Avian flu claims the life of a 35-year-old man in southern Vietnam as health officials begin a mass vaccination of poultry to stem the virus' spread.

The Associated Press reports Ben Tre, from the southern Mekong Delta province, died on July 31. He tested positive for the H5N1 flu virus on Saturday, says Phan Van Tu, chief virologist at the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City

The government is ready to move ahead with mass production of a new vaccine that scientists believe can protect against an avian flu outbreak.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease says Sunday that production on a U.S. vaccine stockpile could begin as early as mid-September, according to The Associated Press

Officials announce bird flu has been officially confirmed in two more Russian regions and the disease may have spread to Northern Kazakhstan.

Health officials fear a subtype of bird flu could mutate into a lethal strain and rival or exceed the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed between 20 to 40 million people worldwide at the end of World War I

Officials announce bird flu has been officially confirmed in two more Russian regions and the disease may have spread to Northern Kazakhstan.

Health officials fear a subtype of bird flu could mutate into a lethal strain and rival or exceed the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed between 20 to 40 million people worldwide at the end of World War I

A firm in Singapore claims that it has developed a biochip that will drastically reduce the time and cost of diagnosing the mosquito-born Dengue fever. Attogenix Biosystems have invented the innovative chip.

According to Reuters report, the chip is capable of detecting the dengue virus employing a process called molecular diagnostics