…Moves to Tackle Bird Flu (This Day) Sokoto State government yesterday said it had taken adequate measures and intensified efforts towards curtailing negative effects of avian influenza, popularly referred to as bird flu. [News Source]

Nepal killing poultry to fight avian flu (Moldova.org) Avian flu has been detected in southeastern Nepal, prompting authorities to begin slaughtering thousands of poultry, U.N. health officials said Wednesday.The U.N. World Health Organization said in a statement issued at the United Nations' headquarters in New York that about 13,000 birds were being culled in the Jhapa district. The slaughter is part of the Nepalese government's precautionary ... [News Source]

Nepal killing poultry to fight avian flu (UPI) KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Avian flu has been detected in southeastern Nepal, prompting authorities to begin slaughtering thousands of poultry, U.N. health officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

China warns of bird flu risk after second fatality. China warned Monday of a rising bird flu risk after a second person died of the virus in less than a month, and said it could be especially dangerous as the nation headed into the Lunar New Year holiday. [News Source]

China faces ‘grim’ fight against deadly bird flu. China faces a "grim" situation in preventing and controlling human cases of bird flu, the health minister said, after announcing four human infections in the last two weeks and three deaths. [News Source]

Two Indonesians died of bird flu. Two Indonesians have died of bird flu, apparently after contact with sick chickens, raising the country's death toll to 115, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. [News Source]

Fresh warning on China bird flu. A Chinese health expert has said that the country is likely to experience an upsurge in the number of human bird flu cases in the next month or two. [News Source]

NM tests find no avian flu (2 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News) NM tests find no avian flu (2 p.m.) [News Source]

NM tests find no avian flu (News West 9 Midland) Associated Press - January 21, 2009 3:35 PM ET SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) - Tests at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge have turned up no sign of avian influenza. [News Source]

NM tests find no avian flu (KOB-TV Albuquerque) SOCORRO, N.M. (AP) - Tests at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge have turned up no sign of avian influenza. To date, the H5N1 virus has not been detected in the United States or anywhere in the western hemisphere. [News Source]

Officials: 2 Indonesians have died of bird flu since Dec. 16 (USA Today) Two Indonesians have died of bird flu, apparently after contact with sick chickens, raising the country's death toll to 115, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. [News Source]