Thai researcher says dog had H5N1 avian flu (CIDRAP) Aug 31, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – A dog in Thailand's central Suphan Buri province contracted avian influenza after eating infected ducks, according to a Thai researcher quoted in a newspaper. [News Source]

Bird flu: Who’s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh) In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity. [News Source]

State: Deadly bird flu is not a threat (Michigan Outdoor News) Lansing — Michigan does indeed have avian influenza H5N1. It doesn’t, though, have that avian influenza H5N1. And the virus it does have poses no threat to waterfowl hunters, DNR veterinarian Dr. Steve Schmitt told Michigan Outdoor News. [News Source]

Survivors’ blood an aid in bird flu fight. Blood products taken from people who have recovered from bird flu could be useful for treating other patients in the event of a pandemic. [News Source]

Plan to pool bird-flu data takes off. A bid by leading researchers to bring into the open data on bird flu that were previously kept behind closed doors has met with cautious optimism from observers. [News Source]

A nonscientist pushes sharing bird-flu data. A former TV executive with no scientific background surprised the global health community with a plan to fast-track important research on how to fight bird flu -- and seems to making progress where the WHO has not. [News Source]

Nobilon, BioDiem And Leading U.S. Scientists Developing Pandemic Avian Flu Vaccine (Medical News Today) Scientists at Akzo Nobel's Nobilon International human vaccines business working to fight the threat of a global bird flu pandemic have received a major boost following the signing of a cooperative research and development agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Helping Prevent Avian Influenza In Latin America And The Caribbean (Medical News Today) In order to help prevent a possible outbreak of avian flu in Latin America and the Caribbean and enhance public awareness of the threat posed by the disease, FAO has just published a new handbook targeted especially to the region's small-scale poultry farmers. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Biodiem And Nobilon Join Top Us Science Facility In Race To Develop Bird Flu Vaccine (Medical News Today) In a major boost to the fight against the world bird flu pandemic threat, Melbourne based pharmaceutical development company BioDiem Ltd (ASX:BDM) today announced it had signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a cell culture candidate vaccine against avian influenza H5N1. [click link for full article] [News Source]

FluChip can spot bird flu in under 12 hours (News-Medical-Net) Scientists in the United States have developed a new technology that reduces the time it takes to achieve a detailed diagnosis of avian flu, from one week or more down to less than 12 hours. [News Source]

South Korea bans U.S. poultry. Domestic poultry headed for South Korea was sidelined for the past two weeks while two migratory swans were tested for avian flu in Michigan. [News Source]

Battling a virus and disbelief. Officials from the WHO say that a pandemic could be thwarted through a rapid containment effort, including the right mix of drugs, quarantines and other social controls. In the case of the North Sumatra cluster, almost none of this happened. [News Source]