Woman diagnosed with bird flu in China: report (AFP via Yahoo! News) A 21-year-old woman has been diagnosed with the H5N1 form of bird flu in central China, state media reported Saturday. [News Source]

China woman infected by bird flu, recovering (The Star) SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A 21-year-old woman has caught the H5N1 strain of bird flu in central China's Hunan Province but is recovering in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. [News Source]

Avian flu virus contained at one farm, tests show (Kitchener – Waterloo Record) VANCOUVER (Jan 31, 2009) -- Avian flu found on one Fraser Valley turkey farm has not spread to any other farms in the quarantine area. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says so far all commercial flocks have tested negative in the three-kilometre quarantine zone set up to stop a virus from spreading. Authorities had to destroy 60,000 turkeys earlier this week at a farm in Abbotsford, B.C. to ... [News Source]

CMB bags $8.7 mn Gates Foundation grant for avian influenza vaccine development (PharmaBiz) The Center for Molecular Biotechnology (CMB) has received an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support continued development of an avian influenza vaccine that uses transient plant-based technology. [News Source]

Sickened Vietnamese man suspected to have bird flu (The Star) HANOI (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Vietnamese man has been hospitalised in the country's southern Mekong Delta with pneumonia and doctors suspect he may have caught bird flu, a state-run newspaper said on Saturday. [News Source]

Sickened Vietnamese man suspected to have bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters HANOI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Vietnamese man has been hospitalised in the country's southern Mekong Delta with pneumonia and doctors suspect he may have caught bird flu, a state-run ... [News Source]

Tests show avian flu virus remains contained to lone Fraser Valley farm (Hamilton Spectator) VANCOUVER, B.C. - Avian flu found on one Fraser Valley turkey farm has not spread to any other farms in the quarantine area. [News Source]

Tests show avian flu virus remains contained to lone Fraser Valley farm (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) VANCOUVER, B.C. - Avian flu found on one Fraser Valley turkey farm has not spread to any other farms in the quarantine area. [News Source]

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Avian Influenza Vaccine … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) The Center for Molecular Biology has received an $8.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support continued development of an avian influenza vaccine that uses transient plant-based technology. [News Source]

$8.7 million bolsters bird-flu battle (The News Journal) A nonprofit research group in Newark has received an $8.7 million grant from the nation's largest foundation to continue development of a plant-based vaccine for bird flu. [News Source]

Avian flu confirmed on West Abbotsford farm. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of avian influenza in West Abbotsford. [News Source]

No indication Canadian bird flu outbreak has spread. There is no indication an outbreak of bird flu in Canada has spread beyond the turkey farm near Vancouver where the disease was discovered last week but testing continues, officials said on Monday. [News Source]