CA Bird Flu Test Results Negative (KGO-TV Bay Area) A state wildlife official told ABC7 News that field samples collected from ducks just east of Davis last month tested negative for the avian flu. [News Source]

U.S. Poultry Experts Ready for Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The dreaded avian influenza outbreak has yet to strike the U.S., but here in one of the nation's leading poultry producing regions they talk as if it already has. [News Source]

A battle plan for pandemic, via 1918. Government officials yesterday tried to build their case to close schools and limit social contact during any flu pandemic, saying those measures seemed to work during the Spanish flu of 1918. [News Source]

Poultry industry prepares for bird flu (AccessNorthGA) GAINESVILLE - A briefing Tuesday morning at the Georgia Mountain Center in Gainesville explained how the poultry industry has prepared to deal with bird flu. [News Source]

Don’t give up on advanced human bird flu cases: expert (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An expert who treated numerous bird flu victims in Vietnam has urged doctors not to lose hope with patients who are admitted late to hospital as there is still a good chance that they can survive. [News Source]