Alaska prison farm will watch for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) As the United States prepares a defense against migratory birds carrying the avian flu virus, Alaska officials are recruiting a group that knows all about containment -- prison guards. [News Source]

SUDAN: Suspected human case of bird flu found negative (AlertNet) NAIROBI, 20 April (IRIN) - Conclusive laboratory tests on specimens from the first suspected human case of avian influenza in Sudan have proved negative, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. [News Source]

Flocks with signs of flu will be killed. Free-range chickens and small, backyard flocks will be at greatest risk if deadly bird flu reaches the United States, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Tyson again pares its outlook as bird-flu fears hurt exports. Many consumers in Europe have sharply cut their consumption of chicken amid the spread there of the deadly Asian H5N1 strain of influenza in wild birds and poultry. [News Source]

Individuals key to handling emergencies. Coping with a widespread emergency such as a bird flu pandemic would largely be the job of individual communities and local hospitals—and they're not even close to being ready. [News Source]

EU ‘must co-operate on bird flu’. European countries need to work more closely together in planning for a future flu pandemic, a study suggests. [News Source]

Global partnerships fight avian flu. Partnerships between public institutions and private companies are becoming the most effective means of combating an avian flu pandemic and its potential effects on the human population in Southeast Asia. [News Source]

Avian Influenza crossed the Species Barrier – Public Health (BellaOnline) A number of Asian countries have reported cases of avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird flu or avian flu, in their domestic and wild bird populations. There continues to be a number of confirmed cases of bird-to-human transmissions of avian influenza. [News Source]

Threat Associated with Bird Flu – Public Health (BellaOnline) Influenza virus is usually of two types- A and B. Type A can cause more severe illness than the type B. Avian influenza is an infectious disease of birds and caused by type A strains of the influenza virus. [News Source]

HANDWASH KILLS BIRD FLU BUG IN 30 SECONDS (Daily Record) AN ORDINARY handwash costing just £2.99 can kill the bird flu virus in 30 seconds, tests have found. No-Germs, a simple hand spray, has been on sale over the counter for two years. But when the H5N1 avian flu outbreak gathered pace among birds, No-Germs owners decided to test it against the virus. [News Source]

HANDWASH KILLS BIRD FLU BUG IN 30 SECONDS (Daily Record) AN ORDINARY handwash costing just £2.99 can kill the bird flu virus in 30 seconds, tests have found. No-Germs, a simple hand spray, has been on sale over the counter for two years. But when the H5N1 avian flu outbreak gathered pace among birds, No-Germs owners decided to test it against the virus. [News Source]

HANDWASH KILLS BIRD FLU BUG IN 30 SECONDS (Daily Record) AN ORDINARY handwash costing just £2.99 can kill the bird flu virus in 30 seconds, tests have found. No-Germs, a simple hand spray, has been on sale over the counter for two years. But when the H5N1 avian flu outbreak gathered pace among birds, No-Germs owners decided to test it against the virus. [News Source]