Bird flu film asks, `What if?’ (Akron Beacon Journal) Well, at least it starts with foreign birds. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC will air Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, a movie that speculates about avian flu spreading through human-to-human contact and resulting in a pandemic. [News Source]

Stacy Keach deals with a Bird Flu outbreak and a Prison Break. (TVGuide.com: Insider) What if an outbreak of an avian flu actually mutated into a virus transmittable from human to human? That is the very scary proposition explored in the ABC TV-movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (premiering Tuesday at 8 pm/ET). Among the brave hearts attempting to impede the pandemic are Stacy Keach as Collin Reed, Secretary of Health of Human Services. [News Source]

Mild bird flu found in Camden County market (NorthJersey.com) A mild strain of avian flu was discovered among live birds at a Camden County market – but not the deadly H5N1 virus that threatens to cause a potential human pandemic, state agriculture officials said. [News Source]

Ohio begins tests to clip the wings of avian influenza. Bird flu hasn't arrived in North America, but Ohio's poultry industry isn't taking chances. [News Source]

Free-ranging flu threat? Free-range or pastured poultry production is booming in Pennsylvania. But for officials charged with protecting the state's $777 million poultry industry from avian flu, outdoor poultry is a major worry. [News Source]

Suit puts poultry farms in spotlight. South Carolina lawmakers are expected to loosen regulation of factory-style chicken farms sometime in the next month–something those living near the farms claim would be a mistake. [News Source]

Sobering news on bird flu. The federal government's first detailed look at a possible avian flu outbreak makes it clear who's in charge of responding: everybody. [News Source]

Wake up while you can still smell the roses. Is this whole global-warming scenario real or is it, as some newspaper columnists like to suggest, a massive conspiracy by self-serving scientists and self-appointed environmentalists who are trying to maximise their own resources, influence and power? [News Source]

Separating bird flu facts from fears (Kansas City Star) SINGAPORE — In the past year, avian flu has infected birds in more than 40 countries and prompted governments to kill millions of animals. [News Source]

Corzine says N.J. needs to step up bird flu readiness (NorthJersey.com) New Jersey needs to do more to prepare for a possible outbreak of Asian bird flu, including improving communications, securing more antiviral medications and possibly getting its own testing facility, Governor Corzine said Wednesday. [News Source]

Mild bird flu found in Camden County market (NorthJersey.com) A mild strain of avian flu was discovered among live birds at a Camden County market – but not the deadly H5N1 virus that threatens to cause a potential human pandemic, state agriculture officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu film asks, `What if?’ (Akron Beacon Journal) Well, at least it starts with foreign birds. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC will air Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America, a movie that speculates about avian flu spreading through human-to-human contact and resulting in a pandemic. [News Source]