Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to U.S. Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to US. Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported Tuesday. [News Source]

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to North America (Canada.com) Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers report. [News Source]

Africa: United States Contributes $320 Million to Global Avian Flu Fight (AllAfrica.com) Against a backdrop of palms and craggy mountains along the Red Sea, the U.S. government announced at the International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza it would pledge $320 million to help pay for global efforts to fight avian influenza and prepare people everywhere to face a future pandemic. [News Source]

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to US – report (AlertNet) Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday. They found genetic evidence ... [News Source]

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to U.S.: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday. [News Source]

Genetic Evidence For Avian Influenza Movement From Asia To North America Via Wild Birds (Medical News Today) Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. [News Source]

Vaxart reports positive data from preclinical studies of oral avian flu vaccine (Pharmaceutical Business Review) Vaxart, a biotechnology company focused on the development of oral vaccines, has announced positive efficacy results from preclinical studies of the companys oral avian flu vaccine. [News Source]

Donors meeting nets funds for avian flu fight (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Oct 27, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – A group of international donors who met yesterday in the final session of an avian influenza conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, pledged more support for avian and pandemic flu preparedness and prevention, led by $320 million from the United States. [News Source]

US pledges extra $320 million for bird flu fight. The United States pledged an additional $320 million to the global fight against bird flu and warned on Saturday against complacency in combating the virus, which could mutate and cause a deadly pandemic. [News Source]

Nasty jab against bird flu research (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news) Health ministers from most of the world gathered this past weekend in Egypt to plan against bird flu, with the United Nations saying the threat of a deadly global pandemic is as high as ever and a future vaccine as important as ever. [News Source]

Genetic evidence for avian influenza movement from Asia to North America via wild birds (EurekAlert!) ( United States Geological Survey ) Wild migratory birds may be more important carriers of avian influenza viruses from continent to continent than previously thought, according to new scientific research that has important implications for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus surveillance in North America. [News Source]