Suspected bird flu victim dies (Thailandnews.net) PHICHIT : A worker on a free-range duck farm died from bird flu-like symptoms in Pho Prathap Chang district yesterday, and health authorities put his 12-year-old son under close observation for signs ... [News Source]

Genetic Flu Test Approved in U.S. to Detect Virus in Four Hours (Bloomberg) Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A new genetic test made by Applied Biosystems Inc. was approved by U.S. regulators to detect different strains of the flu virus, including avian flu. [News Source]

Genetic Flu Test Approved in U.S. to Detect Virus in Four Hours (Bloomberg) Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A new genetic test made by Applied Biosystems Inc. was approved by U.S. regulators to detect different strains of the flu virus, including avian flu. [News Source]

A DNA-based vaccine shows promise against avian flu (News-Medical-Net) Though it has fallen from the headlines, a global pandemic caused by bird flu still has the United States' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. Yet, to date, the only vaccines that have proven even semi-effective are produced in chicken eggs, take five to six months to prepare and act against a single variant of the H5N1 virus, which mutates incredibly quickly. [News Source]

Suspected bird flu victim dies (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news) PHICHIT : A worker on a free-range duck farm died from bird flu-like symptoms in Pho Prathap Chang district yesterday, and health authorities put his 12-year-old son under close observation for signs of infection with the virus. [News Source]

TOGO: 17,000 poultry killed in latest flu outbreak (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Some 17,000 birds died or have been culled since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on 9 September on three poultry farms in Agbata, located 10km east of Lome, according to the country's livestock director, Komla Batawui. [News Source]