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[Avianflu.typepad.com] Avian Flu - What we need to know: Even as the World Health Organization presses China and other countries to share bird-flu data for the public good, the WHO itself runs a database limited to a select group of scientists and containing a massive trove of data -- some 2,300 genetic sequences of the virus, around a third of the world's known sequences, according to two people familiar with the database's contents. Any one of those sequences could hold clues to an effective human vaccine or drugs that could kill the virus, or help scientists determine how great a threat it poses.

 [Birdflublog.blogspot.com] THE BIRD FLU BLOG: The Bird Flu Blog will bring together news and official announcements of the spread of avian flu throughout the world, the plans to combat its spread, notes from history on previous pandemics and how they were fought, and a look at the conspiracy theories that are already taking root. This is not academia, this is one person's reportage of a world on the brink of disaster.

 [Googleblog.blogspot.com] Official Google Blog: Bird flu basics: The avian flu's jump to humans was first detected in 1997, although all the human deaths reported so far (about 60 since 2003) have been due to transmission from animals to humans. There has been more concern recently because the virus has been detected in migratory birds which can't be caught and killed - and which may carry the virus to Europe and Africa within the next two migratory seasons.

 [Nature.com] Avian flu special The flu pandemic: were we ready? : Nature: Here's the transcript: "At this hour, the World Health Organization has declared a full-scale pandemic influenza alert, with person-to-person spread lasting more than two weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam. During previous influenza pandemics in the United States, large numbers of people were ill, sought medical care, were hospitalized and died.

 [Womens Health] U.N. says bird flu awareness increases: p>a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061012/ap_on_he_me/un_bird_flu">img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061012/capt.sge.bim19.121006144522.photo00.photo.default-351x512.jpg?x=89&y=130&sig=zBRHbdPUnApBvgPKa5U_VQ--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Photo dated February 2006 shows Joseph Domenech -- the Food and Agriculture Organization'schief veterinary officer. The FAO has opened a new crisis unit to enable a rapid response to outbreaks of bird flu and other animal or plant diseases threatening human health." border="0" />/a>AP - Bird flu awareness has increased worldwide since last year, but countries still must keep up surveillance and response plans against the disease, U.N.

 [The health improvement] Early lead exposure linked to teens' injury... : Early lead exposure linked to teens' injury risk .- Teenagers whose blood levels of lead were relatively high as children may be more prone to falls and injuries, a preliminary study suggests.

 [Vitamin Country] Merits of novel bird flu vaccine studied (AP): Home » Vitamin Country » Merits of novel bird flu vaccine studied (AP)

 [Poking idiots in the eye since 2002] Bird Flu strikes again xD: Since me and my best friend were both born on the same day, this year we decided to have lunch at my house and dinner at his house to celebrate. Anyway, since it also was the poor guy's birthday and my mum didn't know him that well, she made a list of possible lunches and told me to tell him about it and let him choose.

 [ Not-A-Pundit: The Renaissance] Bird Flu Immunity Could Be Started Before... : Scientists have long wondered if giving shots in advance might help - a vaccine that wouldn’t fully protect but would introduce people’s immune systems to a brand new type of flu. Then, once a pandemic began, they’d need only one booster shot of vaccine tailored to the exact strain, significantly cutting the time it would take to protect a population.

[First-Class Travel Packages Featured in Silent Auction at The (Fiji)] First-Class Travel Packages Featured in Silent... : National Ledger - They came together after Paris sent Nicole a text message regarding an upcoming trip to Fiji, planned by executives of their hit show The Simple Life, sources close to the show said. According to the plan, the ladies would both be on the island, but

[Latest Medicine News » Yoga Emotional Damage Control] Merits of novel bird flu vaccine studied ... : AP - A unique study suggests there may be a way to kick-start people’s protection against bird flu just in case it triggers a worldwide outbreak years from now. Original post by KIM SEVERSON

 [Les it say] Lung Cancer Can Run in the Family: " border="0" />/a>AP - Widely prescribed anti-psychotic drugs do not help most Alzheimer's patients with delusions and aggression and are not worth the risk of sudden death and other side effects, the first major study on sufferers outside nursing homes concludes./p>br clear="all"/>.

 [Getting back into shape blog] Angioplasty seen safe for most 90-year-olds: - Angioplasty to remove blockages in the coronary arteries appears to benefit most very elderly patients in their 90s. In about seven out of ten such cases, the patient survives at least one year after the procedure, according to a Spanish study presented here at the Argentine Congress of

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