Swine flu shots given to 3.7 million in England. Around 3.7 million people in England have been vaccinated against H1N1 flu, health authorities said on Thursday, and urged anyone in priority groups to have the shot now to ward off the virus in 2010. [News Source]

Seven thousand chickens died of bird flu (China Daily) About 7,000 chickens died of H5N2 bird flu on a chicken farm of Changhua County, Taiwan, chinataiwan.org reported today. [News Source]