Bird flu, pig flu, now bat flu? Human risk unclear (AP)
AP - For the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear.
Flu season off to latest start in decades (AP)
AP - Health officials say the flu season is finally here — the slowest start in nearly 25 years.
Bird flu still a menace in Asia and beyond (AP)
AP - Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks.
Treatable STD Scarier Than Fatal Flu, Study Finds (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds.
Scientists pause research with lab-bred bird flu (AP)
AP - Scientists who created easier-to-spread versions of the deadly bird flu said Friday they're temporarily halting more research, as international specialists debate what should happen next.
China: Bird flu death not from human-human spread (AP)
AP - The strain of H5H1 bird flu that killed a Chinese man cannot spread among people, a health agency said Monday, appealing for calm after the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months.
China says man dies of bird flu (Reuters)
Reuters - A man in southern China's Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported.
WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions (AP)
AP - The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans.
Walgreen profit down, no Express Scripts deal (Reuters)
Reuters - Walgreen Co posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as the largest U.S. drugstore chain's margins were hurt by lower reimbursement rates for prescriptions, fewer flu shots and its spat with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc .
Details of lab-made bird flu won’t be revealed (AP)
AP - The U.S. government paid scientists to figure out how the deadly bird flu virus might mutate to become a bigger threat to people — and two labs succeeded in creating new strains that are easier to spread.
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