Asian bird flu ruled out in Mich. swan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu found in a wild swan in Michigan was not the deadly Asian strain that has ravaged poultry and killed at least 141 people worldwide, the Agriculture Department said Monday.

Amid Planning, Officials Say Education Best Weapon on Bird Flu (WIBW-TV Topeka)
But state and local officials said during a briefing in Olathe that public education will be their best weapon if bird flu strikes Kansas. Those officials are waiting for the next severe flu strain to emerge to cause widespread misery.