Bird flu targeting the young. The Toronto Star's analysis shows that all but six of the 97 people who have died globally so far from bird flu were under 40. [News Source]

Health officials warn of bird flu. Amid warnings that a deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in coming months and spread by wild game birds, South Carolina's state veterinarian said Friday people with backyard chicken flocks have been urged to take precautions. [News Source]

New bird flu deaths reported in Indonesia. H5N1 has killed or forced the slaughter of more than 140 million chickens and ducks across Asia since 2003, and has recently spread to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. [News Source]

Concerns for LI, U.S. over bird flu readiness. On a hypothetical scale of 1 to 10, top emergency preparedness experts Friday gave Long Island and the nation as a whole middling scores if pandemic influenza were to strike the human population today. [News Source]

Past scares help Europe in bird flu virus fight. European governments can draw on a rich experience of food crises as they grapple with bird flu but the threat from H5N1 remains hard to manage. [News Source]