Third Egyptian child tests positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A third Egyptian child has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of human cases in Egypt to 32, state news agency MENA said on Saturday. [News Source]

‘Random’ bird flu baffles Indonesian scientists (AFP via Yahoo! News) Indonesian scientists said they remained baffled by the "random" behaviour of the bird flu virus afflicting the country, after a top-level meeting here. [News Source]

Bird flu cull devastates Kuwait’s egg production (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the emirate's layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]

Two more Egyptian children stricken with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Two more children from impoverished southern Egypt have been infected with the deadly avian flu virus, raising to 31 the number of cases reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. [News Source]

Two more Egyptian children stricken with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Two more children from impoverished southern Egypt have been infected with the deadly avian flu virus, raising to 31 the number of cases reported, the health ministry said on Saturday. [News Source]

Indonesian doctor treated for suspected bird flu. A doctor who had been treating a 15-year-old boy who died from bird flu is being treated in an isolation ward after developing symptoms of the disease, a hospital official said on Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu cull devastates Kuwait’s egg production (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has devastated egg production in Kuwait as authorities culled a majority of the emirate's layer chickens amid a rise in the number of H5N1 virus cases, officials said on Saturday. [News Source]

UN bird flu chief warns world to expect spike in bird flu outbreaks (The Standard-Times) JAKARTA, Indonesia — The world should expect more bird flu outbreaks in the coming months, the U.N. official coordinating the global fight against the virus warned yesterday after Britain recorded its first case of the H5N1 strain on a commercial... [News Source]

U.S. announces new bird flu program (EARTHtimes.org) The U.S. government says it is boosting international support for programs to stop a possible bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

Indonesian doctor with suspected bird flu ‘improving’ (AFP via Yahoo! News) An Indonesian doctor who fell ill after treating patients suffering from the deadly bird flu virus was improving, a fellow doctor said Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu kills two in Indonesia, one in China. Indonesia announced two more deaths from H5N1 bird flu on Thursday and China said a teenage boy had also died from the virus, which has now spread to more than 50 countries and raised fears of a pandemic. [News Source]

Bangladesh says bird flu spreads to more farms (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has spread to five more farms in central and northern districts, Bangladesh said on Friday. [News Source]