English translations of the latest official Russian press releases on the avian influenza situation in Russia are available on the EpiNorth website (http://www.epinorth.org/). EpiNorth, the project for communicable disease control in northern Europe, has been translating press releases from the Russian Federation’s Federal Agency for Surveillance in the Field of Consumer Rights and Human Welfare (http://www.gsen.ru/info/press/index.html) since 16 August.