Indian Scientists Develop Vaccine for Bird Flu (Slashdot) William Robinson writes "Indian Scientists have succeeded in developing a vaccine against the bird flu disease that has affected poultry business in many parts of the world. This was formally announced, and ICAR Director-General Mangala Rai described this as a big step forward in tackling the highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called the bird flu. Indonesia, who has recently reported [News Source]

Test confirms 42nd Indonesia bird flu human death (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An international test has confirmed a 44-year-old Indonesian man who died this month had bird flu, a senior health ministry official said on Thursday. [News Source]

Spread of health education vs. spread of avian flu (Gazette.Net) Officials with the Frederick County Health Department are preseting avian flu seminars all over the county this summer. [News Source]

Questionable Bird Flu Remedies Uncovered (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma) A KIRO 7 Consumer Investigation raises a warning about some medications available online that claim to prevent or treat bird flu. [News Source]

Novartis heads for N. Carolina. Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Tuesday it will spend $600 million to build a state-of-the-art flu vaccine manufacturing plant in North Carolina that could quickly gear up to produce shots against an outbreak of deadly bird flu. [News Source]

Governors produce state bird flu guides. If the nation hopes to avoid the worst of a severe bird flu outbreak, states need to act now to build a network of workers, create public-private relationships and make the time to train, the nation's governors say in a new report. [News Source]

BIRD FLU Suphan Buri given ‘emergency’ status (The Nation) Suphan Buri, one of the areas worst hit by avian-flu outbreaks, was finally declared an "emergency disaster area" yesterday. [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]

Liberia: New Advisory From Government’s Avian Influenza Task Force (AllAfrica.com) The Government of the Republic of Liberia has a clear public health message about Avian Influenza (bird flu): do not eat sick or dead chickens or other sick or dead birds. They can kill you. [News Source]

Is there anything left that we can eat? Everything, it seems, is either ethically, nutritionally or environmentally incorrect. [News Source]

New England sets record for electricity use but avoids blackouts. New England set a record for electricity use yesterday as the region avoided major blackouts during sweltering weather. [News Source]

States hesitant to buy bird flu drugs. At least six states plan to buy smaller quantities of antiviral drugs than the federal government has offered them, a setback for part of the government's bird flu pandemic plan. [News Source]