Aust researchers closer to bird flu vaccine (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Melbourne researchers say they are closer to developing a human vaccine for avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. [News Source]

Aust researchers closer to bird flu vaccine (ABC via Yahoo!7 News) Melbourne researchers say they are closer to developing a human vaccine for avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu, tainted Baxter samples, HHS secretary nomination, H5N1 vaccines, polio warning (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Egyptian toddler critical with H5N1 infection Egypt's health ministry yesterday reported that a 2-year-old boy from Fayoum governorate is hospitalized in critical condition with an H5N1 avian influenza infection, according to a report today from the World Health Organization (WHO). The boy got sick on Feb 28 and was admitted to the hospital 3 days later. [News Source]

Avian Influenza In Poultry On Premises In East Of England (Medical News Today) The Health Protection Agency continues to work closely with local and national veterinary colleagues following the announcement yesterday by the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) that avian influenza had been found in poultry on two premises in the East of England. Defra has today confirmed that the avian influenza virus present there is H6N1. [News Source]

HK and US scientists develop new bird flu vaccine (TODAYonline) Lab technician checking H5N1-infected eggs. Hong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus which could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors, the University of Hong Kong said Monday. [News Source]

Experts fight H5N1 bird flu using smallpox vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have developed an experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for people by piggybacking it on the well-tested and highly successful smallpox vaccine. [News Source]

Avian flu virus in Bernard Matthews’ flocks is H6N1 FWi (Farmers Weekly Interactive) Tests on two turkey breeder flocks have confirmed the presence of H6N1 avian flu. [News Source]

HK and US scientists develop new bird flu vaccine (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus which could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors, the University of Hong Kong said Monday. [News Source]

Bird flu suspected in girl’s death (UPI) EAST JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 2 (UPI) -- A 6-year-old girl in East Jakarta, Indonesia, died from a suspected case of bird flu after being diagnosed with typhoid fever, her mother said. [News Source]

Scientists May Be Close To Bird Flu Vaccine (KOLR – KSFX Ozarks) (Hong Kong) -- An experimental vaccine for bird flu has been developed by scientists in Hong Kong and the United States. They say they developed the vaccine by piggybacking it on the well-tested and highly successful vaccine for smallpox. [News Source]

New bird flu vaccine developed (News 24 South Africa) Hong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus which could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in second quail farm in central Japan (EARTHtimes.org) Tokyo - Birds from a second quail farm in the central Japanese city of Toyohashi tested positive for the highly pathogenic H7N6 strain of bird flu, the local government said Monday. The authorities inspected quail farms within 5-kilometre-radius of a... [News Source]