Viet Nam successfully tests locally-made vaccine vs bird flu (Asia News Network)
The first human group test of the locally-produced H5N1 influenza vaccine, Fluvax, was successful, with 30 Vietnamese students inoculated at the Military Medical Institute (MMI).

Discovery opens door for drugs to fight bird flu, other influenza epidemics (EurekAlert!)
( Rutgers University ) Researchers at Rutgers and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the much-feared bird flu and other virulent strains of influenza. They have determined the three-dimensional structure of a site on an influenza A virus protein that binds to one of its human protein targets, thereby suppressing a ...

UT researchers make major discovery that could help fight virulent flu strains (Austin Business Journal)
University of Texas researchers say they have made a discovery that may help scientists develop drugs to fight avian flu and other strains of influenza.

Test finds bird flu strain not harmful to humans (The Providence Journal)
PROVIDENCE A bird flu virus strain has been found in four mute swans collected from the Seekonk River near the Swan Point Cemetery as part of routine surveillance by the state Department of Environmental Management.