the Indian state of West Bengal with 13 of the state's 19 districts affected, officials say. [News Source]

US offers India help in containing avian flu (New Kerala) New Delhi, Jan 28 : The US has offered technical advice and equipment to help India combat the deadly bird flu epidemic that has hit some districts of West Bengal, US ambassador David Mulford said here Monday. [News Source]

Indonesia reports 99th bird flu death (Hindustan Times) A nine-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, the health ministry said Monday, bringing the toll to 99 in the nation worst hit by the virus. The boy, from the Depok region on the outskirts of Jakarta, died on Sunday in the capital's Sulianto Saroso infectious diseases hospital, it said. [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills Boy in Indonesia, Infects Two, Ministry Says (Bloomberg.com) Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu killed a nine-year-old boy in Indonesia and the H5N1 strain of virus had infected another two people, the Health Ministry said in a statement today. [News Source]

PuriCore’s Sterilox Solution Highly Effective Against Pandemic H5N1 Avian Influenza (Medical News Today) PuriCore (LSE:PURI), the life sciences company focused on the control of infectious pathogens with its novel, safe antimicrobial technology, announces that its Sterilox Solution has been proven highly effective against pandemic H5N1 avian influenza, a highly contagious and lethal outbreak pathogen. [News Source]

Boy becomes Indonesia’s 99th bird flu fatality (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - A 9-year-old boy from West Java died from the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, bringing Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 99, the world's highest, Health Ministry officials said on Monday. The boy, identified as MIY, died on Sunda... [News Source]

Bangladesh plans house-to-house bird flu search (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bangladeshi authorities are to start house-to-house surveillance in their latest effort to stem a worsening outbreak of bird flu, an official said Monday. [News Source]

Bird Flu Spreads To Two More Districts In Indian State (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - Bird flu on Sunday spread to two more districts of the Indian state of West Bengal bringing the total number of affected districts to 13 out of a total 19. Authorities of the two districts of West Midnapore and South 24 Parganas confirmed the spread of the avian flu and the slaughtering of birds would begin from Monday. [News Source]

Bangladesh seals border with India to check bird flu (Gulf Times) By Mizan Rahman DHAKA : Bangladesh has sealed the 4,000km border with India to check import of poultry equipment and eggs with a view to containing spread of bird flu from the Indian state of West Bengal to the country. [News Source]

Bird flu continues to spread in Bengal, outpacing culling (Hindustan Times) The deadly H5N1 virus on Sunday spread to two more districts in West Bengal, confirmed barely an hour after the state government declared the bird flu situation as "under control". [News Source]