Scenario explores bird flu outbreak. A group of Illinois emergency officials gathered around a table in Springfield this week to imagine a frightening and fortunately fictional scenario. [News Source]

Roche to have capacity to exceed demand for Tamiflu by year end. Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG said that, by the end of this year, its capacity to produce the drug Tamiflu will far exceed current demand. [News Source]

N.D. to test for bird flu. Migrating ducks and geese that stop in North Dakota will be tested to see if they are carriers of the highly pathogenic form of H5N1 avian influenza. [News Source]

New bird flu cases found in 5 nations. At least five countries confirmed or warned of their first outbreaks of the deadly strain of bird flu Thursday. [News Source]

Israel orders thousands of turkeys killed. Israeli officials on Friday ordered tens of thousands of turkeys destroyed as they awaited final word on whether the country has experienced its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

French kept Europe in dark about infected wild duck. France kept quiet about the discovery of a wild duck with bird flu while it encouraged the EU to soften its safety regime against the killer strain of the infection. [News Source]

It’s a leap but scientists find threat to humans in avian flu. A possible way for a particularly virulent strain of the avian flu virus H5N1 "to gain a foothold in the human population" has been discovered, researchers reported Thursday. [News Source]

EU addresses deadly threat of rising resistance to antibiotics. EU officials will tackle a looming public health crisis on Friday as options for treating for common ailments like pneumonia and bronchitis disappear after decades of overprescribing of antibiotic drugs. [News Source]