Manipulating a previously identified protein may be the key to developing an effective H5N1 influenza A virus vaccine say researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tokyo. They report their findings in the March 2008 issue of the Journal of Virology.

STMicroelectronics and Veredus Laboratories Launch Market's First Lab-on-Chip for Rapid Molecular Flu Detection at Point of Need Called VereFlu.

Following the outbreak of the fast spreading bird flu in Hongkong, the Government on Wednesday has ordered for the closure of all kindergartens and primary schools in the region for two weeks.

Authorities in eastern India say bird flu is spreading through poultry flocks in the same area of West Bengal state where the virus was thought to have been brought under control a month ago.

The H5N1 Avian Flu Virus has been found in a dead wild Canadian Goose in Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, England. This is the 11th case of the virus turning up in wild birds. The goose was found on February 25, 2008.

South China province was on high alert and surveillance on poultry and migrant birds has been tightened after a woman died of bird flu in Beijing.

Vietnamese health officials say a woman in the north of the country has died from bird flu as a new outbreak is reported in southern China.

Chinese health officials say a 44-year-old woman from southern China has died from the deadly strain of the bird flu virus.

"In recent days the Animal Health Department has received many reports about poultry dying in large numbers in provinces," the Agriculture Ministry-run department said in a report on its Web site (www.dah.gov.vn).

China's Health Ministry says a 22-year old man from the central province of Hunan has died of bird flu, the country's first death from the disease this year.

Chinese agricultural authorities have reported an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in Tibet.

The local government has lifted a bird flu quarantine in Northwest China on Sunday after no new cases were reported.