Progress made against bird flu, but pandemic risk remains: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Animal health experts on Thursday offered cause for optimism in the fight against bird flu, while warning that the risk of a global pandemic would be around for years to come.

Asia to test human bird flu vaccine this year (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for humans will be tested in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan this year and will involve more than 1,000 people, a coordinator for the project said on Friday.