Avian flu research ‘could be cut’ (BBC News) Vital research into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be cut to save money, say scientists. [News Source]

Tests find milder strain of bird flu (MSNBC) Wild ducks in Pennsylvania have tested positive for bird flu, but not the deadly Asian strain that has ravaged poultry and killed at least 141 people worldwide, the Agriculture Department said Saturday. [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]

DOH bantay-sarado vs ‘deadlier bird flu’: Killer virus alert! (Philstar.com) Nanganganib ang Metro Manila sa posibleng pagpasok ng isang mas malakas na bird flu virus. [News Source]

Egypt reports new bird flu case in poultry (AFP via Yahoo! News) The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in a domestic poultry farm in southern Egypt, the first time the highly pathogenic virus was detected in the country in months. [News Source]

Egypt reports new bird flu case in poultry (AFP via Yahoo! News) The H5N1 strain of bird flu has been reported in a domestic poultry farm in southern Egypt, the first time the highly pathogenic virus was detected in the country in months. [News Source]

Low-risk H5N1 bird flu found in Pennsylvania ducks. Mallard ducks in Pennsylvania have tested positive for a low-pathogenic strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the U.S. Agriculture and Interior departments said on Saturday, adding to cases detected recently in Maryland and Michigan. [News Source]

McMansions increase obesity, says expert. Australian professor and diabetes expert, Paul Zimmet, addressed an international conference today saying that governments have inadvertently encouraged Australia's obesity epidemic by allowing "McMansion" type developments that pay no heed to healthy living. [News Source]