Skin patch helps bird flu vaccine: study (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)

A skin patch helped boost a bird flu vaccine so well that people appear to be protected by a single dose, researchers at biotechnolgy firm Iomai said.

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Indonesia’s bird flu situation ‘grave’ (Moldova.org) Avian influenza is deeply entrenched in Indonesia despite an international containment effort, a U.N. report said Thursday, The human mortality rate from bird flu in Indonesia is the highest in the world and there will be more human cases if we do not focus more on containing the disease at source in animals, Joseph Domenech, chief veterinary officer of the U.N. Food and Agriculture ... [News Source]

Indonesia’s bird flu situation ‘grave’ (UPI) Avian influenza is deeply entrenched in Indonesia despite an international containment effort, a U.N. report said Thursday, [News Source]

Indonesia ‘needs bird flu help’. Indonesia needs more help to rein in the bird flu virus, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has said. The human death toll from bird flu in the country rose to 100 earlier this year - almost half of the total worldwide fatalities. [News Source]

India culls chickens to stop bird flu spreading. 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]

Booster patch helps bird flu vaccine -study (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - A skin patch helped boost a bird flu vaccine so well that people appear to be protected by a single dose, researchers at biotechnolgy firm Iomai said on ... [News Source]

Booster patch helps bird flu vaccine: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A skin patch helped boost a bird flu vaccine so well that people appear to be protected by a single dose, researchers at biotechnolgy firm Iomai said on Thursday. [News Source]

India expands culling zone to contain bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Veterinary staff in safety gear began killing thousands of chickens on Thursday after expanding a culling operation to stop bird flu from spreading in an eastern Indian state. [News Source]

Needle-free bird flu vaccine booster helps - study (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) WASHINGTON, March 20 - A needle-free patch helped boost a bird flu vaccine so well that people appear to be protected by a single dose, researchers at biotechnolgy firm Iomai said on Thursday. [News Source]

Needle-free bird flu vaccine booster helps - study (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) WASHINGTON, March 20 - A needle-free patch helped boost a bird flu vaccine so well that people appear to be protected by a single dose, researchers at biotechnolgy firm Iomai said on Thursday. [News Source]

Medicago’s H5N1 VLP vaccine found effective against avian flu (Pharmaceutical Business Review) Medicago has announced that its H5N1 avian influenza VLP vaccine, made from the Indonesian strain, has provided 100% protection in mice against a lethal challenge with live H5N1 viruses of the Vietnam strain. [News Source]

New Human Bird Flu Case In Viet Nam (Medical News Today) The Ministry of Health in Viet Nam has confirmed a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. The case has been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE). The case is an 11 -year old male from Thanh Liem district, Ha Nam province. He developed symptoms on 4 March was hospitalized on 9 March and died on 14 March. [News Source]