Latest Bird Flu News

Australia has bird flu vaccine: govt (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Monday June 16th 2008, 11:36 pm

Australia has developed a human vaccine for bird flu, federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says. [News Source]

Australia develops bird flu vaccine (Perth Now)
Monday June 16th 2008, 11:25 pm

AUSTRALIA has developed a human vaccine for bird flu. [News Source]

Australia develops bird flu vaccine (News Interactive)
Monday June 16th 2008, 11:25 pm

AUSTRALIA has developed a human vaccine for bird flu. [News Source]

Farms Undergoing Avian Flu Testing (The Morning News)
Monday June 16th 2008, 8:46 pm

HOGEYE -- State officials Monday tested about 50 farms with backyard flocks of ducks, turkeys, chicken and other poultry species for the avian influenza virus found on a neighboring commercial poultry farm near West Fork. [News Source]

Biotech Experts Available to Discuss the Critical Role of Vaccine Adjuvants in Treating Pandemic Bird Flu (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Monday June 16th 2008, 2:19 pm

---- WHAT: The likelihood of an influenza pandemic caused by an avian influenza virus is an increasing concern to the World Health Organization and others. Recent breakthroughs on promising cell-based vaccines are encouraging, but manufacturing, stockpiling and distributing enough vaccine to treat victims on a massive scale remain a challenge that needs attention. [News Source]

St. Joseph County preparing for bird flu pandemic (22 WSBT South Bend)
Monday June 16th 2008, 7:22 am

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — Avian flu is a deadly virus found in birds and has also transmitted to some people. The St. Joseph County Health Department and other local groups are preparing for the possibility of a bird flu outbreak here. They say a bird flu pandemic could happen very soon. [News Source]