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- 'Japan asks China to ensure information openness over bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Japanese health minister Jiro Kawasaki said Monday he has asked his Chinese counterpart Gao Qiang to ensure Beijing's disclosure of information on any bird flu outbreaks while promising Japan's openness over the matter.
'Alston & Bird expects to grow in key practices (BizJournals)
John Baron is the new partner-in-charge of the Charlotte office of Alston & Bird. Baron, the lead partner of the tax group in Charlotte, replaces Chip Simmons, who left the firm to join one of its clients, Reservoir Capital, a venture capital firm in Dallas.
'China: Tests find bird flu vaccine safe (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Chinese-developed vaccine against the H5N1 strain of bird flu in humans has been found safe in the first round of tests, a government news agency reported Monday.
'Bird flu detected once more in Vietnam (EARTHtimes.org)
This month Vietnam saw another instance of a duck carrying the H5N1 avian flu virus, which led to large numbers of poultry being culled. There is now panic regarding the resurgence of the disease after a year of relative calm with no such incidents. This report is particularly worrisome since it coincides with detected bird flu cases in the neighboring countries of China and Thailand.
'Initial tests show China's bird flu vaccine safe for humans (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A bird flu vaccine that Chinese researchers are developing for humans was safe and effective after successful preliminary clinical tests, state media have said.
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