Nigeria: Human Toll From Avian Influenza Continues in in Country and Egypt (AllAfrica.com) The first human death from avian influenza has been reported in Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and the highly pathogenic Asian strain of bird flu has been found for the first time in the United Kingdom. [News Source]

Second UK vet tested for bird flu (CNN.com)

Britain’s Health Protection Agency Wednesday is testing a second veterinarian service worker who responded to a recent avian flu outbreak on a English poultry farm for the deadly strain of the bird flu virus.

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Garrett: Progress and Problems With Bird Flu Policy (Foreign Relations) Laurie Garrett , CFR senior fellow for global health, says global commitments to end bird flu mean the world is in a better position to handle a potential avian flu pandemic than it was two years ago. [News Source]

From bird to person. New types of influenza virus must be detected and combated while they are still diseases of birds, not humans. [News Source]

Bootifull. With thousands of turkeys squashed together in sheds, desperately fighting for space, it is not surprising that a few dozen dead turkeys at their farm in Holton, Suffolk, didn't set any alarmbells ringing. [News Source]

The plague of bird flu will erupt out of Java, not Suffolk. The west has failed to back up its rhetoric by helping countries that will be on the front line of any human pandemic. [News Source]

Stem-cell fast food - from NASA to nourishment. It sounds like a sci-fi nightmare: giant sheets of grayish meat grown on factory racks for human consumption. But it's for real. Using pig stem cells, scientists have been growing lab meat for years, and it could be hitting deli counters sooner than you think. [News Source]

Indonesia defends decision on bird flu. Indonesia defended its decision to stop sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization, saying Wednesday it did not want the agency passing them on to drug companies to develop vaccines the cash-strapped country could not afford. [News Source]

Bird flu remains a global threat. Authorities in the United Kingdom on Feb. 5 completed a cull of turkeys on a commercial poultry farm, following confirmation that H5N1 avian influenza had entered the flock. [News Source]

Embassy: Indonesia cat may spread bird flu. The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia is advising Americans to avoid contact with stray cats in the country, citing confirmed reports of the animals carrying the deadly bird flu virus. [News Source]

Deadly bird flu found in Pakistan. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found close to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. [News Source]

Bird flu tests for ill vet who helped tackle outbreak at turkey farm. A vet who helped to tackle Britain's most serious bird flu outbreak was admitted to hospital last night suffering from a respiratory illness. [News Source]