Bird flu update: 24 July 2006 (SciDev.net)
Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.

Bird flu survivor seen as `miracle' (Miami Herald)
Jones Ginting can't remember much of his battle with bird flu, and it's probably for the best. For the first two weeks, he slipped in and out of consciousness at Adam Malik Hospital. His skin stuck to the sweaty sheets as a fever raged. His arms were as rigid as steel pipes. When he did come to, he was delirious and agitated, fighting nurses trying to give him the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

Grant to work on bird-flu drugs (The Australian)
AUSTRALIAN researchers have won funding from the British Medical Research Council (BMRC) to develop new drugs to better safeguard against resistant flu viruses, including bird flu.

Thai Chickens Believed To Have Died From H5N1 Bird Flu (CattleNetwork.com)
BANGKOK (AP)--It is likely that a group of chickens in northern Thailand that died last week from bird flu carried the H5N1 type of the virus, a Thai agricultural official said Monday.