US health minister in Jakarta to strengthen bilateral cooperation
( ANTARA News )

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - US Health and Human Services Minister Michael Leavitt is making a two-day visit in Indonesia starting Monday (April 14) to strengthen bilateral cooperation in health affairs, a US Embassy source said.

H5N1 strikes poultry in South Korea, Russia
( CIDRAP News )

Apr 14, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Animal health officials in South Korea yesterday said an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak was confirmed at a fourth farm, amid reports of several more suspected outbreaks, a day after Russia's agriculture ministry said the virus had struck birds in the far eastern part of the country.

First Successful Libraries Of Avian Flu Virus Antibodies Created
( Science Daily )

ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2008) — An international group of American and Turkish research scientists, led by Sea Lane Biotechnologies, has created the first comprehensive monoclonal antibody libraries against avian influenza (H5N1) using samples from survivors of the 2005/2006 "bird flu" outbreak in Turkey