Bird Flu: FG to Pay N281m to Poultry Farmers (This Day) The Federal Government yesterday said it will pay N281 million compensation to 111 poultry farmers whose birds are affected by Avian Influenza popularly called bird flu in 13 states. [News Source]

Ghana authorities announce first bird flu case (AngolaPress) ACCRA, Ghana, 05/03 - The Ghanaian authorities on Wednesday announced the first bird flu case in the country and declared the Tema Metropolitan area, some 25 km east of the capital, an Avian Influenza zone. [News Source]

Ghana reports first case of bird flu (CNN.com) ACCRA, Ghana (Reuters) -- Ghana halted poultry exports and began farm-to-farm checks around the capital Accra on Thursday, a day after the West African country declared its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu. [News Source]

G&FC Checking Ducks for Avian Influenza (Ashley County Ledger) The outbreak of avian influenza in Asia several years ago has put public health officials on the alert in the U.S. But wildlife managers also play an integral part in monitoring for signs of the virus. [News Source]

Bird flu hits Ghana (News-Medical-Net) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported the first outbreak of bird flu in Ghana. [News Source]

ANX-201 Drug Combination Demonstrates Synergistic Activity Against Human and Bird Flu Viruses (RedNova) SAN DIEGO, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [News Source]

ANX-201 Drug Combination Demonstrates Synergistic Activity Against Human and Bird Flu Viruses (RedNova) SAN DIEGO, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [News Source]

Downloadable map helps track avian flu (Rocky Mountain News) Avian flu has less of a chance to sneak up on a continent, a country or a city, thanks to a new "supermap" created by researchers from Colorado and elsewhere. [News Source]

St. Jude Study Shows Effectiveness Of Peramivir In Prevention Of Mortality In Mouse Model Of Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus … (Medical News Today) BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCRX) today announced that investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, reported favorable results evaluating peramivir treatment in an animal model of influenza using a highly virulent strain of H5N1 virus (an avian influenza strain that had caused fatal human infection in Viet Nam). [click link for full article] [News Source]

ANX-201 Drug Combination Demonstrates Synergistic Activity Against Human and Bird Flu Viruses (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical research and development company focused on commercializing proprietary product candidates for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases, announced today that it presented results demonstrating synergistic activity against human and avian influenza viruses when the Company's broad-spectrum antiviral drug candidate, ANX-201 , was combined ... [News Source]