US offers 7.3 ml USD to combat bird flu (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – The US Government will provide 7.3 million USD through the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to Vietnam to implement two projects on preventing and combating bird flu. [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 cases, avian flu in Kentucky, E coli in wildlife, food-import safety, FDA clears malaria drug, polio … (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Vietnam reports H5N1 case, WHO confirms 3 Egyptian cases Vietnam's health ministry reported that a 3-year-old boy from Dong Thap province died of an H5N1 avian influenza infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. [News Source]

Avian Flu Found On Western Kentucky Poultry Farm (KOLR – KSFX Ozarks) (Frankfort, KY) -- Federal and state authorities are investigating a suspected avian influenza outbreak on a poultry farm in western Kentucky. Authorities say the strain poses little risk to human health. [News Source]

Rapid avian flu test cleared by FDA (Scientific American) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted a test that can quickly determine whether a person is infected with deadly avian flu. [More] [News Source]

U.S. regulator approves rapid test for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved a fast test for H5N1 bird flu that can show in less than an hour if people are infected. [News Source]

Rapid Test to Detect Bird Flu in People Approved (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) WEDNESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A rapid test to detect the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said in a news release. [News Source]

US approves 40 minute avian flu test (AFP via Yahoo! News) The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a test that is able to diagnose -- in less than 40 minutes -- the human strain of avian flu. [News Source]

U.S. regulator approves rapid test for bird flu. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it had approved a fast test for H5N1 bird flu that can show in less than an hour if people are infected. [News Source]

INTERVIEW-Concerns arise over symptomless Egypt bird flu cases (AlertNet) Source: Reuters * WHO concerned about possible bird flu human carriers * U.N. body to test if cases exist * Worries about mutation of the pathogenic virus By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - The ... [News Source]

FDA Clears Rapid Test for Avian Influenza a Virus in Humans (Kansas City InfoZine) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared for marketing a new, more rapid test for the detection of influenza A/H5N1, a disease-causing subtype of the avian influenza A virus that can infect humans. [News Source]

Perdue battles bird flu in Ky. (The Daily Times) FRANKFORT, Ky. -- State and federal authorities are investigating an outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm in western Kentucky. [News Source]