Pakistan reports new bird flu outbreak (Channel NewsAsia) PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities Sunday reported a new outbreak of avian flu at a commercial poultry farm in the country's northwest, killing thousands of birds, officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine effectiveness varies: study (C-Health) A study comparing the tests being used by vaccine manufacturers to gauge the effectiveness of their H5N1 avian flu vaccines shows there is a lot of variation in the sensitivity of the tests, the British scientist leading the effort says. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine effectiveness varies: study (C-Health) A study comparing the tests being used by vaccine manufacturers to gauge the effectiveness of their H5N1 avian flu vaccines shows there is a lot of variation in the sensitivity of the tests, the British scientist leading the effort says. [News Source]

French authorities remain vigilant on bird flu (People’s Daily) The situation with regard to the avian influenza today "is neither better nor worse" compared to a decade ago and French authorities remain as much vigilant as ever before, Didier Houssin, France's director general for public health, has sa ... [News Source]