More needed to prepare for flu pandemic, experts say. Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans. [News Source]

N. Korea claims to have anti-bird flu vaccine. North Korea has claimed it developed a poultry vaccine against the deadly H5N1 type of bird flu and is inoculating chickens as part of stepped-up efforts to prevent the disease following outbreaks in South Korea. [News Source]

Infection may have killed Idaho ducks. Preliminary test results indicate a bacterial or fungal infection could be to blame, a state game official said late Thursday. [News Source]

Infection may have killed Idaho ducks. A bacterial or fungal infection might have caused as many as 2,500 mallard ducks to die in a bizarre cluster along an Idaho creek bed, a state game official said late Thursday. [News Source]

Duck die-off in Idaho sparks fears. The number of mallard ducks that have died along a creek in southeastern Idaho has climbed to 2,500, as puzzled wildlife officials awaited test results they hoped would provide clues to what is killing them. [News Source]

When disaster strikes. How well is the region prepared to cope with thousands of casualties and prevent the spread of lethal contagions? Not very. [News Source]

UND biolab proposal would study AIDS virus, avian flu… (KXMB CBS12 Bismarck) AP-NDUND Biolab,0144 UND biolab proposal would study AIDS virus, avian flu GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) University of North Dakota Research Foundation officials say a proposed bio lab would study the virus that causes AIDS, as well as the Wes [News Source]

Bird flu vaccine approved (Macon Daily) LONDON ( Reuters ) - A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators. [News Source]