NEWS SCAN: Avian flu case in Egypt, H5N1 inhibitor, H7N7 in Germany, unvaccinated kids, London’s pan-flu plan (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Egyptian woman sick with H5N1 infection A 33-year-old Egyptian woman from the northern province of Kafr el-Sheikh is sick with an H5N1 avian influenza infection, Reuters reported today. [News Source]

Egyptian woman contracts bird flu (MSNBC) A 33-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, the fourth case this month, Egyptian state news agency MENA said. [News Source]

Egyptian woman contracts bird flu: agency (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A 33-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, the fourth case this month, Egyptian state news agency MENA said Wednesday. [News Source]

Egyptian woman contracts bird flu – agency (AlertNet) Source: Reuters CAIRO, April 15 (Reuters) - A 33-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the highly pathogenic bird flu virus, the fourth case this month, Egyptian state news agency MENA said on Wednesday. MENA said ... [News Source]

Woman In Egypt Critically Ill With Bird Flu (Nasdaq) CAIRO (AFP)--A 33-year-old woman has contracted bird flu, the 64th recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in Egypt in 2006, the Health Ministry announced Wednesday. [News Source]

Egypt woman critically ill with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) A 33-year-old woman has contracted bird flu, the 63rd recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in Egypt in 2006 and the third in a week, the health ministry announced on Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly) VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. [News Source]

Valley fever blowin’ on a hotter wind. Harsher weather conditions – hotter temperatures and more intense dust storms fueled by global warming – are spreading the transmission of valley fever, a fungal disease endemic to the southwestern United States. [News Source]

Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu. Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have identified a synthetic compound which appears to be able to stop the replication of influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu virus. [News Source]

Preclinical Study Demonstrating That A Virus-like Particle Vaccine Provided Protection Against Highly Pathogenic H1N1 … (Medical News Today) Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) reported preclinical study results showing that an investigational H1N1 virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine based on the 1918 Spanish influenza strain protected against both the Spanish flu and a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain. [News Source]

Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu (The Malaysian Insider) HONG KONG, April 15 - Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have identified a synthetic compound which appears to be able to stop the replication of influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu virus. The search for such new "inhibitors" has grown more urgent in recent years as drugs, like oseltamivir, have become largely ineffective against certain flu strains, like the H1N1 seasonal ... [News Source]

Arbor Vita Receives FDA Clearance Of Its AVantage(TM) A/H5N1 Flu Diagnostic – First Rapid Test For Avian Influenza In … (Medical News Today) Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC), a biopharmaceutical company developing both diagnostics and therapeutics, announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its AVantage(TM) A/H5N1 Flu Test. This is a non-invasive rapid diagnostic device for the specific detection of the avian influenza A/H5N1 virus in humans. [News Source]