VIRUS MAY HAVE MUTATED TO BECOME CONTAGIOUS TO HUMANS
On May 23 2006, the World Health Organization confired that six members of a family on the Indonesian island of Sumatra have died from the highly pathogenic form of avian influenza, H5N1. The bird flue has killed about 124 people in nine countries.
On May 24 2006, 73 million Americans voted in the American Idol context, more than in any presidential election in history.