Two Egyptian children have H5N1 bird flu - agency (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - Two four-year-old Egyptian children have contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, raising to 76 the number of cases reported in Egypt, the state news agency MENA ...

Scientists develop basis for bird flu vaccine-WHO (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - Scientists using virus samples from Egypt have developed the basis of a vaccine against H5N1 bird flu, which is more toxic than the H1N1 swine flu strain but spreads less ...

Bahraini flu patient s co-passengers test negative for H1N1 virus (The Peninsula)
DOHA: None of the Qatar Airways passengers who travelled with the Bahraini who was tested positive for swine flu were infected by the virus, a senior official of the Supreme Council of Health has said.

Hotel evicts swine flu sufferers (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
A decision by a Holiday Inn in Sydney's CBD to evict two swine flu victims has won support from the hotel industry.