Filipinos lulled into false sense of security vs avian flu? (INQ7.net) The Philippines, so far, has not had any reported case of avian influenza within its shores yet. The relative calm, however, doesn’t mean there’s no storm approaching. [News Source]

Bird flu alarming than HIV-Aids: Health official (Sun Star) "THIS Bird Flu or Avian Influenza (AI) is more alarming than the HIV/Aids," said Dr. Manny Dulay Jr., of the Department of Health of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm). [News Source]

Filipinos lulled into false sense of security vs avian flu? (INQ7.net) The Philippines, so far, has not had any reported case of avian influenza within its shores yet. The relative calm, however, doesn’t mean there’s no storm approaching. [News Source]

Kansas wildlife officials testing birds for avian flu. As birds begin their annual migration south, state and federal inspectors will be walking into marshes and ponds throughout Kansas to try and find any trace of the avian flu. [News Source]

Bird flu risks higher in winter months – WHO. The risk of a mutation of the bird flu virus increases in winter, the season of normal human flu, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. [News Source]

1918 flu virus’s secrets revealed. Scientists in the US have reconstructed the H1N1 virus in a bid to better understand how it became such an effective killer - and to also bolster knowledge in the face of the current H5N1 bird flu threat. [News Source]

Bird flu claims another life, says official. A 59-year-old Thai man has died of bird flu, the country's 17th victim of the H5N1 virus since it swept through much of Asia in late 2003, a senior Health Ministry official said. [News Source]

New inroads made in battling the Avian flu and Dengue fever (Channel NewsAsia) The world is half way to finding answers to combating the avian flu, according a leading scientist speaking at a Singapore gathering of experts in emerging infectious diseases. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 69th human bird flu case (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) _ Indonesia confirmed Friday that the 21-year-old sister of an 11-year-old boy who died of bird flu last week has tested positive for the H5N1 strain of avian flu, bringing the country's confirmed number of human cases to 69, including 52 deaths. [News Source]

Sydney bird flu suspect may be just another drug mule (News-Medical-Net) According to reports the man who triggered a bird flu scare in Sydney after becoming ill on a flight from Vietnam may have been a drug courier. [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]

Possible bird flu cluster develops in Indonesia. Indonesia, the country hardest hit by avian influenza, has seen a number of human infections and at least one fatality in recent days, causing concern among health and veterinary officials that an infection cluster may have emerged. [News Source]