Two die as Indonesia resumes bird flu reporting: WHO (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Indonesian health ministry has reported two deaths from bird flu in recent weeks, easing concerns about whether Jakarta would share information about the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. [News Source]

FACTBOX-Bird flu’s spread around the globe (AlertNet) Source: Reuters June 19 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed on Thursday that two Indonesians, a 16 year-old female and a 34-year-old female, have died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu ... [News Source]

North Korea denies bird flu (USA Today) North Korea strongly denied Thursday that bird flu had recently broken out in the country, contradicting a report from an outside aid group. [News Source]

Biotech Experts Available To Discuss The Critical Role Of Vaccine Adjuvants In Treating Pandemic Bird Flu (Medical News Today) The likelihood of an influenza pandemic caused by an avian influenza (Bird Flu) virus is an increasing concern to the World Health Organization (WHO) 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]

Aust approves local bird flu vaccine (TVNZ) Australia said it had approved the first locally made vaccine to protect humans from future bird flu, giving the nod to Panvax manufactured by CSL. [News Source]