Bird Flu Strain Found On Eastern Shore (WJZ 13 Baltimore) Several ducks on the Eastern Shore have tested positive for bird flu. But officials say there is no real danger to humans. [News Source]

Canadian wild bird surveillance turns up no H5 bird flu viruses to date (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) TORONTO (CP) - A national wild bird surveillance program aimed at detecting whether H5N1 avian flu has made its way to Canada via migratory birds has found no evidence of the worrisome virus so far. [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]

Bird Flu: Progress Reported Toward Widely Useable Vaccine (Radio Free Europe: Radio Library) WASHINGTON, September 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- With concerns as great as ever about a possible bird-flu pandemic, Chinese researchers have developed an avian-influenza vaccine that can be produced in much larger quantities than other trial vaccines so far. [News Source]

New bird flu vaccine could save millions. A Chinese vaccine against H5N1 bird flu has raised hopes of swift protection if the virus mutates into a pandemic form. [News Source]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is getting ready for ‘flu season.’ More than 100 million doses of influenza vaccine, the largest number ever shipped, will be available for the U.S. market this flu season. [News Source]

Bird Flu outbreaks in four countries (Middle East Times) WASHINGTON -- Avian-influenza outbreaks in birds have surfaced in four countries in recent days, with Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Vietnam all reporting incidences of H5N1 infection. [News Source]

Bird flu strain in Md. (Baltimore Sun) But virus found on Shore poses no human risk, scientists say Avian flu has been detected in mallard ducks on a farm on the Eastern Shore, though officials caution that the low-pathogenic strain poses no risk to humans and is not the type that has been blamed for more than 140 deaths around the world. [News Source]

Avian flu would hit college students hard (Michigan Daily) It could happen soon. And if it strikes, chances are college students would be among the most affected. The next 10 years could yield a U.S. flu pandemic, many researchers believe. But should students be worried about falling ill to the H5N1 virus - widely known as the avian flu - while walking to class this fall? "Everybody in the public health world is worried," said Robert Winfield, director [News Source]

Method to expand output of bird flu vaccine lauded (International Herald Tribune) A new technique for making human vaccines against the H5N1 avian influenza virus produces inoculations that are effective at very low doses. [News Source]

Bird flu strain in Md. (Baltimore Sun) But virus found on Shore poses no human risk, scientists say Avian flu has been detected in mallard ducks on a farm on the Eastern Shore, though officials caution that the low-pathogenic strain poses no risk to humans and is not the type that has been blamed for more than 140 deaths around the world. [News Source]

Bird Flu’s Spread Tracked With Satellite-Linked Swans (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Swans fitted with the same global positioning system satellite transmitters used to navigate cars may help scientists better understand the role wild birds play in the spread of avian influenza. [News Source]