Rapid test for bird flu developed (New Scientist) It can detect any of the 15 known strains of bird flu in just 24 hours and will make it easier to screen wild birds for the virus without harming them [News Source]

Minor bird flu detected in Thailand. Outbreaks of bird flu in Thailand in January were caused by a strain of the virus that had slightly mutated from earlier cases but did not pose a greater health risk, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

Some Vietnamese suspectedly infected with bird flu. Vietnam's Preventive Medicine and Environment Department has said some people hospitalized recently are suspected of having contracted bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported on Friday. [News Source]

China says 41-year-old man dies from bird flu. A man from China's southern Guangxi autonomous region has died of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the third death from the disease since late last year, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. [News Source]

The origins of the next pandemic. The next deadly outbreak of disease is likely to originate in a pathogen that jumps from wildlife to humans in a poor nation before spreading around the world. [News Source]

FACTBOX-Bird flu’s spread around the globe (AlertNet) Source: Reuters Feb 22 - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday confirmed the death of a 41-year-old Chinese man from the H5N1 strain of bird flu. The outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu began in ... [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]

H5N1 strain of avian flu continues to spread through Asia, Africa, Europe (The Triangle Online) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like the rumble of distant thunder, bird flu continues to spread across Asia, Africa and Europe. Although it's been out of the news lately in the United States, scientists say that avian influenza, as it's also known, remains a serious threat to human and animal health. [News Source]