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- 'Bird tested for flu virus in Hong Kong (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hong Kong health officials were Wednesday testing a starling found dead with suspected bird flu.
'Baxter Tests Bird Flu Vaccine (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare Corp. will carry out clinical trials of a bird flu vaccine on Indonesians this July, the health minister said, adding that the country will initially stockpile 2 million doses.
'Police say men on a scooter stole exotic bird (Salisbury Post)
Nobody is saying who squawked, but a large tropical bird stolen from the Lazy 5 Ranch is back home. And two Mooresville men face felony charges. Michael Fleming, 23 of 943 S. Oak St. Lot. 1, and Timothy William Roberts, 20, of 288 West McNeely Ave., face charges of breaking, entering and larceny.
'Bird flu hits 2 more provinces in northern Vietnam (The Star Online)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Bird flu has hit two more provinces in northern Vietnam as officials call for the country to be vigilant in fighting the spreading virus, according to a posting Wednesday on a government Web site.
'Blood could be key to defeating bird flu (USA Today)
Blood donated by four survivors of bird flu seems to harbor a potent protection against the deadly virus. Scientists have long suspected that culling immune-system molecules from survivors could provide a new therapy for the H5N1 flu strain. On Monday, researchers reported the first evidence that it really may work.
'Medical News: Bird Flu, Exercise, Asthma (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Scientists may have found a way to combat a strain of the bird flu. When they injected the blood of four Vietnamese bird flu survivors into mice infected with the flu strain, the mice survived. The mice that were not injected with the blood died. Researchers hope this will eventually lead to stockpiles of antibodies that could be used during a flu pandemic.
'Indonesian man dies of bird flu - health ministry (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Adds details) JAKARTA, May 30 (Reuters) - A 45-year-old Indonesian man from central Java has died of bird flu, a health ministry official said on Wednesday. The man from Grobogan died on Monday ...
'Jackson, Kelly, Bean and Strouse to Star in Mufti It's a Bird. . . It's a Plane. . . It's Superman (Playbill)
Casting has been announced for the upcoming production of It's a Bird. . . It's a Plane. . . It's Superman , part of the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti series.
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