Global bird-flu vaccine stockpile a stage nearer (EARTHtimes.org)
Geneva - Health leaders moved closer to creating a world stockpile of vaccine in preparation for a potential pandemic of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu after a two day meeting ended in Geneva Thursday. The World Health Organization (WHO) countries...

China says needs more funds, aid in bird flu fight (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China needs more money and more help to improve its health services to fight bird flu, an official said on Thursday, while the WHO said the threat of a pandemic remained a real possibility.