Skin patch helps bird flu vaccine: study (Merredin Wheatbelt Mercury) 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. [News Source]

Latest cases of avian flu not hurting (JoongAng Daily) Although the government yesterday confirmed a third outbreak of deadly bird flu in southwest Korea, people are still eating chicken almost as much as before, officials said. [News Source]

Human To Human Transmission Of Bird Flu (Medical News Today) Testsindicate that a father diagnosed with bird flu in China probably caughtthe disease from his son, only increasing concern about transmission ofthe virus between humans. This was published early online and in theApril 2008 issue of The Lancet. [News Source]

South Korea confirms new bird flu outbreak. South Korea on Monday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm in the southwest and said it was investigating two other possible cases days after reporting an outbreak at a nearby chicken farm. [News Source]

Bird flu may spread within families. There has been another case of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 bird flu, this time in China. The cases reinforce fears that there could be many undiagnosed human H5N1 infections in China. [News Source]

Bird flu fears after father catches virus from his son. Fresh fears over the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu returned last night when health officials in China confirmed a man had caught the disease from his son. [News Source]

New bird flu warning after son-father case. Doctors are today calling for new vigilance over bird flu following the revelation that a son probably passed the deadly virus to his father last December. [News Source]

Fresh concern over bird flu mutation. Tests have revealed that a father probably caught bird flu from his son – raising concerns about the ability of the virus to spread from person to person. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreaks in northeast India. There has been an outbreak of bird flu in India's northeast state of Tripura, officials said Monday. [News Source]

China confirms bird flu in Tibet. China's Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in a Tibet Autonomous Region village. Government and ministry have immediately started emergency plans. [News Source]

China confirms human H5N1 transmission. Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught bird flu from his son last December, according to a report released Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads to Tripura (The Times of India) NEW DELHI: Bird flu has now hit Tripura, making it the fifth state to be infected by the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus over the last three years. [News Source]