UAE conducts bird flu emergency drill with armed forces (AFP via Yahoo! News) Authorities in the United Arab Emirates conducted a bird flu emergency drill with the participation of the country's armed forces at a sports stadium in Abu Dhabi. [News Source]

Now, bird flu tests in our backyard (Yahoo! India News) From mid-June, Aundh-based Western Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory will conduct them THE next time there is a bird flu scare in Pune district, poultry farmers need not send samples to the High Security Animal Diseases Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal for tests. Instead, they can simply bring it to the Western Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WRDDL) at Aundh where the avian influenza [News Source]

FAO proposes monitoring bird migrations to fight avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it has proposed a plan for monitoring the migrations of wild birds, which could provide an advance warning of potential avian flu carriers. [News Source]

Bird flu risk to Indonesian quake survivors: aid group (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some quake survivors on Indonesia's Java island have taken shelter in chicken sheds, exposing themselves to the risk of contracting bird flu and other diseases, a British aid group has warned. [News Source]

Schools try to prepare against bird-flu threat. The Bush administration's new preparedness plan for a flu pandemic sets specific goals for public schools, as well as colleges and universities. [News Source]

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Bird flu fears for quake survivors (CNN.com) BANTUL, Indonesia (Reuters) -- Bird flu could threaten survivors of Indonesia's earthquake, an aid agency warned, after finding people whose homes were destroyed staying in chicken sheds. A nearby volcano, meanwhile, repeatedly spewed red-hot lava, hot gases and ash. [News Source]

Bird flu risk to Indonesian quake survivors: aid group (AFP via Yahoo! News) Some quake survivors on Indonesia's Java island have taken shelter in chicken sheds, exposing themselves to the risk of contracting bird flu and other diseases, a British aid group has warned. [News Source]

Indonesia’s Quake Survivors at Risk From Bird Flu, Agency Says (Bloomberg.com) June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Some homeless survivors from last month's earthquake in Indonesia are at greater risk of catching avian influenza as they shelter in poultry sheds, Merlin, a U.K.-based aid agency said. [News Source]