HK investigating another human case of H9 (People’s Daily) Hong Kong health officials are investigating one imported case of influenza A H9 infection, a mild form of avian influenza, according to the Hong Kong government website Tuesday. The case involved a female patient, 47, who lived in Guangdong Province, said a spokesman for The Center for Health Protection ( CHP) of the Department of Health. This is the sixth time that H9 viruses had been found in ... [News Source]

Bird flu breaks out again in Viet Nam (Asia News Network) Avian flu (A/H5N1) has broken out in Vit Nam's Dien Bien Province, killing flocks of poultry in nine households. Health experts are now worried about the risk of the disease mutating with swine flu ..... [News Source]

Bird flu breaks out again in Viet Nam (Asia News Network) Avian flu (A/H5N1) has broken out in Vit Nam's Dien Bien Province, killing flocks of poultry in nine households. Health experts are now worried about the risk of the disease mutating with swine flu (A/H1N1) and creating a double whammy effect - for animals and people. [News Source]

As swine flu vaccine runs dry, US wonders ‘what if.’ Mothers with young children and pregnant women are being turned away from swine flu vaccination clinics in the United States, some in tears, many utterly frustrated by the shortage of vaccine. [News Source]

Norway says found H1N1 mutation in flu fatalities. Norwegian health authorities said on Friday they have discovered a potentially significant mutation in the H1N1 influenza strain that could be responsible for causing the severest symptoms among those infected. [News Source]

Bird flu breaks out again (Việt Nam News) HA NOI — Avian flu (A/H5N1) has broken out in Dien Bien Province, killing flocks of poultry in nine households. Health experts are now worried about the risk of the disease mutating with swine flu (A/H1N1) and creating a double whammy effect - for animals and people. [News Source]