Will U.S. migration spread flu? This month, a government consortium is launching a $29 million campaign to capture and test as many as 100,000 birds in Alaska and throughout the United States, as other avian migrants head south. [News Source]

After fighting a cattle disease, vet turns to birds. Dr. Roeder, fresh from his battle against one animal virus, has recently been in Indonesia, helping lead the charge against another -- the deadly avian influenza virus known as H5N1, or bird flu. [News Source]

People’s ignorance could spark bird flu time-bomb, says expert. The threat of mass deaths among South Africa's wild birds keeps looming larger as a variety of avian diseases, particularly Newcastle, take their toll. [News Source]

Bird flu puts an element of peril into Buddhist rite. Over the centuries, Buddhists in Asia have released the sorrows born of sickness, hunger and war through the cathartic act of buying caged birds and setting them free, sometimes with a kiss. [News Source]

Virus 911. Wiretapping without a warrant isn't the only surveillance controversy we have to worry about. There is an even more dangerous one. [News Source]

The bird flu: how much fear is healthy? As the government warnings mount, an expert explains how we need to prepare for a possible pandemic. [News Source]

How now, mad cow Some Alabamians are concerned by the first known case of mad cow disease in the state, and they should be. [News Source]