Russia tests bird flu vaccine (Business Day)
Clinical tests of a bird flu vaccine, developed by the Russian Health Ministry s state-owned Science and Production Association Mikrogen in conjunction with the Academy of Medical Sciences, have been conducted in the last three months.

Bird flu: Who s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh)
In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity.

Quarantine lifted in bird flu-hit area of Inner Mongolia (People's Daily)
The quarantine imposed on an area in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which was hit by an outbreak of bird flu last month, has been lifted, local authorities announced on Wednesday.

More bird flu vaccine capacity urgently needed: WHO (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for a multi-billion-dollar drive to make more pandemic flu vaccines, saying bird flu still threatened a global pandemic.