Laos Reported Fresh Bird Flu Outbreak (Bernama) VIENTIANE, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The Lao authorities have confirmed a bird flu outbreak in Donngeun village in Laos' northwestern province of Xayaboury that shares a border with Thailand, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. [News Source]

Laos reports new avian flu outbreak (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Nov 4, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Government officials in Laos today confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus struck birds in a village in the northwestern part of the country, according to media reports. [News Source]

Birds of a Feather: Commercial Producers Play Chicken with Avian Flu (Scientific American) In the late 1980s thousands of chickens died from a cancer caused by a virus known as avian leukosis virus J because they were all descended from a few roosters susceptible to the disease. [More] [News Source]

Vaccinations Against Bird Flu Should Happen Now, Say Experts (Medical News Today) People should be vaccinated now against bird flu rather than waiting for a global pandemic to erupt, an international panel of experts - including a leading British influenza specialist - say in a new report. [News Source]