China finds possible cases of bird flu go unreported. Local health officials in China have failed to report possible human cases of bird flu to the central government, raising the possibility that some officials may be concealing suspected cases. [News Source]

Airlines balk at epidemic safeguards. Concerned about bird flu, federal health officials want airlines to collect personal information about domestic and international passengers to help track a potential epidemic. [News Source]

Suspected bird flu in Kazakhstan: 10 poultry die (Pravda) Ten domestic hens have died from suspected bird flu in a village in central Kazakhstan , an emergency official said Wednesday. Tests revealed avian influenza antibodies in the dead hens and one live hen and one duck, who belonged to a resident of the village of Krasnaya Niva in the Karaganda region, said Andrei Ermakov , spokesman for the regional emergencies department. [News Source]