Potential Human Vaccine Against Bird Flu (Medical News Today) A vaccine to protect humans from a bird flu pandemic is within reach after a new discovery by researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia The discovery, published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how boosting T cell immunity could better protect humans from a bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

Tougher bird flu vaccine (Yehey!) HONG KONGHong Kong and US scientists have developed a new vaccine against the H5N1 bird flu virus that could be cheaper and more effective than its predecessors, the University of Hong Kong said Monday. [News Source]

Two-year-old boy becomes Egypt’s 56th bird flu case. A two-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the bird flu virus and is in critical condition, the state-run news agency quoted the Health Ministry as saying on Sunday, becoming the 56th case in the Arab country. [News Source]

Experts fight H5N1 bird flu using anti-smallpox vaccine. 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 vaccinia vaccine that was used successfully to eradicate smallpox. [News Source]

4 Indonesians die of bird flu; toll climbs to 119. Four Indonesians have died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country hardest hit by the disease over the past several years to 119, an official said Tuesday. [News Source]

In the war against flu’s mutants, a big ally is weakened. A flu strain has become impervious to a widely used drug called Tamiflu, prompting scientists to worry about the disease's ability to resist treatment. [News Source]

Four dead of bird flu in Indonesia since Jan (China Daily) JAKARTA -- Four people have been confirmed dead by avian influenza in Indonesia since January this year, head of the national bird flu commission Bayu Krisnamurthi said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Four people die of bird flu in Indonesia (People’s Daily) Four people have been dead by avian influenza in Indonesia since January this year, head of the national bird flu commission Bayu Krisnamurthi said on Tuesday. The deaths have brought the total fatality by the virus to 117 out of 143 infected people. "Four deaths by bird flu have been confirmed in January and February," Krisnamurthi told Xinhua. He said that two people had died in Bogor, an ... [News Source]

Four dead from bird flu in Indonesia (The Malaysian Insider) JAKARTA, March 3 — Four people have been dead by avian influenza in Indonesia since January this year, head of the national bird flu commission Bayu Krisnamurthi said today. The deaths have brought the total fatality by the virus to 117 out of 143 infected people. “Four deaths by bird flu have been confirmed in January and February,” Krisnamurthi told Xinhua news agency. [News Source]

New discovery to make human vaccine against bird flu a reality (New Kerala) Washington, Mar 3 : Researchers at University of Melbourne claim that they are closer to developing a human vaccine for avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, after making a new discovery. [News Source]

Non-lethal bird flu found on poultry farms (Guardian Unlimited) Turkey company and Defra stress it is not the H5N1 virus that led to cull of 152,000 birds in 2007 Poultry at Bernard Matthews farms have again have tested positive for bird flu, the company said today, but it is not the deadly H5N1 strain that prompted the cull of 152,000 birds in 2007. Tests carried out by government vets confirmed the virus in birds at farms in Ubbeston, Suffolk, and ... [News Source]