States scrape up bird flu drug funds. Some states are scrambling to find money to pay for anti-flu drugs, so orders from states may fall short of the federal government's goal of stockpiling enough to treat 25% of the population in a flu pandemic. [News Source]

China finally admits to first case of bird flu. China admitted yesterday that its first human case of bird flu occurred 2 years earlier than previously reported - a disclosure that rewrites the history of the disease and raises questions about Beijing's willingness to share information. [News Source]

Bird flu hitting Indonesians hard. The fast-mounting human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia -- now believed the country worst hit by the disease -- concerns experts who fear the virus will keep infecting people until it is controlled in poultry. [News Source]

China rethinks bird flu history. China has announced that its first human bird flu death came two years earlier than previously reported, state media has said. [News Source]

China’s secret bird flu case. China's first case of bird flu occurred two years earlier than originally stated, calling into question the government's commitment to openly report cases of infectious diseases. [News Source]

Top health authorities confirm first H5N1 case. China's top health authorities yesterday verified that the first laboratory-confirmed death from bird flu on the Chinese mainland occurred in late 2003 rather than 2005, which was the original starting point of China's H5N1 fatality timeline. [News Source]

SF Utilities Commission preparing for global warming. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission began Tuesday what could be a long-term plan to save the city and region from a catastrophic change in climate. [News Source]

Biodiesel plant will employ new method. An Illinois biodiesel refinery that uses an innovative approach to manufacture the renewable fuel could be producing 60 million gallons a year and employing up to 40 full-time workers by next summer. [News Source]

East coast prepares to face ‘great flood.’ The alignment of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun during September and October mean that tides will be the highest in 20 years - and even higher than predicted if wind and weather is adverse. [News Source]

Ethiopia: 10,000 homeless in flood-hit eastern town. At least 10,000 people have lost their homes in the eastern Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa after a flash flood hit the area, killing hundreds, officials said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Indonesian forest fires flare, region holds breath. Choking smoke from Indonesian forest fires marks the return of an annual hazard across the region which authorities appear powerless to stop and that only one thing can be relied upon to contain -- rain. [News Source]

Philippines evacuates as volcano rumbles. Philippine soldiers appealed to reluctant villagers to leave their homes and farms near a shuddering volcano on Tuesday, as more intense seismic activity raised the risk of a violent eruption. [News Source]