Bird Flu Movie: Fact or Fiction? (WTVM 9) "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" showed what could possibly happen if avian influenza breaks out in the United States. Local experts say the movie could cause people to unnecessarily panic. [News Source]

WNY Developing Avian Flu Test (WKBW-TV Buffalo) The United States continues to prepare for a deadly strain of Avian Influenza, or bird flu, which could be heading our way. [News Source]

Officials Hope Bird Flu Movie Provokes Preparation Not Panic (Fort Wayne News Channel 15) (Ft Wayne, IN)- A network movie about the a strain of avian influenza that can easily pass from person to person is creating a new buzz about bird flu. Indiana says it's ready. [News Source]

Health experts to address bird flu concerns (WHOI) ABC will air a controversial movie called "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" Tuesday night between 7 and 9 p.m. It is a fictional story about the avian flu virus rapidly spreading throughout the world with devastating effects. [News Source]

Bird Flu Movie Stirs Up Concerns (First Coast News) JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Tuesday night ABC airs an original movie based on the premise that the Avian Flu, better known as "bird flu," has become a disease that strikes down human beings on a large scale. The question now is: how real is it? [News Source]

WNY Prepares for Bird Flu (WKBW-TV Buffalo) The deadly strain H5N1 of Avian Influenza or bird flu, carried by birds, has killed more than 100 people worldwide since 2003 and could be headed our way. [News Source]

Bird Flu Movie Causes Concern For Fla. Health Officials (Local6.com Central Florida) Health officials in Florida take the unusual step of issuing a cautionary statement about a made-for-TV movie about the bird flu. INTERACTIVE: Avian Flu Explained IN DEPTH: Epidemic Vs. Pandemic DISCUSS: Avian Flu Outbreak Likely? SURVEY: Will It Lead To Pandemic? Watch Local 6 News For The Latest [News Source]

Bird flu flick: Be entertained, not alarmed (Monroe Times) MONROE -- People who watch a movie tonight about avian flu need to remember it's just that -- a movie. "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" airs at 8 p.m. tonight on ABC. [News Source]

Movie to depict avian flu is called ‘misinformation’ (Canton Daily Ledger) ABC Television is scheduled to air the movie "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America" Tuesday, May 9. The movie depicts a human avian influenza pandemic that may never occur. [News Source]

US bird flu study predicts millions of deaths, billions in losses. A third of Americans could become ill and overburdened hospitals might have to set up clinics in hotels and other public buildings to handle the sickened masses if a flu pandemic hits the United States. [News Source]

Bird flu may infect people through the gut. Bird flu may be capable of invading people through the gut, not just the respiratory system, and diarrhea is sometimes the first symptom, said virologist Menno de Jong, whose team observed 18 cases in Vietnam. [News Source]

Inmates to watch for bird flu. State veterinarian Bob Gerlach visited the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to teach staff members how to swab chickens and turkeys, looking for the virus in birds raised to feed inmates. [News Source]