UAF To Study Avian Flu (ABC Alaska News) UAF has received nearly 4-million dollars to study a variety of influenza virus, also known as the bird flu. UAF is one of six universities to be awarded the grant. [News Source]

Egyptian child, 2, tests positive for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A two-year-old Egyptian girl has tested positive for bird flu, becoming the 33rd human case in the Arab country, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Thursday. [News Source]

Kuwait says four Bangladeshis clear of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Four Bangladeshi workers who had initially tested positive for bird flu in Kuwait have been cleared of the disease after further tests, the Kuwaiti health minister said on Thursday. [News Source]

Suspected New Human Case of Bird Flu Under Investigation in Lagos (RedNova) Suspected new human case of bird flu under investigation in Lagos LAGOS, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A new suspected human case of the avian influenza virus is currently being investigated in Lagos State, Nigeria, according to a news release by Lagos State Ministry of Health on Tuesday. [News Source]

A potential new Crypto source. It is not the deadliest of waterborne pathogens, but Cryptosporidium spp can infect thousands and kill scores by causing diarrhea. New research reveals six novel genetic variants and a new potential source of Cryptosporidium--migratory birds. [News Source]

What if? LANL medical director talks straight about looming pandemic of avian flu. [News Source]

Immune system ‘killer’ T-cells may not be key to asthma. While previous research suggested that a certain type of immune system cell -- called invariant natural killer T-cells -- might play a role in the development of asthma, a new study concludes that's just not the case. [News Source]

Kuwait says four Bangladeshis clear of bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) Four Bangladeshi workers who had initially tested positive for bird flu in Kuwait have been cleared of the disease after further tests, the Kuwaiti health minister said on Thursday. [News Source]

Indonesia, Egypt to develop bird flu vaccine (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Egyptian vaccine maker Vacsera is looking to team up with an Indonesian company to develop a bird flu vaccine for humans, an Egyptian minister and a company official said late on Wednesday. [News Source]

WHO to stock bird flu vaccine (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta, April 5 (Xinhua) Responding to calls for a fair distribution of bird flu vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) is going to create a global stockpile of vaccines for developing countries. [News Source]