Bangladesh slaughters chickens after first bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Authorities in Bangladesh said Friday they had slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens at farms on the outskirts of Dhaka where the country's first case of bird flu was confirmed. [News Source]

India sounds bird flu alert in border states (EARTHtimes.org) New Delhi, March 23 India continues to be free from the dreaded avian influenza but alert has been sounded in the states bordering Myanmar, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the health ministry said Friday. [News Source]

Global Computer Grid To Analyze Bird Flu (Science Daily) Researchers will use bioinformatics, grid computing and networking infrastructure, as well as collaborative ties to Asian institutions to learn more about avian flu, in hopes of helping to head off a much-feared pandemic in the region of the world where the disease has already cost human lives. [News Source]

Bird flu could hit tourist areas hardest. States that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would likely be the hardest hit during a severe influenza pandemic. Nevada and Hawaii are at the top of the list, according to a report released Thursday. [News Source]

Official links poultry confinement to flu. A national Humane Society official condemned the poultry industry on Thursday for creating large confinements that he said could create "the perfect storm" of conditions to spark a large-scale avian flu pandemic. [News Source]

Agri-terrorism? It’s out there. If you want to bring a community to its knees, aim for the stomach. Farms -- Michigan's second biggest industry, in which Ottawa County ranks first in sales -- are vulnerable to agri-terrorism, officials say. [News Source]

Asia to test human bird flu vaccine this year (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for humans will be tested in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan this year and will involve more than 1,000 people, a coordinator for the project said on Friday. [News Source]

Bangladesh confirms bird flu on poultry farm. Bangladesh confirmed on Thursday its first case of bird flu, prompting mass culling of poultry at a farm outside the capital Dhaka, officials said. [News Source]

Official links poultry confinement to flu. A national Humane Society official condemned the poultry industry on Thursday for creating large confinements that he said could create "the perfect storm" of conditions to spark a large-scale avian flu pandemic. [News Source]

State Prepares For Possible Avian Flu Pandemic (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) HONOLULU (KHNL) - A new study says Hawaii could loose billions of dollars -- and thousands of lives -- if we are hit by a severe bird flu pandemic. The report says states that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would be the hardest hit during an avian flu pandemic. [News Source]

No person-to-person spread of bird flu yet (UPI) The H5N1 avian flu virus has been found in 11 countries this year and is endemic in Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria, an international conference in Italy ... [News Source]

No person-to-person spread of bird flu yet (EARTHtimes.org) The H5N1 avian flu virus has been found in 11 countries this year and is endemic in Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria, an international conference in Italy reported. [News Source]