Bird flu drug hope from Indian trees (The Telegraph)
New Delhi, March 24: Indian scientists have identified trees in the Western Ghats that might serve as an alternative source of raw material for the standard drug against bird flu currently supplied to the world mainly by China.

Egypt reports new human case of bird flu: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 38-year-old woman has been hospitalised after contracting bird flu in Egypt, where some 23 people have been killed by the disease since 2006, the World Health Organization said Monday.

Nigeria: Borno - NGO Begins Campaign Against Spread of Bird Flu (AllAfrica.com)
Maiduguri A leading Inter- Governmental Organisation in Migration (IOM) has embarked on massive mobilisation campaign in some selected poultry producing Local Government Areas of Borno state, as part of moves to check spread of Avian influenza popularly called bird flu.