Lawsuit may help Biota, creator of bird-flu drug. Global concern about bird flu has drawn some investors to follow a tiny Australian biotechnology concern that is engaged in a court fight with a British pharmaceuticals giant. [News Source]

‘Lot has to happen’ for bird flu threat to explode. Scientists warn that a deadly bird flu virus is "one mutation away" from causing a human flu pandemic, but they may be giving the wrong impression, a top federal health official says. [News Source]