Bird flu found in 11 Crimean villages 
The Scotsman: International News - Dec 14 5:51 PM
Ukraine’s health ministry confirmed yesterday that the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in 11 Crimean villages and birds were dying in another 14 places.Save to My Web

Flu scare should not halt UK bird imports -report 
AlertNet - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago
LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The import of captive birds into Britain should be allowed to continue despite the discovery of a lethal strain of avian flu in a group of birds at a quarantine facility earlier this year, an independent report concluded.Save to My Web

Ukraine Confirms Deadly Strain of Bird Flu 
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Dec 14 3:07 AM
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that outbreaks of bird flu in 11 Crimean villages were the deadly H5N1 strain that has jumped from bird to humans in Asia and killed at least 69 people.Laboratory tests confirmed the lethal strain was present in 11 out of the 25 villages where bird deaths have been recorded on the Black Sea peninsula, said Ukraine Health Save to My Web

As Sanofi Calls Its Trial on Bird Flu Vaccine Promising, Healthcare Industry Today Offers Extended News Coverage 
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has announced that preliminary results of a pre-pandemic vaccine for the H5N1 strain of bird flu are encouraging as it showed to be safe and well tolerated in 300 healthy volunteers.Save to My Web

Ukraine reports 11 bird flu findings 
UPI - Dec 14 5:20 AM
KIEV, Ukraine, Dec. 14 (UPI) — Bird flu has been confirmed in dead birds in 11 Crimean villages, Ukraine health officials announced Wednesday. Ukraine recorded its first case of bird flu Dec. 4 after some 2,500 birds died on the Black Sea peninsula.Save to My Web