Indonesia confirms 55th bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News) The death toll in Indonesia from bird flu rose to 55 after officials confirmed that a 27-year-old woman who died last week was infected with the virus. [News Source]

CSU gets grant to study avian flu (Denver Post) A team of Colorado scientists and physicians has received $2.6 million to study whether diseased chickens here and in other western states could transmit avian flu to humans. [News Source]

CSU Gets Federal Grant To Study Bird Flu (CBS4 Denver) The Centers for Disease Control is giving researchers at Colorado State University $2.6 million to study how humans and birds interact and how those interactions might contribute to the spread of avian flu. Researchers from CSU's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will partner with other organizations including the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center... [News Source]

Combo Human-Bird Antibody May Ward Off Avian Flu (MedicineNet.com) Title: Combo Human-Bird Antibody May Ward Off Avian Flu Category: Health News Created: 10/14/2006 2:05:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 10/16/2006 [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]

CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Health) (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Indonesia. [News Source]

CHRONOLOGY-Bird flu developments (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed three cases of human infection with the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Indonesia. All three cases were fatal. [News Source]

Woman’s Death Adds to Indonesia’s Bird Flu Death Toll (LinuxInsider.com) The human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia -- the highest in the world -- rose to 54 on Monday after an elderly woman who died overnight in a West Java hospital tested positive for the H5N1 virus, officials said. Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, leads Vietnam, which has recorded 42 deaths from avian influenza -- although none have occurred in Vietnam this year. [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills 150th Person; May Have Infected Victim’s Brain (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu may have infected an Indonesian woman's brain before it killed her yesterday, marking the 150th fatality caused by the virus worldwide since late 2003. [News Source]

Bird Flu Claims Indonesian Woman (EARTHtimes.org) Indonesia has once again been thrust into the frontiers in the battle against the deadly bird flu after it caused the death of a 67 year old woman. Initial reports also indicate that the virus may have infected her brain and kidney. This marks Indonesia's 54th death from the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza. [News Source]

Bird Flu Kills 150th Person; May Have Infected Victim’s Brain (Bloomberg.com) Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Bird flu may have infected an Indonesian woman's brain before it killed her yesterday, marking the 150th fatality caused by the virus worldwide since late 2003. [News Source]

Indonesia records 54th bird flu death (Yahoo! India News) Jakarta, Oct 16 (Xinhua) A 67-year-old woman who had contracted avian influenza died at a hospital in Indonesia's West Java province, bringing the country's human toll from the H5N1 virus to 54, health officials said Monday. [News Source]