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]

Bird Flu Study Highlights Need To Vaccinate Flocks Effectively (Science Daily) Incomplete vaccination of poultry flocks could make the spread of deadly strains of avian flu such as H5N1 worse, scientists at the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have found. [News Source]

In the fight against bird flu (Financial Express) The World Health Organisation (WTO) is the agency most active in coordinating the fight against bird flu. [News Source]

Playing to their inner world. Autism is a spectrum disorder that encompasses a wide range of severity, behavior and cognitive abilities. But generally, people with autism are captive to their own inner worlds. [News Source]

West Nile cases drop as immunities emerge, experts say. As humans and animals develop immunity to the West Nile virus, the number of confirmed human cases of the mosquito-borne disease has seen a dramatic decline in California. [News Source]

Worried Cambodian farmers smuggle infected poultry, spread bird flu (EARTHtimes.org) Two new instances of avian influenza have resurfaced after anxious farmers foolishly smuggled ducks from infected areas in Cambodia. The districts of Tbong Khmom and Batheay saw thousands of ducks dying, after which authorities confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the poultry and began killing the birds. [News Source]