UN Studies Space Tech In Fight Against Bird Flu (Scoop.co.nz) The United Nations is taking steps to promote the application of space technology to help Asian-Pacific countries fight bird flu, drawing on its potential as part of an integrated early-warning system to track the virus's path in a region that has suffered by far the largest share of both human and avian infections in the world. [News Source]

Bird flu patient dies in Vietnam. A 22-year-old pregnant woman from Vietnam's northern Ha Tay province has died of bird flu, local newspaper Labor reported Wednesday. [News Source]

New H5N1 bird flu case confirmed in Myanmar. A new bird flu case has occurred in Myanmar's Bago division, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization Yangon Office confirmed Tuesday. [News Source]

Pregnant Vietnamese woman dies of bird flu. A Vietnamese woman who was seven months pregnant has died of bird flu, the country's third human death from the virus this year, doctors said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Myanmar reports fresh bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News) Military-ruled Myanmar has detected its second outbreak of bird flu in less than a month, this time on a poultry farm in the central region of Bago, health officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Canopus BioPharma’s StatC Drug Shows Superior Results for Treatment of Avian Flu and Other Influenzas (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----Canopus BioPharma, Inc. , a biotechnology company developing pharmaceutical products and assay methods for patients suffering from infectious disease, bio-terrorism, cancer, and addiction, announced today groundbreaking results in animal trials for its drug candidate StatC against Avian Flu, Spanish Flu and Hong Kong Flu strains. [News Source]

India monitors four children after bird flu outbreak (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Health officials in India were monitoring four children suffering from fever on Wednesday after they had contact with dead or sick poultry in Manipur state, where authorities are fighting a bird flu outbreak in fowl. [News Source]

Australia Commits Funds For Bird Flu-related Projects (Bernama) MANILA, Aug 1 (Bernama) -- Australia will provide up to US$6.7 million for community-awareness and surveillance activities to combat avian influenza in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in partnership with CARE Australia. [News Source]

Game Commission News: PGC reports avian influenza info on website (The Sentinel) As hunters prepare for waterfowl and migratory game bird seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission urges hunters to review information posted on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) about avian influenza and wild birds. The information can be accessed by selecting “Avian Influenza” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right corner of the agency s homepage. [News Source]