5 Bird Flu Deaths in Indonesia Not Linked to Human Exchange (New York Times) Health officials said avian flu deaths this week in Sumatra did not suggest that the virus had mutated into a more deadly form. [News Source]

Indonesia: no bird flu cover-up (Chinapost.com.tw) Indonesia pledged on Thursday there would be no cover-up if human-to-human transmission of bird flu does occur, after five members of a family were confirmed to have died from the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Indonesia vows transparency over bird flu (Independent Online) Indonesian officials have promised that there will be no cover-up if human-to-human transmission of bird flu does occur. Their message came after five members of one family were confirmed to have died from the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

Authorities fear worst in bird flu drill (Siskiyou Daily News) YREKA — Siskiyou County Public Health officials announced today in a drill that the dreaded H5N1 avian flu virus has hit the area — a mutated strain of bird flu with a 50 percent mortality rate. Dr. David Herfindahl has declared a state of emergency. [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]

Bird flu not in Michigan (WOOD TV 8) The Asian strain of H5N1 – Bird Flu -- is not in North America yet. 24 Hour News 8 had a chance to see the lab where, if detected in Michigan, Avian Flu would be confirmed. [News Source]

Sumatra pigs carry bird flu virus: tests (Sydney Morning Herald) Pigs have tested positive for bird flu in the same village on Indonesia's Sumatra island where five people have been confirmed infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a minister said. [News Source]

Canada to test 4,200 wild birds for avian flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada will test thousands of wild birds for the H5N1 strain of bird flu this summer in a bid to contain the deadly virus if it arrives in the country, a Canadian Food Inspection Agency spokesman said on Thursday. [News Source]

Pigs positive in bird flu human-to-human alarm village (Stuff) JAKARTA: Pigs have tested positive for bird flu in the same village on Indonesia's Sumatra island where five people have been confirmed infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus, a minister said. [News Source]

Indonesian Bird Flu Cases Raise Transmission Fears (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) May 18 (Bloomberg) -- The lack of a clear cause for bird flu in as many as seven members of an Indonesian family is unnerving authorities who are attempting to rule out the possibility that the virus was transmitted from person to person. [News Source]

Indonesia says no bird flu cover-up; Egyptian dies (updated 12:48 a.m.) (Chinapost.com.tw) Indonesia pledged on Thursday there would be no cover-up if human-to-human transmission of bird flu does occur, after five members of a family were confirmed to have died from the H5N1 avian flu virus. [News Source]

WHO sets health goals for Olympics. Authorities must take action to meet the immense challenge of handling public health and emergency response issues during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, WHO official warned. [News Source]