Battling Bird Flu By The Numbers (Science Daily) A new mathematical tool could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally. [News Source]

Battling bird flu by the numbers (PhysOrg) A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally. [News Source]

Scientists warn of bird flu epidemic. Researchers who analysed samples of recent avian flu viruses found that a strain of the virus called H7N2 had adapted slightly better to living in mammals. [News Source]

Kiwa Bio-Tech Joint Venture to Produce Preventative for Avian Flu (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation announced entry into a contract for a joint venture named Hebei Kiwa Huaxing Bio-Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. The joint venture company aims at developing and producing Kiwa's AF-01 anti-viral preventative for avian flu. [News Source]

N. American bird flu viruses adapting more to humans (CTV.ca) North American avian flu viruses of the H7 subtype seem to have adapted to more easily invade the human respiratory tract, a new American study suggests. [News Source]

Fear over Some Bird Flu Strains (ERT.gr) Some bird flu strains have gained ability to attack human cells, causing an epidemic in humans, suggested a study that was released on Monday. [News Source]

Scientists warn of bird flu epidemic (Daily Telegraph) A strain of bird flu has moved a step closer to developing the traits required to create an epidemic of the disease in humans, scientists warned on Monday. [News Source]