Gadgets new frontier in pandemic war. Cellphones, BlackBerrys and even electronic transit passes could soon become the front line of defence against outbreaks of major new infections like SARS and bird flu. [News Source]

Global fears rise in battle against bird flu. Indonesia confirmed another person had died of bird flu as the nation hardest-hit by H5N1 continues to battle a disease that experts fear could one day spark a global pandemic. [News Source]

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

China and WHO play blame game over bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) China's agriculture ministry has said the United States was to blame for the fact that it had not yet shared bird flu virus samples, but the WHO put the blame squarely on the ministry. [News Source]