Indonesia’s bird flu policy center stage at WHO assembly (AFP via Yahoo! News) A damaging dispute with Indonesia over bird flu research took centre stage Monday at the World Health Organisation's assembly, which was also marred by wrangling over Taiwan's unsuccessful membership bid. [News Source]

No avian flu in West Bengal, Kerala (New Kerala) New Delhi, May 14: The government today clarified that there has been no avian flu outbreak in the country as the samples of dead poultry and ducks from West Bengal and Kerala have been found to be negative for Avian Influenza virus. [News Source]

Don’t be bugged by West Nile virus. In 1999, when the first case of West Nile virus was confirmed in the United States, most people figured it was a new disease. Most of us had never heard of it. [News Source]

Indian chickens, ducks test negative for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Poultry and ducks found dead in West Bengal and Kerala have tested negative for bird flu, the government said on Monday. [News Source]

Pregnant Indonesian woman dies of bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A pregnant Indonesian woman from Sumatra island has died of bird flu, increasing the country's human death toll from the disease to 76, health officials said. [News Source]

Bird flu update: 14 May 2007 (SciDev.net) Below is a round-up of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

Avian Flu High High On World Health Assembly Agenda (Voice of America) The issue of sharing research data on avian influenza is shaping up to be the most controversial and potentially damaging item on this year's agenda of the World Health Assembly. [News Source]

Bird Flu Update — HealthandAge (HealthandAge) Though things appear to have quietened down, occasional outbreaks of H5Ni avian flu have occurred in birds in almost all continents of the world except the Americas. The feared mutation into a form that passes easily from person to person has not occurred (yet). [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 76th bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News) A pregnant Indonesian woman has died of bird flu, taking the country's death toll from the virus to 76, a health ministry official confirmed Monday. [News Source]

Indonesia bird flu death toll hits 76 after woman dies (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta- A 26-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Indonesia, bringing the country's world-leading death toll from the H5N1 avian influenza virus to 76, a health official confirmed Monday. The woman, identified only as NS and who was four months pr... [News Source]

Pregnant Indonesian woman dies of bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Adds details) JAKARTA, May 14 (Reuters) - A pregnant Indonesian woman from Sumatra island has died of bird flu, increasing the country's human death toll from the disease to 76, health officials ... [News Source]

Pregnant Indonesian woman dies of bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) JAKARTA (Reuters) - A pregnant Indonesian woman from Sumatra island has died of bird flu, increasing the country's human death toll from the disease to 76, health officials said. [News Source]