U.S. agencies track bird flu at ports (AP via Yahoo! News) The government is trying to determine whether deadly bird flu can contaminate the food supply and is cracking down on smuggling of pet birds and poultry that can spread the virus, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

US agencies track bird flu (AP via Yahoo! News) The government is trying to determine whether deadly bird flu can contaminate the food supply and is cracking down on smuggling of pet birds and poultry that can spread the virus, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Egyptian 10-year-old tests positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A ten-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 25th human case in the country, a World Health Organization official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Myanmar confirms two more bird flu outbreaks (AFP via Yahoo! News) Military-ruled Myanmar warned Wednesday of two more possible outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in Yangon, the country's largest city, where four outbreaks have been confirmed this month. [News Source]

Indonesia seeks guarantee in bird flu row (AFP via Yahoo! News) Indonesia wants a legal guarantee that bird flu samples sent to the World Health Organisation will not be exploited for profit before sharing them with the body for tests, an official said Wednesday. [News Source]

India bans live poultry imports amid bird flu scare (AFP via Yahoo! News) India has banned imports of live poultry from countries where bird flu has been reported as a precautionary measure, a government statement said. [News Source]

Bird flu detected on nine Egypt farms despite vaccinations (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has been detected on nine farms across Egypt where the poultry had been vaccinated against the virus, an agriculture ministry official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt. Health officials say the cultural practice of keeping birds at home, often in secret, is aiding the spread of bird flu in the most populous Arab country, where 24 people have contracted the disease since it emerged in Egyptian poultry a year ago. [News Source]

Mystery toxin devastates penguins. An unidentified toxin in gravel that attacks the brain, kidney and liver has been blamed for the deaths of 25 fairy penguins at Sea World on the Gold Coast. [News Source]

Indonesia Eyes Deal for Bird Flu Samples (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Trisnadi) A hospital staff monitors the vital signs of a suspected bird flu patient at a hospital in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The 20-year-old Indonesian woman was in critical condition after contracting bird flu, a Health Ministry official said. [News Source]

Indonesia eyes deal for bird flu samples (AP via Yahoo! News) Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement promising the virus won't be used to develop an expensive commercial vaccine, the health minister said Wednesday. [News Source]

Indonesia to WHO: We Will Not Share Bird Flu Samples (Fox News) Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement [News Source]