BIRD FLU WOULD POSE GREATEST RISK TO YOUNGEST, HEALTHIEST CITIZENS (News Journal) MANSFIELD — If there is an outbreak of avian flu in the United States, its greatest impact will be on the youngest and healthiest, a Richland County epidemiologist said. [News Source]

Bird flu infects chicken farm worker. A poultry worker has caught bird flu in England. But the flu is the milder H7 strain, rather than the deadly H5N1 strain which has killed hundreds in Asia. [News Source]

Vietnam needs $400M-plus to fight bird flu. Vietnam needs more than $400 million to fight bird flu and prepare for a potential pandemic in the next five years, and it expects about half to come from international donors, an official said Friday. [News Source]

Despite bird flu, chicken chains say sky not falling. A virulent strain of avian flu has spread through Asia, Europe and Africa, prompting chicken producers and restaurants to make contingency plans in case of an outbreak in the United States. [News Source]

‘Don’t panic’ message over bird flu. Officials have moved swiftly to reassure the public after a poultry worker contracted the H7 strain of bird flu in the form of conjunctivitis. [News Source]

Bird flu confirmed in farm worker. A poultry worker is suffering from conjunctivitis after contracting the H7 strain of bird flu, the Health Protection Agency has confirmed. [News Source]

Birdflu found on farm was not H5N1. The strain of bird flu found on a farm in eastern England is H7, not the lethal H5N1, and tests show the virus is low pathogenicity, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

‘Low risk’ message over bird flu (icScotland) A cull of chickens at the centre of a bird flu outbreak was continuing as officials reassured the public of the "extremely low" risk to human health. It comes after a poultry worker at the Norfolk farm affected by the H7 strain of avian flu contracted the virus in the form of conjunctivitis. [News Source]

Avian Influenza And Influenza Of Avian Origin In Mammals (England) Order 2006 (Medical News Today) The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) Order 2006 Adobe acrobat pdf file (202 KB) came into force on 27 April 2006. It implements the majority of the requirements of Council Directive 2005/94/EC on the control of avian influenza. It replaces the Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003 as far as it relates to avian influenza... click link for more info. [News Source]

Conjunctivitis Caused By H7 Avian Influenza In Poultry Worker, UK (Medical News Today) The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has confirmed that a poultry worker is suffering from conjunctivitis caused by H7 avian influenza. The individual works on the Norfolk poultry farm confirmed as having an outbreak of (low pathogenic) H7N3 avian influenza. H7N3 does not transmit easily from poultry to people, so the risk to those in contact with the infected poultry is considered low... click [News Source]