Demand for poultry meat in restaurants down in Indonesia for fears of bird flu (People’s Daily) The demand of foods made from poultry meat has been decreased in restaurants across Indonesia due to fears of avian influenza, the country's hotel and restaurant association said here Thursday. Indonesia has been hit, the hardest by ... [News Source]

8 hospitalized in Indonesia for suspected bird flu (People’s Daily) Eight people from the same village in Indonesia's Lampung province were admitted to hospital allegedly for developing bird flu symptoms, local press said Thursday. The patients, including two babies and two teenagers, all come from ... [News Source]

Vaccine developed to fight different flu strains. Health experts fear that an avian flu mutation could trigger a global epidemic, leading to the push to find new vaccines. [News Source]

Spraying away bird flu? Japanese researchers said on Wednesday they were in the final stage of developing a painless bird flu vaccine which is sprayed up the nose instead of being injected. [News Source]

WB: Chicken deaths raise fears of bird flu (rediff.com) The fresh deaths in Malda come close on the heels of bird flu in Murshidabad district. The animal resources department of the state government has collected blood samples and sent them to Belgachia in Kolkata for testing. The police have said that although samples have been sent to check for bird flu, the deaths looked to be natural. [News Source]