State, county planning for a pandemic Morgan County health department to have two meetings about avian flu (Mooresville/Decatur Times) Indiana is bracing itself for a potential avian influenza pandemic that the World Health Organization estimates could cause between 2 and 7.4 million deaths worldwide. [News Source]

States begin stockpiling flu medications. Some states aren't waiting for an Aug. 1 deadline to seek help from the federal government in buying anti-flu medicine for a possible pandemic. [News Source]