New study tracks the spread of bird flu between farms (PhysOrg) A new way of understanding how highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) spreads among farm birds is published today in PLoS ONE. The study could help analyse the success of different control measures in the event of future outbreaks. [News Source]

Bird flu tests ‘positive’ on four Bangladeshis in Kuwait (AFP via Yahoo! News) Preliminary tests for bird flu were positive on four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling infected chickens in Kuwait, a medical source said on Wednesday, but they have not been officially confirmed. [News Source]

UN says bird flu still a threat. There have been fewer cases of bird flu tallied this year than at the same time last year, but Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria have not managed to contain the deadly H5N1 virus, which has now spread to new regions, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday. [News Source]

New study finds drug-resistant flu type. A less common strain of flu has shown hints of resistance to two flu drugs among patients in a small study in Japan, a country known for prescribing the drugs more frequently than anywhere else in the world. [News Source]

Avian flu found at farm. About 25,000 turkeys were being destroyed Monday at a Pendleton County farm after avian flu was found there — a low-pathogenic strain humans can’t catch, government officials said. [News Source]

UCD to help run center on bird flu. The threat of a worldwide influenza pandemic is grave enough that the federal government is setting up six research centers -- one involving the University of California, Davis -- to study the spread of dangerous flu strains in birds and people. [News Source]

Restrictions intended to stop strain of bird flu (Cumberland Times-News) The poultry industry in the Potomac Highlands counties of Pendleton, Hardy, Grant, Hampshire and Mineral will be holding its breath for the next 30 days as restrictions go into effect intended to prevent the spread of a strain of avian influenza found in a Pendleton County turkey flock. [News Source]

Restrictions aimed at stopping bird flu strain (Ada Evening News) Poultry companies in the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia are waiting to see if restrictions intended to stop the spread of an avian flu strain work. [News Source]

RI stresses need for production of affordable bird flu vaccines (Antara News) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to persuade the relevant pharmaceutical companies in the world to produce bird flu (Avian Influenza/AI) vaccines of good quality at prices affordable by people in developing countries. [News Source]

Woman dies of bird flu in Indonesia, death toll rises to 72 (Russian Information Agency Novosti) JAKARTA, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed Wednesday that a 23-year-old woman had died of the H5N1 strain of avian flu. The death raised Indonesia's bird flu death toll to 72 since 2003 when the disease first hit Asian countries. [News Source]

Kuwaitis shrug off bird flu, keep eating chicken (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Ulf Laessing and H. Hashim Ahmed KUWAIT, April 4 (Reuters) - More than a month after bird flu was detected, chicken and eggs are still on the menu in Kuwait, with imports assuring supply after ... [News Source]

Kuwaitis shrug off bird flu, keep eating chicken (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) KUWAIT, April 4 (Reuters) - More than a month after bird flu was detected, chicken and eggs are still on the menu in Kuwait, with imports assuring supply after two thirds of the Gulf Arab state's egg-laying hens were culled. [News Source]