Hong Kong studies effectiveness of vaccine after bird flu outbreak. Hong Kong's government said Wednesday it was looking at whether there was a need to change the vaccine used to protect chickens against avian flu after the latest outbreak at a local poultry farm. [News Source]

Hong Kong bird flu outbreak confirmed to be H5N1. The latest bird flu outbreak on a Hong Kong chicken farm was caused by the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government confirmed Thursday. [News Source]

B.C. lab to provide quick, secure testing for animal diseases such as avian flu. The doors will open early next year on a new lab that can test for diseases such as avian flu, mad cow disease and West Nile virus. [News Source]

Maryland Researchers Take Aim at Avian Flu Vaccine (Newswise) Researchers at the University of Maryland are hot on the trail of a universal flu vaccine for animals - which could ultimately help prevent or delay another avian flu pandemic in humans. [News Source]

Health scare in Indian state as bird flu spreads (AFP via Yahoo! News) Medical workers were going door-to-door to look for people with symptoms of avian influenza in northeast India Friday as the infection in birds spread further, officials said. [News Source]

Bird Flu Found in Rhode Island Duck (Fox News) A state veterinarian says a duck shot by a hunter in Johnston last month has tested positive for avian flu. [News Source]

B.C. lab to provide quick, secure testing for animal diseases such as avian flu (C-Health) ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The doors will open early next year on a new lab that can test for diseases such as avian flu, mad cow disease and West Nile virus. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in duck shot in RI (Boston Globe) A state veterinarian says a duck shot by a hunter in Johnston last month has tested positive for avian flu. [News Source]

Hong Kong bird flu outbreak confirmed to be H5N1 (Vietnam Net) The latest bird flu outbreak on a Hong Kong chicken farm was caused by the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government confirmed Thursday. [News Source]

Bird flu case detected in Cambodia (EARTHtimes.org) Phnom Penh - Cambodian health workers converged on a town near the capital Phnom Penh after a man was diagnosed with avian flu, officials said Friday. The 19-year-old man from Kandal Province fell ill on November 28 and was being treated in a Phnom P... [News Source]