Scientists reveal how H5N1 kills. Scientists have discovered a potential reason to explain why the H5N1 strain of bird flu is so much more deadly to people than standard human flus. [News Source]

Watching wild birds for avian flu. Researchers have tested 13,000 wild birds in Alaska. They're worried that wild birds could carry the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu as they migrate from Asia to North America and infect other birds in Alaska. [News Source]

Bird flu triggers high and sustained virus buildup, cause of severe disease. The severe disease that H5N1 avian flu provokes in people appears to be caused by the virus's ability to replicate at unusually high levels for a prolonged period. [News Source]

Indonesia pushes bird flu education. Backed by international organisations, Indonesia's government is putting in place specialist teams of vets at the provincial and the district level, to provide rapid response and surveillance at a grassroots level. [News Source]

Health-conscious Britons put fish back on the menu. Fresh fish has now overtaken chicken at one of the UK's leading supermarket chains to become the most popular source of protein in the shopping basket. [News Source]

Health chiefs put chronic disease on agenda. Health ministers from Europe's 53 World Health Organisation members will meet in Copenhagen on Monday for their annual summit, which will focus on the challenges of chronic disease and health crises. [News Source]

Study adds details on bird flu, humans. When bird flu infects people, the virus is more concentrated in the throat than the nose, the opposite of human flu. [News Source]

EU OKs 2 veterinary bird flu vaccines (AP via Yahoo! News) The European Commission said Monday it has approved two vaccines to be used against the bird flu virus in the EU member states. The vaccines, the first to be approved by the EU executive, are Nobilis Influenza H5N2, for use in chickens, and Poulvac FluFend H5N3 RG, for use in both chickens and Pekin ducks, the most common breed of duck used for commercial meat. [News Source]

Bird flu update: 11 September 2006 (SciDev.net) Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

Satellites Track Migratory Birds In Fight Against Avian Influenza (Medical News Today) Wearing light solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters, wild swans from Mongolia are winging their way across Eurasia, while land-bound scientists tracking the birds' journeys on computers say that these unique studies will shed light on how wild birds may be involved in the spread of avian influenza. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Immediate Treatment Needed for Bird Flu Cases, Study Says (New York Times) A new study found that avian flu virus reproduces so quickly that if not suppressed within 48 hours, it pushes victims toward death. [News Source]

Immediate Treatment Needed for Bird Flu Cases, Study Says (New York Times) A new study found that avian flu virus reproduces so quickly that if not suppressed within 48 hours, it pushes victims toward death. [News Source]