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- 'Britain beefs up its bird flu testing surveillance (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Britain is to step up its efforts to combat the spread of bird flu by introducing strategic testing for the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the environment agency has announced.
'Bird Native To Central, South America Seen Near Lawrence (KCTV 5 Kansas City)
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Bird watchers are flocking to Lawrence in hopes of seeing a bird native to Central and South America.
'Britain targets species, areas in bird flu testing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Britain's farm ministry on Monday unveiled a new bird flu strategy of testing more intensively in areas and species where an outbreak is most likely to occur.
'Surveillance checks for bird flu (BBC News)
New methods are being employed around Britain to check for possible outbreaks of bird flu in areas considered to be at risk.
'Bird flu poses 'real and substantial' economic threat: WBank (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A feared bird flu pandemic poses a "real and substantial" financial threat that could wipe as much as two trillion dollars off the value of the global economy, a World Bank expert warned Sunday.
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