Experts to brainstorm on bird flu threat looming over Africa (AFP via Yahoo! News) Veterinary and wildlife experts from 19 African countries Monday begin a five-day meeting in Malawi to discuss better surveillance against bird-flu which has hit five countries on the continent. [News Source]

AMI Offers New Avian Influenza Consumer Brochure (Progressive Grocer) APRIL 19, 2006 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) here has produced a brochure to help retailers answer frequently asked consumer questions, and also respond to misconceptions about Avian Flu (AI). [News Source]

Get green, save green. Being green would be so much easier if money was no object. I could zip to work in my electric car, then come home to my solar-powered house, built with only top-of-the-line recycled materials. [News Source]

Pollution one of biggest health risks. Air pollution remains one of the biggest health threats in the US and smog can be seen hanging over most big American cities. [News Source]

World bank leaders focus on energy issues. World economic policy-makers are turning their attention to ways wealthy nations can help developing countries meet their energy needs while protecting the environment. [News Source]

Dumping infected chickens: improper disposal could lead to bird flu in humans. The ministries of Health and Food and Livestock in Pakistan said that humans might catch the disease from infected dead fowl thrown in the open by poultry sellers. [News Source]

Anti-viral drug for Bird flu (Kuensel) 23 April 2006- The health ministry has procured a ‘small amount’ of the anti-viral drug, known as Oseltamivir, to treat people infected with the Avian Flu, say health officials. [News Source]

U.S. poultry farms defend against bird flu. ''Biosecurity'' is the buzzword du jour at chicken, turkey and egg operations across the country. [News Source]

Researchers race to develop bird-flu vaccine (Contra Costa Times) Health scientists and engineers are racing to find new ways to produce a vaccine that will protect people from the threat of a worldwide bird-flu pandemic. [News Source]

Yolo gets ready for bird flu (The Davis Enterprise) Published Apr 16, 2006 - 18:30:13 CDT. It seems almost every year, there’s a new disease that might have the ability to threaten humanity. For the last several years, H5N1, or bird flu, has been waiting in the wings, watching as SARS and West Nile virus took their turns on the stage. [News Source]

Egypt Confirms Fourth Human Bird Flu Death (Medical News Today) The Ministry of Health in Egypt has informed WHO of the country's fourth death from H5N1 avian influenza. The death occurred in a previously announced patient, an 18-year-old girl from the northern governorate of Minufiyah. She developed symptoms on 5 April and died on 14 April. The Ministry of Health regards cases as confirmed when positive results are obtained in two laboratories: the country's [News Source]

Easing Of Bird Flu Restrictions In Scotland (Medical News Today) Subject to no further cases of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 being found, the Scottish Executive is working on the following assumption: The Wild Bird Protection Zone put in place on 5 April following confirmation of highly pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza in a Whooper swan in Cellardyke harbour will be lifted at 00... click link for more info. [News Source]