U.S. Collaborating with International Groups on Bird Flu Plans (U.S. Department of State) The United States is collaborating with major international bodies to help countries affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, control and eradicate the disease, according to a senior U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official. Another federal official tells a congressional panel no nation is prepared fully for a pandemic. [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]

Atwima Mponua launches taskforce on bird flu (Ghanaweb.com) Nyinahin (Ash), May 11, GNA - A taskforce to educate the people and poultry farmers in the Atwima Mponua District on the Avian influenza (Bird flu) has been launched at Nyinahin on Tuesday. [News Source]

Birds return to Europe without virus. The flocks of migratory birds that winged their way south to Africa last autumn and then back over Europe in recent weeks did not carry the H5N1 flu virus or spread it during their annual journey, scientists have concluded, defying health officials' dire predictions. [News Source]

Del. will test wild birds for avian flu. State wildlife officials will test about 1,000 wild birds this year as part of a nationwide effort to monitor for the H5N1 and other strains of avian influenza. [News Source]

Migrating birds didn’t carry flu. Defying dire predictions, the flocks of migratory birds that flew south to Africa last fall, then back over Europe in recent weeks did not carry the deadly bird flu virus or spread it during their annual journey. [News Source]

Cameroon: North West : U.N. Press Club Members updated on Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com) It is public that the North West province is free since the first reports of the highly infectious and highly contagious zoonotic viral disease called avian influenza or "bird flu" . [News Source]

The low down on the Avian Influenza (Traverse City Record-Eagle) All the concern now about a pandemic of Avian Influenza (bird flu) adds one more issue for the public to either be worried or complacent about. Here is a short list of what you need to know, and what you can do: [News Source]