ThePoultrySite.com reports the US will provide more than $44 million in additional funding to the United Nations' flu campaign. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/16408/us-provides-record-level-of-support-against-ai

Reuters reports U.S. government researchers reported migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas.http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE49R8GU20081028

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today cleared a new test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to diagnose human influenza infections and the highly pathogenic influenza A (H5N1) viruses. http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/09/20080930a.html

Reuters reports - diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society . http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/sc_nm/us_climate_health