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]

Council gets report on avian flu precautions (CentralOhio.com) BUCYRUS -- Even though there's been no reports of avian flu (bird flu) in the U.S., a local health official thinks people should take precautions. [News Source]

Are we ready for pandemic flu? How will the world cope if the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and a humanised strain materialises? Many scientists believe this is an almost certain event. It is not if, it is when. [News Source]

Foam ok’d to kill bird flu-infected poultry. A foam may be used nationwide to kill commercial poultry infected with bird flu thanks to a brainstorm by an agricultural extension agent at the University of Delaware. [News Source]

Council gets report on avian flu precautions (Telegraph-Forum) BUCYRUS -- Even though there's been no reports of avian flu (bird flu) in the U.S., a local health official thinks people should take precautions. [News Source]

Bird flu gene isolated (Kansas City Star) Scientists in China have pinpointed the virulence gene in chickens infected with the avian influenza virus. [News Source]

Rising H5N1 ‘Bird Flu’ High-Virulence Sequences Found By Replikins, Ltd. (Medical News Today) Replikins, Ltd. has completed a comprehensive quantitative analysis of H5N1 "bird flu" peptide sequences found in humans infected with H5N1 in the past nine years. The data, obtained from public sources, included 1,455 complete sequences from human specimens. [click link for full article] [News Source]