WHO concerned by Indonesia’s plan to announce bird flu deaths sporadically (CNews) Indonesia's health minister announced Thursday that her country will no longer report H5N1 avian flu deaths as they occur - a threatened policy shift experts said would put the country in violation of the International Health Regulations, a key global health treaty. [News Source]

Bird flu search finds none yet coming to N.America (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The feared H5N1 avian influenza has yet to make it to North America in the bodies of migrating birds, researchers said on Thursday. [News Source]

WHO concerned by Indonesia’s plan to announce bird flu deaths sporadically (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) Indonesia's health minister said Thursday her country would no longer report H5N1 avian flu deaths as they happen but will share a revised death toll every six months - a threatened policy change experts said would put the country in violation of a key international health treaty. [News Source]

Bird flu search finds none yet coming to N.America (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The feared H5N1 avian influenza has yet to make it to North America in the bodies of migrating birds, researchers said on ... [News Source]

Indonesia hushes up bird flu deaths. A 15-year-old girl died of bird flu last month, becoming Indonesia's 109th victim, but the government decided to keep the news quiet. It is part of a new policy aimed at improving the image of the nation hardest hit by the disease. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak ‘highly pathogenic’: officials (AFP via Yahoo! News) An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday. [News Source]