Fresh bird flu scare in Nepal after lull (Gulf Times)
KATHMANDU: Less than a fortnight after Nepal s Maoist government said the situation was under control in eastern Nepal, where the first bird flu outbreak was reported last month, fresh fears of another outbreak rose with another village in the same area close to the Indian border reporting poultry deaths.

Bird flu remains a threat to humans, U.N. says (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
BEIJING A handful of new human fatalities from bird flu underscore that the H5N1 virus has become entrenched in some countries, such as China, and that it still could mutate and flare into a global pandemic, U.N. officials said Wednesday.

New bird flu case hits Khanh Hoa (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge - Bird flu has emerged in central Khanh Hoa Province, raising the number of provinces hit by bird flu to ten, according to the animal health department.

Nepal reports second outbreak of bird flu in chickens (EARTHtimes.org)
Kathmandu - Nepalese authorities Saturday confirmed the second outbreak of bird flu in the eastern part of the country. The new cases of the deadly strain of H5N1 virus were discovered after 149 chickens died at a poultry farm in Saranamati village o...