Bird flu death toll rises in Indonesia (CBC) A seven-year-old girl who died in Indonesia earlier this month had the avian flu, test results released Thursday showed. Her death was the country's 38th related to the virus. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine protects ferrets (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A lab-engineered bird flu vaccine protected ferrets against several strains of H5N1 avian influenza, offering the possibility of making a vaccine ahead of any pandemic, U.S.-based scientists said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Officials take avian flu threat seriously (Stamford Advocate) STAMFORD -- City and state health officials said they are working on an emergency response plan to an avian flu outbreak and that preparation should be taken seriously. [News Source]