Bird flu: Human samples test negative in Manipur (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Four boys, who had been kept under surveillance since July 27 for possible bird flu infection, tested negative for the virus, senior health officials said on Friday. The four boys were found to have been suffering from high fever and suspicions were heightened by poultry deaths in the area. Meanwhile, Rapid Response Teams (RRT) from the Health Department continued intensive house-to-house ... [News Source]

Bird flu: Four Manipuri teens test negative (The Times of India) The four teenagers, part of the same household, were found suffering from fever by health officials carrying out door-to-door surveillance on humans within a 5-km radius of this year's bird flu outbreak. [News Source]

U.S. Orders More Glaxo Bird Flu Vaccine (AP via Yahoo! Finance) British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said the Department of Health and Human Services placed another order to buy bulk avian flu vaccine to fill the national stockpile in the event of a pandemic. [News Source]

Bird flu human cases stabilise, experts say (AFP via Yahoo! News) The bird flu epidemic appears to have stabilised as far as humans go but several developing nations have not been able to stem its spread amongst poultry and domesticated birds, experts said Friday. [News Source]

‘Bird flu outbreak set to worsen Niger’s food cris (The Herald) AFP. GENEVA.The Red Cross warned yesterday that an outbreak of avian influenza in Niger could add to the burden of a serious food crisis in the impoverished and drought-stricken African country. [News Source]

Bird flu cull ends in Indian state, no humans affected (Channel NewsAsia) UWAHATI, India - Indian authorities have completed the slaughter of more than 330,000 poultry in the country's remote northeast after an outbreak of the deadly avian influenza, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

No human cases of bird flu in Manipur: Centre (ANI via Yahoo! India News) New Delhi, Aug 3 (ANI): The Centre on Friday said that there were no suspected human cases of bird flu and the situation in Chingmeirong village in Manipur, where the outbreak of the bird flu was confirmed on July 25, is now completely under control. There were reports earlier that four people in the area who had come in contact with the infected birds were suffering from fever or Acute ... [News Source]

Girl in Sukabumi hospitalized with bird flu-like symptoms (Antara News) A young girl, identified as Ririn Meilani (12), has been admitted to Syamsudin General Hospital here as a suspected bird flu (Avian Influenza) sufferer as a number of chickens in her neighborhood had suddenly died for unknown reasons. [News Source]

Four Indian children test negative for bird flu (AlertNet) Source: Reuters NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - India has completed health checks on thousands of people after an outbreak of bird flu in the remote northeast, and cleared four boys who had been suffering from fever ... [News Source]

Four Indian children test negative for bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has completed health checks on thousands of people after an outbreak of bird flu in the remote northeast, and cleared four boys who had been suffering from fever after handling dead or sick poultry. [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]