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]

Efforts To Track Bird Flu Hampered By Deficiencies In Data Collection (Medical News Today) The highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been detected in at least 55 countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa. This often fatal disease is of pressing concern because it can be transmitted from birds to humans, although such transmissions have been rare so far. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Shrugging at a pandemic. Each month that passes without bird flu becoming easily transmitted among humans eases public concern over the pandemic threat that any flu outbreak presents. But public health experts worry it is just a matter of time. [News Source]

Health officials remain focused on bird flu threat (Anchorage Daily News) Less than a year ago, Americans could barely turn on the television, surf the Internet or pick up a newspaper without finding a doomsday story about deadly avian flu. Now, with the disease still centered in Asia and the failure of migratory birds to spread the illness, the H5N1 virus has dropped out of the media spotlight. [News Source]