Flu season, not what doctors expected (San Diego 6)
The flu peaks late this year, causing a longer season.

Bird flu quarantine on British Columbia farms ends (AG Weekly)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) _ A bird flu-related quarantine has been lifted on 22 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. The restrictions were lifted after three weeks of surveillance and testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Egyptian woman contracts bird flu (Gulf Times)
A 38-year-old Egyptian woman has contracted the H5N1 strain of bird flu and is in a stable condition, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.