Jakarta: Bird flu kills housemaid (CNN.com) JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -- A Jakarta housemaid who had looked after a pet eagle has died from bird flu, marking Indonesia's 72nd confirmed death from the virus, a health-ministry official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu: health ministry (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A Jakarta housemaid who had looked after a pet eagle has died from bird flu, marking Indonesia's 72nd confirmed death from the virus, a health ministry official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

UN Agency Warns Bird Flu Still Threatens Lives (Scoop.co.nz) Although there have been fewer outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that the disease continues to spread to new areas in countries where it has not been contained, threatening the lives of those working around poultry and hurting farm economies. [News Source]

Indonesia considers autopsies for H5N1 victims (CIDRAP) Apr 3, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Indonesia's national avian influenza commission has recommended that the health ministry conduct an autopsy on each person who dies of H5N1 avian flu to learn more about how the disease affects the body, the Jakarta Post reported today. [News Source]

Bird flu hits new poultry farms in Kuwait (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has hit a new commercial poultry farm in the Gulf state of Kuwait leading to the culling of at least 200,000 more layer chickens, the health ministry said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Bird flu hits new poultry farms in Kuwait (AFP via Yahoo! News) Bird flu has hit a new commercial poultry farm in the Gulf state of Kuwait leading to the culling of at least 200,000 more layer chickens, the health ministry said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Egypt, China Report New Human Cases of Avian Influenza (U.S. Department of State) Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population and China’s Ministry of Health report on new verified infections in their countries, bringing the total number of human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza to 288, with 170 deaths, as global efforts to combat the disease continue. In the United States, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is awarding $23 million a year for ... [News Source]

Bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria: FAO. The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu may spread from Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria to other countries as it continues to circulate in Africa and Asia, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday. [News Source]

Indonesia eyes bird flu vaccine cooperation with Egypt. Indonesia is looking to work with Egypt to produce a human bird flu vaccine, its trade minister said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Humans fiddle while the planet heats up. Terry Root, a senior fellow at Stanford University, is co-author of a report on climate change. The report, "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability," investigates how global warming is already affecting the animal and plant kingdoms. [News Source]

Senators want faster mine safety reforms. Leaders of the U.S. Senate are demanding faster action by the Bush administration to implement last year’s mine safety law. [News Source]

Aussies behind on food hygiene. Australians have an extremely poor understanding of food hygiene and how to avoid contracting the nasty food-borne illnesses that cost the nation $1.2 billion a year, an APEC meeting has been told. [News Source]