Bird flu epidemic returns (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge - The bird flu epidemic has recurred in five provinces including Ca Mau, Dien Bien, Soc Trang, Nam Dinh and Khanh Hoa. Khanh Hoa is the latest province struck by the epidemic, which infected 770 chickens in Ninh Hoa district and 6,000 birds in Van Ninh district. [News Source]

Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval to Begin Clinical Trials (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SAN DIEGO----Inovio Biomedical Corporation , a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that its affiliate VGX International Inc. has received approval in Korea to begin a Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers for Inovio’s SynCon™ preventive DNA vaccine targeting H5N1 avian influenza. [News Source]