S. China province tightens poultry market inspection after bird flu case (People’s Daily) Agricultural authorities in south China's Guangdong Province tightened inspection over trading markets for domestic poultry after an 82-day-old baby girl was diagnosed in Hong Kong with bird flu. No further infections were detected in the province, the provincial agricultural department announced on Wednesday. The girl, surnamed Chen, was born in Hong Kong. She had been living in Xiabaishi ... [News Source]

Shenzhen says no further bird flu infections after infant case (People’s Daily) No further infections of bird flu have been detected here in southern China, where an 82-day-old baby girl contracted the disease, a city health bureau spokesman said on Wednesday. The girl, surnamed Chen, was born in Hong Kong. She had been living in Xiabaishi Village, Nanshan District with her grandmother while her parents were working in Hong Kong. The baby fell ill last Monday and was ... [News Source]

Guangdong tightens poultry market after bird flu case (China Daily) GUANGZHOU - Agricultural authorities in south China's Guangdong Province tightened inspection over trading markets for domestic poultry after an 82-day-old baby girl was diagnosed in Hong Kong with bird flu. [News Source]

HK says baby girl infected by H9N2 bird flu strain. Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed a two-month-old baby girl was infected with the H9N2 bird flu strain, the fifth human case in the city since 1999, a government health official told reporters. [News Source]

US and Japanese researchers crack flu pandemic’s deadly code. The genetic code that made the 1918 killer flu so deadly has finally been cracked, claim US and Japanese researchers, who say their discovery may lead to new drugs able to keep future outbreaks in check. [News Source]

Fewer human deaths from virus even as it spreads among poultry. With the arrival of winter, H5N1 avian flu is on the rise again in Asia and Egypt. The outbreaks are part of an annual trend: cases peak between December and March each year in birds as well as humans. [News Source]

FAO helps Nam Dinh control bird flu (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has selected the northern province of Nam Dinh to carry out a pilot project on collecting bird flu information through SMS, according to Ninh Van Hieu, head of the provincial Veterinary Sub-Department. [News Source]

Shenzhen says no further bird flu infections after infant case (China Daily) SHENZHEN - No further infections of bird flu have been detected here in southern China, where an 82-day-old baby girl contracted the disease, a city health bureau spokesman said on Wednesday. [News Source]

P7-M bird flu testing center opens in Zamboanga City (GMA News) MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened a P7-million avian flu testing facility in Zamboanga City to beef up efforts to ensure that the country remains free of the disease that has killed people and infected millions of birds globally. [News Source]

Bird flu found in poultry in Northern Vietnam. Bird flu has resurfaced in poultry in northern Vietnam after many months without any cases, killing ducks and chickens at two farms, a state-run newspaper reported on Sunday. [News Source]

Researchers unlock secrets of 1918 flu pandemic. Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia. [News Source]

Girl diagnosed with mild form of bird flu (Gulf Times) HONG KONG: A two-month-old baby girl in Hong Kong was in hospital yesterday after being diagnosed with a mild form of the bird flu virus. [News Source]