Indonesia records 86th bird flu death (Disaster News Network) A 21-year-old Indonesian man has died of avian influenza, raising that country's bird flu death toll to 86, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday. [News Source]

Plasma Fix for Bird Flu? (WebMD) Plasma from people who have survived bird flu (avian influenza) may help treat bird flu patients, Chinese doctors report. [News Source]

Researchers warn about overprescribing Tamiflu. Sewage systems do not break down Tamiflu, which means the main weapon against bird flu could seep into natural waters and make certain viruses resistant to the drug during a pandemic, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday. [News Source]

Insoluble Tamiflu could spark outbreak. Swedish scientists say that Tamiflu - the front-line weapon in any bird-flu pandemic - cannot be broken down by sewage systems and this could help the virus mutate dangerously into a drug-resistant strain. [News Source]

Border agents seize hunters’ birds amid Canada bird flu scare, although virus isn’t the one that’s caused worldwide … (Crookston Daily Times) ST. PAUL (AP) - U.S. Customs officials in Minnesota and North Dakota seized more than 4,100 birds from hunters re-entering the United States from Canada following an outbreak of avian flu at a commercial chicken farm near Regina, Saskatchewan. [News Source]

Border agents seize hunters’ birds amid Canada bird flu scare (Winona Daily News) ST. PAUL — U.S. Customs officials in Minnesota and North Dakota seized more than 4,100 birds from hunters re-entering the United States from Canada following an outbreak of avian flu at a commercial chicken farm near Regina, Saskatchewan. [News Source]

Border agents seize hunters’ birds amid Canada bird flu scare (Minot Daily News) ST. PAUL (AP) — U.S. Customs officials in Minnesota and North Dakota seized more than 4,100 birds from hunters re-entering the United States from Canada following an outbreak of avian flu at a commercial chicken farm near Regina, Saskatchewan. [News Source]