More tests confirm low-path bird flu in Michigan (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A second round of tests on swans in Michigan confirmed the birds have a low-pathogenic strain of H5N1 and not the deadly avian influenza virus that has killed more than 141 people in Asia, Europe and Africa, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Monday. [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]

University of Pittsburgh receives $1.3 million from NIH to develop promising avian flu vaccine (EurekAlert!) PITTSBURGH, Aug. 28– The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., has awarded a $1.3 million, two-year grant to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to produce a promising avian flu vaccine that could be used in Phase I and Phase II human clinical trials. [News Source]

India’s own bird flu vaccine at just 35 paise! (India Daily) A vaccine to prevent avian flu developed by a Bhopal-based research institute could be available for as cheap as 35 paise per dose, official sources said. [News Source]

India comes out with cheap bird flu vaccine (New Kerala) By Sanjay Sharma, Bhopal, Aug 28: A vaccine to prevent avian flu developed by a research institute here could be available for as little as 35 paise (less than a cent) per dose, proving a boon to farmers who have been affected by the epidemic. [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]

Bird flu detected once more in Vietnam (EARTHtimes.org) This month Vietnam saw another instance of a duck carrying the H5N1 avian flu virus, which led to large numbers of poultry being culled. There is now panic regarding the resurgence of the disease after a year of relative calm with no such incidents. This report is particularly worrisome since it coincides with detected bird flu cases in the neighboring countries of China and Thailand. [News Source]

Meat too tough to eat. Millions of Americans now say no to meat: as they do so, their cholesterol levels plummet, their coronary arteries open up again, their waistlines shrink, and their cancer rates drop 40 percent. [News Source]

Tests find bird flu vaccine safe. A Chinese-developed vaccine against the H5N1 strain of bird flu in humans has been found safe in the first round of tests, a government news agency reported Monday. [News Source]

Chinese human bird flu vaccine tests safe, effective. Preliminary clinical tests show that a bird flu vaccine for human use developed by Chinese researchers is safe and effective, researchers said on Monday. [News Source]

Africa: WHO Urges Greater Preparedness for Avian Flu (AllAfrica.com) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday warned that unless African countries are adequately prepared, a pandemic of avian influenza would remain a threat to the continent. [News Source]

India comes out with cheap bird flu vaccine (The Times of India) A vaccine to prevent avian flu developed by a research institute in Bhopal could be available for as little as 35 paise per dose. [News Source]