Few Americans prepare for avian flu, poll shows. Few Americans are preparing for the possibility of a pandemic. Only 7% have taken steps advised by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to stockpile food, water and basic first aid. [News Source]

Government drafts pandemic flu plan. Employers should have plans to keep workers at least three feet apart and colleges should consider which dormitories could be used to quarantine the sick under a draft of the government's pandemic flu plan. [News Source]

Business plan for a pandemic? Pandemic influenza is the latest imponderable facing U.S. business, a form of unwanted globalization that threatens the life and health of even the smallest companies in the most literal way. [News Source]

Vical bird flu vaccine stops H5N1, maybe others (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bird flu vaccine being developed by San Diego-based Vical Incorporated VICL.O protects mice and ferrets against the feared H5N1 avian influenza virus, the company said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Vical bird flu vaccine stops H5N1, maybe others (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A bird flu vaccine being developed by San Diego-based Vical Incorporated protects mice and ferrets against the feared H5N1 avian influenza virus, the company said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Rockeby Signs Deal For Avian Flu Test With HK Company (Bernama) SINGAPORE, May 2 (Bernama) -- Rockeby biomed has signed a distribution agreement with Anigen Diagnostics of Hong Kong for its Vetscreen, a one-step gel-based "reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)" test for bird flu infection. [News Source]

Bird flu hurting U.S. chicken firms (Chicago Tribune) Tyson quarterly loss biggest in 10 years Avian influenza, the deadly virus sweeping Asia, Africa and parts of Europe, now is hurting the bottom line of three of America's largest chicken producers. [News Source]