Dead swan sparks UK bird flu alert . Scientists and vets were conducting urgent tests last night on a dead swan infected with bird flu that was discovered in Scotland. [News Source]

Villagers shocked at bird-flu case. There was little sign of anything untoward in the small Fife coastal village where the dead swan with H5 bird flu was found. [News Source]

Scottish swan killed by H5 strain of avian flu. A three kilometre exclusion zone was thrown round an area of central Scotland last night after tests confirmed a dead swan discovered in Fife was carrying a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Swan tests confirm deadly virus. A swan found dead in Scotland has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Crisis team set to meet over threat. Cobra, the Government's crisis management committee, is set to meet ahead of the confirmation of results of tests for the H5N1 bird flu strain. [News Source]

Florida Man Studies UV Light System to Fight Airborne Germs. Placed close to air handlers, UV germicidal lights attack the DNA within viruses, mold and bacteria spores, eventually killing them. [News Source]

Bird flu and chicken littles. Is bird flu going to transform itself into a massive killer of humans? Or is it simply going to fade away? [News Source]

Article on bird flu criticizes effort to monitor cats and dogs. Five leading European scientists are criticizing officials, for not doing enough to monitor cats, dogs and other carnivores for their possible role in transmitting avian influenza. [News Source]

Government says 165 degrees will kill bird flu, other viruses. Preparing for the arrival of bird flu, the government on Wednesday gave advice for making chicken safe to eat: Cook it to 165 degrees. [News Source]

Agriculture officials have bird flu response plan. While medical professionals test vaccines to combat the avian flu virus in humans, agriculture officials are also preparing for the possibility of a bird flu outbreak in America's poultry. [News Source]

Cat bird flu risks ‘overlooked’. It is vital to restrict the spread of bird flu in cats in order to protect human health, scientists warn. Writing in Nature, scientists from Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, say the risk is being overlooked. [News Source]

More tests due on bird flu swan. Health experts are due to carry out more tests on a swan found dead in Fife which tested positive for bird flu. The EU's bird flu laboratory in Weybridge, Surrey, is to test samples to see if the bird died from the H5N1 strain blamed for recent human deaths. [News Source]