Health scare in Indian state as bird flu spreads (Canada.com) Medical workers were going door-to-door to look for people with symptoms of avian influenza in northeast India Friday as the infection in birds spread further, officials said. [News Source]

Changing season in Asia revives avian flu threat to humans and birds. A lethal strain of avian influenza has resurfaced in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Cambodia, raising the threat to humans as the traditional winter flu season approaches. [News Source]

Fears of human bird flu cases rise in India’s Assam. India is sending bird flu experts to the northeastern state of Assam and setting up isolation units to treat up to 90 people showing signs of the virus, health authorities said on Friday. [News Source]

Wild birds carry avian flu viruses to North America: Report (Canada.com) Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, U.S. government researchers report. [News Source]

Bird flu alert in Meghalaya (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: With over three lakh poultry birds culled in Assam in the wake of the bird flu (H5N1 avian influenza) outbreak in Kamrup and five more districts, neighbouring Meghalaya has been put on high alert. West Bengal has already ... [News Source]

Bird flu alert in Meghalaya (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: With over three lakh poultry birds culled in Assam in the wake of the bird flu (H5N1 avian influenza) outbreak in Kamrup and five more districts, the neighbouring Meghalaya has been put on high alert. Borders ... [News Source]

Central team rushes to bird flu-hit Assam (rediff.com) The Centre has rushed five teams of medical experts to the six bird flu-hit districts of Assam, to check if the infection has spread to humans. But state authorities on Monday claimed that the bird flu outbreak has been brought under control and no fresh incidents have been reported in the last 24 hours.Central teams of medical experts have not found any cases of humans being infected, informed ... [News Source]

Avian Flu: Bengal no wiser (The Statesman) Pranesh Sarkar KOLKATA, Dec. 14: Has the state learnt any lesson from the previous bird flu outbreak that was termed worst ever in the country? Well, apparently the answer seems a big No. [News Source]