Bird Flu Deaths Climb as Scientists Probe Human Link (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) May 23 (Bloomberg) -- The number of bird flu deaths reported this month climbed to 13, the most since February 2004, as scientists investigate whether the virus is able to spread more easily between people. [News Source]

LV leaders worrying about creating a bird flu ‘panic-demic’ (Las Vegas Sun) In Washington, health experts warn that 40 percent of the nation's workforce might fall ill  - or just stay home from work - if avian influenza reached pandemic proportions. [News Source]

Iran denies bird flu deaths (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Iran's health minister denied on Tuesday that two siblings had died of bird flu, a day after a medical official said they had tested positive for the virus. [News Source]

New bird flu vaccine easier to apply to poultry (CNN.com) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A bird flu vaccine piggybacked onto a widely used vaccine against another bird virus could be a quick and easy way to protect poultry against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, researchers said on Monday. [News Source]

Iran awaits bird flu tests (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) International laboratories are running tests to confirm if two siblings in Iran died of bird flu, as an expert said poultry and people, rather than migratory birds, could bring avian flu to the United States. [News Source]

Additive seen as useful against avian flu (The News Journal) Adding bird flu genes to an existing vaccine might provide cheap, sprayable immunizations for flocks, protecting them against deadly avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird Flu Deaths Climb as Scientists Probe Human Link (Update2) (Bloomberg.com) May 23 (Bloomberg) -- The number of bird flu deaths reported this month climbed to 13, the most since February 2004, as scientists investigate whether the virus is able to spread more easily between people. [News Source]

Bird Flu Deaths Climb as Scientists Probe Human Link (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) May 23 (Bloomberg) -- The number of reported bird flu fatalities this month climbed to 13, the highest since February 2004, as scientists investigate whether the virus has undergone changes enabling it to spread more easily between people. [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]