China confirms human case of bird flu. A farmer in southeast China has contracted the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, state media reported Thursday. [News Source]

Futures market created for bird flu (KWWL Iowa) ATLANTA Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? [News Source]

Futures market created for bird flu (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) ATLANTA Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Wanna put some money on it? Public health experts will be staked about... [News Source]

Futures market created for bird flu (WOI-TV Des Moines) ATLANTA Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? [News Source]

New market-based system aims to predict bird flu. A new "market" launched on Thursday aims to take advantage of the combined knowledge of doctors, nurses, microbiologists studying virus samples and virus experts studying disease patterns to predict any actual bird flu pandemic. [News Source]

The futures of a health threat. Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Wanna put some money on that? In an unusual effort to better predict the advance of a potential flu pandemic, public-health experts will be staked about $100 apiece to bet on the spread of bird flu. [News Source]

Academics to unveil avian flu ‘futures market’. Researchers at the University of Iowa will today unveil a futures-style market in avian flu, and plan to recruit a global network of health professionals to help determine where and when a pandemic could strike. [News Source]

Myanmar confirms bird flu outbreak in Yangon. Military-ruled Myanmar has reported a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry in Yangon, the country's biggest city, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Expert panel supports US bird flu vaccine. The first potential bird flu vaccine for humans to help prevent a widespread outbreak in the US won support from US experts on Tuesday as an interim measure until better versions come along. [News Source]

Bird flu warning as Chinese farmer seriously ill (AFP via Yahoo! News) A Chinese farmer is critically ill with the human form of bird flu, state media reported Thursday as Myanmar confirmed the virus in poultry, underlining the enduring nature of the threat. [News Source]

Health experts bet on spread of bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News) Think bird flu will become a worldwide threat this summer? Wanna put some money on that? [News Source]

Body could yield clues on bird flu (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Understanding the Spanish flu of the early 1900s might help scientists design better treatments for the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus. [News Source]