Wild birds can spread bird flu to people (AP via Yahoo! News) A study of duck hunters in Iowa is believed to be the first to show people can catch bird flu — a non-threatening kind — from wild birds. Previous cases of people being infected with any form of bird flu have involved domestic poultry, like chickens. [News Source]

Study: Birds spread bird flu to hunter (AP via Yahoo! News) A study of duck hunters in Iowa is believed to be the first to show people can catch bird flu — a non-threatening kind — from wild birds. Previous cases of people being infected with any form of bird flu have involved domestic poultry, like chickens. [News Source]

1st indications of 2 viruses in North Carolina. State health officials say they've seen the first signs of two potentially deadly viruses, West Nile and EEE in North Carolina -- three infected chickens and a sick horse. [News Source]

Many don’t know what to do or how to get information about West Nile virus. Macon County, Illinois Health Department officials say the concern about West Nile virus among Central Illinois residents is growing as recent positive tests of the virus have been found. [News Source]

Cheap bird flu vaccine ‘ready next year’. A bird flu vaccine for humans which uses a very low dose of active ingredient has proved effective in clinical tests and could be mass produced in 2007, GlaxoSmithKline says. [News Source]

Maker calls new bird flu vaccine more effective. A new vaccine against bird flu developed by GlaxoSmithKline is more effective than any previous version and works at a far smaller dose. [News Source]

Big gain foreseen in bird-flu vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline P.L.C. has developed a bird-flu vaccine that may be more effective and plentiful than anything else invented so far. [News Source]

Glaxo touts bird flu vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday that its experimental bird flu vaccine delivered the best results shown so far among the manufacturers who are racing to develop an effective inoculation against the deadly avian virus. [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine shows promise. GlaxoSmithKline reported yesterday that it has made an experimental vaccine for bird flu that appears to work at a dose far lower than even the familiar seasonal flu shots. [News Source]

Glaxo announces breakthrough on bird-flu vaccine. GlaxoSmithKline PLC said it has produced an effective bird-flu vaccine for humans and could begin producing the shots at year's end, leaving it to governments to decide whether to begin ordering the shots. [News Source]

Bird-flu vaccine may be ready by next year. A British company reported it had achieved the best results ever seen on an experimental human vaccine for bird flu and said mass production might be possible by 2007. [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]