US Official: Closing Borders Only Last Response To Bird Flu (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (AP)--Closing U.S. borders would be the last option to combat the spread of bird flu, a senior State Department official said Monday. [News Source]

Feds: Bird flu border closures unlikely (AP via Yahoo! News) Closing U.S. borders would be the last option in combating the spread of bird flu, a senior State Department official said Monday. [News Source]

First avian flu deaths from wild birds (The Age) Four people have died after catching bird flu from swans. - [News Source]

Pa. Health Dept. Conducts Bird Flu Preparations Briefing (KYW News Radio 1060) Community leaders, elected officials, and first responders in the Philadelphia region got to hear firsthand on Monday the state’s plans for dealing with an outbreak of bird flu. [News Source]

Investors welcome salmon farm king, ecologists worry. From a large, sparsely decorated office overlooking a warehouse and a busy main road, Atle Eide controls a quarter of the world's salmon production. [News Source]

Ames lab prepares for avian flu testing (Iowa Farmer) AMES (AP) -- The government’s elaborate network for diagnosing bird flu will eventually come down to a sprawling 640-acre campus in the Iowa countryside where strict security is the only hint of the crucial role scientists there could play. [News Source]

Uganda: Govt Buys Machine to Diagnose Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com) THE Government has acquired the Polymerase Chain Reaction Reader Machine used in diagnosing strains of the deadly avian influenza commonly known as bird flu. [News Source]

First avian flu deaths from wild birds (The Age) Four people have died after catching bird flu from swans. - [News Source]

IT advance in avian flu treatment (BBC News) Edinburgh scientists work on new technology which speeds up the development for drugs to treat bird flu and malaria. [News Source]

Avian flu: What would it mean for Robeson? (The Robesonian) LUMBERTON - Until a few years ago, most people regarded “bird flu” as just that - a flu for birds. [News Source]

China scientists back publication of bird-flu letter. The New England Journal of Medicine said a Chinese co-author of a letter about avian flu has said his research group didn't seek to withdraw the letter before it was published in the medical journal's current edition. [News Source]

Kenya: Sh142m to Fight Avian Flu Virus (AllAfrica.com) Kenya has received Sh142 million from the Department for International Development to prepare for a possible Avian flu virus outbreak. [News Source]