Czech Republic announces second and third cases of H5N1 bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A second and third case of the H5N1 form of bird flu have been detected by the Czech Republic's national laboratory, the Czech veterinary office said.

Hospitalized Chinese woman tests negative for bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ A 41-year-old woman in China's southern province of Guangdong who fell ill with an unknown type of pneumonia has been ruled out as a human case of bird flu, the provincial Health Bureau said Tuesday.

Ordinary Indonesians unafraid of bird flu threat (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Poultry vendor Ahmad Jamal plucks, dissects and cleans hundreds of chickens and ducks every day in an Indonesian market, but takes the risk of bird flu as a matter of fate.

Swan in Croatian capital had deadly bird flu: official (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A wild swan found dead last week in Zagreb was infected with the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, an official said, confirming the Croatian capital's first case of the virus.