Bird Flu plans (WRGB) () - There are currently no cases of bird flu anywhere in the United States, but as Avian Influenza spreads, health officicals in New York State are working with counties to prepare for the worst. [News Source]

ABC’s “Bird Flu” worth catching (Reuters via Yahoo! News) This chilling made-for-TV pic, designed to look and feel like a contemporary nightmare docudrama a la "The Day After," takes some liberties in telling the (to-date) fictitious story of an avian flu pandemic but is still more authentic than most reality shows. [News Source]

Poultry farm braces for unrealistic TV movie on bird flu (The Arizona Republic) Clint Hickman, co-owner of two Arizona farms that are among the nation's largest egg producers, hasn't seen the network television movie, ''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America.'' But, based on previews, he calls it ''an irresponsible treatment of a subject that most people don't really understand.'' [News Source]

Bird flu in Burma major concern for neighbours in region (Bangkok Post) The possibility of an outbreak of avian flu in Burma has became a major concern of the five member countries of the Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs) forum and international organisations in charge of bird flu control. [News Source]

WHO: Only half of human bird flu cases reported within two weeks of detection. This response time must be improved to avert a pandemic, a senior WHO official said Saturday. [News Source]

Brace for bird flu, urge experts. Police will be guarding hospitals, and shipments of medicine, food and fuel if the deadly avian flu pandemic sweeps the province. [News Source]

Pandemic-flu vaccine unlikely soon after outbreak. Bird flu mutation is one problem researchers face as they look to pin down a fix. [News Source]

Experts warn that new viral diseases likely. Experts have warned of the emergence of new viral diseases as a result of man-made environmental changes, such as global warming and floods triggered by changes in land use. [News Source]

Pools harboring west nile risk. Southern Nevada Health District environmental health specialists are already treating swimming pools to stop mosquito larvae from growing and producing adults. [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]

”Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America” stay far, far away (EARTHtimes.org) ABC's new flick ''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'' is as bad as disaster movies are likely to get. The 'movie', which is based on the hypothetical question, what if the avian flu mutated into a strain that could be passed from human to human? is a damp squib and neither scares nor interests people. [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]