Bird flu heads south (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – Every effort is being implemented to prevent the continuous spread of the A/H5N1 virus in the two provinces of Ca Mau and Ha Tinh's flocks, after thousands of affected birds have been culled. [News Source]

Bangladesh poultry farmers fret over fresh outbreak of bird flu (People’s Daily) The detection of bird flu in two farms this month has once more threw Bangladesh farmers in panic as the avian influenza outbreak had dealth a hard blow to the country's poultry industry during the last few years. Director General of Bangladesh's Fisheries and Live Stock Department, Habibur Rahman, told Xinhua Tuesday, "some 1,463 chickens were culled after detecting avian influenza in the two ... [News Source]

Bird flu reappears in two provinces of Vietnam (People’s Daily) The Vietnam's national committee on bird flu prevention and control said here on Tuesday that bird flu has reappeared in two provinces of Vietnam with nearly 4,000 poultry infected with the disease. The announcement was made at a regular meeting of the committee to review its tasks in dealing with the bird flu disease. In the country's Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, there have been 3,000 ... [News Source]

2012 End Times Website Launched by Owner of Swine Flu.org and Avian Flu Talk.com (Marketwire) LONG BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - January 26, 2010) - The owner of the online discussion forums Swine Flu.org and Avian Flu Talk.com has announced the launch of a new discussion forum website and project that's designed to track the events leading up to December 21, 2012. "The new online forum is simply a way for people to collectively approach this very unusual time period three years from now ... [News Source]

2012 End Times Website Launched by Owner of Swine Flu.org and Avian Flu Talk.com (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) LONG BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - 01/26/10) - The owner of the online discussion forums Swine Flu.org and Avian Flu Talk.com has announced the launch of a new discussion forum website and project that's designed to track the events leading up to December 21, 2012. "The new online forum is simply a way for people to collectively approach this very unusual time period three years from now," said Ryan ... [News Source]

Japan Lifts Import Ban on Texas Poultry, USDA Says (Update1) (Bloomberg) Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Japan lifted a ban on imports of poultry and eggs from Texas after tests were negative on a possible case of avian influenza in the state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: Avian flu in Vietnam, controlling H5N1 in Indonesia, food safety in Canada (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) Avian flu flaring in Vietnam H5N1 avian influenza has broken out in the Vietnamese provinces of Ha Tinh in the center of the country and Dien Bien on the northwest border, according to media reports confirmed by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). In Ha Tinh, 200 birds died and 378 more were destroyed, and authorities imposed a local ban on the sale, slaughter and transport of poultry. [News Source]

Nearly 95,000 chickens culled in West Bengal (New Kerala) New Delhi, Jan 25: Nearly 95,000 chickens have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, officials said here Monday. [News Source]

Nearly 95,000 chickens culled in West Bengal (Calcutta News) Nearly 95,000 chickens have been culled in bird-flu hit Murshidabad district of West Bengal, officials said here Monday. 'Culling of birds has started and so far 95,493 birds have been culled and 8,888 eggs have been destroyed. Containment measures have been initiated,' a statement issued here said. [News Source]

Swine flu count plagued by flawed data. The CDC said last week that about 55 million Americans have been ill with H1N1 and about 11,000 have died - a far smaller toll than projected in a report last summer. The discrepancy in numbers is due to the nation's patchy surveillance system. [News Source]

Pork from pigs exposed to H1N1 virus is safe, researchers say. You can't get the " swine flu" virus by pigging out on barbecue, even if the pigs you used for chow had the disease, the federal government has confirmed. [News Source]

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]