Avian flu could devastate economy (The News Journal) When William J. Krienen III hears of people dying of avian influenza in Asia and Europe, he gets an eerie feeling history might be repeating itself. [News Source]

A new mode of bird-flu fighting (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Rick Bright and his former colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have seen many companies jump on the avian-flu bandwagon, with a slew of potential treatments if a pandemic breaks out. [News Source]

Officials checking geese for bird flu (Albany Democrat-Herald) Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff don’t know whether the mid-valley’s gamebird population will be affected by the avian influenza strain H5N1, but they plan to learn more by monitoring bird health. [News Source]