UN: Indonesia failing in bird flu fight. Efforts to contain bird flu are failing in Indonesia, increasing the possibility that the virus may mutate into a deadlier form, the leading U.N. veterinary health body warned. [News Source]

India culls chickens to stop bird flu spreading (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Authorities in eastern India on Wednesday started culling thousands of chickens, fearing the spread of bird flu in another district after a fresh outbreak in poultry this month. [News Source]

Medicago’s H5N1 VLP vaccine provides protection against multiple strains of avian flu (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) Medicago Inc. today announced that its H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine , made from the Indonesian strain, provided 100% protection in mice against a lethal challenge with live H5N1 viruses of the Vietnam strain. [News Source]

Bird Flu Speculation Inaccurate, Toronto Hospital Insists (CityNews)

Toronto East General Hospital says there’s no reason to fear a couple that just returned from Bangladesh is suffering from avian flu.

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China lifts bird flu quarantine in southwest. China has lifted a bird flu quarantine in southwestern province of Guizhou on Tuesday after no new cases were reported for 21 days. [News Source]

Gene study suggests China source of H5N1 virus. Southern China may have been the source for much of the spread of the H5N1 avian flu virus, researchers suggested on Tuesday. [News Source]

Indonesia Is Country Worst Hit By Bird Flu - High Load Of Circulating Virus Could Lead To Mutation And Human Flu … (Medical News Today) The prevalence of bird flu in Indonesia continues to be serious despite containment efforts undertaken by national authorities and the international community, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) warned today. Indonesia is the country worst hit by avian influenza. [News Source]

Nigeria: Commissioner Challenges Officials On Avian Flu (AllAfrica.com) Commissioner for Information in Bauchi State, Dr Bukar Bukata, has challenged officials of the Avian Influenza Control Programme to evolve strategies to eradicate the disease. [News Source]

Indonesia: Rampant bird flu raises pandemic risks (USA Today) Efforts to contain bird flu are failing in Indonesia, increasing the possibility that the virus may mutate into a deadlier form, the leading U.N. veterinary health body warned. [News Source]

Situation grave in bird flu-hit Indonesia: FAO (The Times of India) Avian influenza has become deeply entrenched in Indonesia with 31 out of 33 provinces being infected, according to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. [News Source]