Vietnam records second bird flu fatality this year (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A 32-year-old man in Vietnam has died of bird flu, becoming the second fatality from the virus in the country so far this year, a medical official said. [News Source]

Second bird flu death in Vietnam (BBC News) Bird flu claims a second victim this year in Vietnam, as the Asian region stays on alert. [News Source]

Second bird flu death in Vietnam (BBC News) Bird flu claims a second victim this year in Vietnam, a 32-year-old man, as the Asian region stays on alert. [News Source]

UK bird flu outbreak at turkey farms (Belfast Telegraph) An outbreak of bird flu at two Bernard Matthews farms poses “a very low risk” to human health, experts said last night. [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu, tainted Baxter flu materials, anthrax attack findings , drug-resistance malaria, homeland … (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Avian flu detected in Vietnam, England The H5N1 virus struck poultry in another Vietnamese province, Dien Bien in the northern part of the country, raising the number of affected provinces to 11, Xinhua, China's state news agency, reported today. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak at Bernard Matthews turkey farms (Times Online) Twenty thousands turkeys have been isolated on two Bernard Matthews breeding farms in East Anglia following an outbreak of a low-risk avian flu virus. [News Source]

Two turkey breeder units test positive for avian flu FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) Bernard Matthews Farms has confirmed that flocks on two of its small breeder units have tested positive for low pathogenic avian flu. [News Source]

Bernard Matthews Says Bird Flu Virus Found at 2 Farms (Update1) (Bloomberg) Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Bernard Matthews Farms , a U.K. poultry producer, said avian influenza was detected on two of its farms after an “unusual drop” in egg production. [News Source]

Vaccines were contaminated with avian flu virus. Officials are trying to get to the bottom of how vaccine manufacturer Baxter International Inc. made an experimental vaccine contaminated with the H5N1 avian flu virus and then distributed it to an Austrian company. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine production still lags: Study. Drug companies would need four years to meet global demand for bird flu vaccines if a pandemic broke out today, but new technology could significantly boost production by 2014, a study said Tuesday. [News Source]

Tests for bird flu on two farms (BBC News) Birds test positive for a strain of avian flu at two poultry farms in Suffolk and Norfolk. [News Source]

How were bird flu viruses sent to unsuspecting labs? (CTV.ca) Officials are trying to get to the bottom of how vaccine manufacturer Baxter International Inc. made "experimental virus material" based on a human flu strain but contaminated with the H5N1 avian flu virus and then distributed it to an Austrian company. [News Source]