Illegal fishing threatens Australia with bird flu (The West Australian) Illegal Indonesian fishing raises the risk of diseases such as bird flu and rabies being brought into Australia, the government has warned after a skirmish between a warship and a poacher. [News Source]

North American Leaders Prepare for Avian Flu Pandemic (U.S. Department of State) As the human toll from avian influenza rises to 321 cases, with 194 deaths worldwide, leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico release a plan that outlines how the three countries will work together if the highly pathogenic virus makes its way to North America.  “Neighbours help each other in times of distress,” a joint statement says. “Our governments have worked together to address how ... [News Source]

Indonesian woman dies of bird flu in Bali (People’s Daily) A 28-year-old Indonesian woman who died on Tuesday in Bali was positively infected by avian influenza, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The confirmation has raised the total fatality to 84 out of 105 cases in the worst ... [News Source]

Indonesia’s human death toll from bird flu rises to 84 (Japan Today) JAKARTA — A woman has died of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza on the resort island of Bali, bringing Indonesia's human death toll from bird flu to 84, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. [News Source]

Bird flu and human flu are differentiated (PhysOrg) A U.S. study has found specific key differences between bird flu and human flu that might be used to monitor emerging pandemics. [News Source]

Indonesia confirms 84th bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News) A 28-year-old woman who died on Indonesia's resort island of Bali has been confirmed as the country's 84th human bird flu fatality, a health ministry official said Wednesday. [News Source]

Study finds key markers for bird flu change. Researchers have found some of the changes that a flu virus needs to become a deadly pandemic strain, and said on Tuesday the H5N1 avian influenza virus has so far made only a few of them. [News Source]

Sweet discovery on flu vaccines. Medical researchers have found that adding sugar to flu vaccines could make them 100 times more potent. [News Source]

ots: Updated WHO Bird Flu (H5N1) Management Guidance. (Stock World) Updated WHO Bird Flu (H5N1) Management Guidance Reinforces Tamiflu as First Line Treatment Basel, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reinforced that Tamiflu (oseltamivir) is the primary recommended antiviral of choice in managing patients infected with H5N1 in updated guidance published on the WHO website today. [News Source]

Bird flu kills another woman on Indonesia’s Bali, brings toll to 84 (EARTHtimes.org) Jakarta - A second woman died from bird flu on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, bringing the country's death toll from the H5N1 strain of the virus to 84, health officials said Wednesday. The 28-year-old Ayu Srinadi, working as poultry trader fr... [News Source]

Bird flu and human flu are differentiated (UPI) A U.S. study has found specific key differences between bird flu and human flu that might be used to monitor emerging pandemics. [News Source]

2nd woman died of bird flu, Indonesia says (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) An Indonesian health ministry official says a woman from Bali died of bird flu, the second confirmed death from the H5N1 virus on the island. [News Source]