Expert predicts progress in fight against bird flu. The peculiar nature of a lethal bird flu strain wreaking havoc among flocks on three continents may prove too much for scientists searching for a vaccine, but a global health expert said the news isn't all bad. [News Source]

Don’t want a giant chicken farm next door? Too bad. Under the so-called “Right to Farm” legislation up for final approval in the state Senate this week, communities can’t even require some distance between new poultry-growing factories and the subdivision across the street. [News Source]

Bird flu is guaranteed to reach us. When bird flu does come, which one expert says will be next year, what can we expect? A panic, probably, because there's a lot of misinformation out there. [News Source]

Florida man develops UV light system to fight germs. Lee Huston was playing golf in Venice when he accidentally got involved in the battle against airborne pathogens, using beefed-up germ killing UV lamps next to air handlers to kill germs and mold as they fly by. [News Source]

Poultry farmers know bird flu drill. The day veterinarians find a bird infected with avian influenza in the U.S., poultry and egg producers across the country will start battening down the henhouse. They know the drill. [News Source]

Bird flu tests delay decision on poultry restrictions. A decision on whether to impose restrictions on the movement of poultry and poultry products around the suspected source of the Scottish bird flu outbreak will not be taken until further tests have been carried out, the Scottish Executive said yesterday. [News Source]

Risk to humans from bird flu splits ministry experts. Two of the government's senior scientists are at loggerheads over the risk of a human flu pandemic. As experts in Scotland continued the search for birds infected with the H5N1 virus, confusion reigned in the Department of Health and the Department of Trade and Industry over just how great a risk it represented. [News Source]

Bird flu is on the rise in West Africa. Bird flu may have infected people in West Africa and weak health systems in the region could be delaying detection of human cases, a World Health Organisation official said on Monday. [News Source]