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]

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]

States to address fears from bird flu film. Health officials from California to New York were taking steps Tuesday night to allay any fears that might arise from a TV movie that portrays a fierce bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

Health workers object to movie’s view of bird flu. Public health workers fear Tuesday night's airing of a made-for-TV movie about mass panic during a bird-flu outbreak might ignite a real panic. [News Source]

Bird-flu test for poultry meat nears readiness. A new test, just weeks from final readiness, will allow the government for the first time to test poultry meat for the deadly Asian H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Phila. reveals pandemic flu action plan. The City of Philadelphia yesterday publicly released a draft of its pandemic flu preparedness plan for the first time. [News Source]

South Carolina looks to toughen quarantine penalties. The Senate is mulling a bill that says people violating state quarantine laws would face higher fines. [News Source]

Better than winging it. Health authorities in the United States, including experts at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have debated for years how to communicate the risk of an avian flu pandemic to the public without causing panic and overreaction. [News Source]

Dr. Tim Answers Bird Flu Questions (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News) ABC-TV aired a special movie on May 9, 2006 about Avian Flu called "Fatal Contact: Bird Flu In America." [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]