What the Duck? (The Boston Phoenix) Oregon, again; plus, all the news that's fit to steal, and home invasions at the Citadel The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the "bird flu" — has now spread in an unexpectedly hilarious direction. The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the ... [News Source]

What the Duck? (The Boston Phoenix) Oregon, again; plus, all the news that's fit to steal, and home invasions at the Citadel The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the "bird flu" — has now spread in an unexpectedly hilarious direction. The burgeoning crime wave wracking the University of Oregon Ducks football team — reporters out there are calling it the ... [News Source]

Jump in obesity, C-sections may be playing role in childbirth-related deaths. Pregnancy-related deaths appear to have risen nationwide over the past decade, nearly tripling in the state with the most careful count - California. [News Source]

Celltrion develops novel human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus infection (News-Medical-Net) Celltrion, Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has developed novel human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus infection, which neutralize a broad spectrum of influenza viruses, including pandemic H1N1 and the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus. Preliminary tests in laboratory animals indicate that the novel human monoclonal antibodies can be used to prevent disease when given ... [News Source]

Rapture Architecture: Designers Tackle the Coming Apocalypse (Fast Company Magazine) We live in terrifying times: Pandemics ranging from bird flu to swine flu regularly threatening to kill millions. Can architecture deal with those problems? [News Source]

H1N1 seen lying low, then rising again in Europe. Europe is unlikely to see another wave of pandemic H1N1 flu soon but local epidemics are likely as winter returns to the Northern hemisphere, health officials said on Monday. [News Source]

Successful Development of Broad Spectrum Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Major Influenza Viruses (H1N1 and H5N1) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Celltrion, Inc., a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, has developed novel human monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus infection, which neutralize a broad spectrum of influenza viruses, including pandemic H1N1 and the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus. [News Source]

Wanted: An eco prophet. People are drifting into a lethal slumber on climate change; more of the same won't wake them up. We need to be taught to believe by a true believer in a world where belief is the fatal, missing ingredient. [News Source]

In Brief: New plan to fight bird flu in Egypt (AlertNet) Source: IRIN Egypt is moving to curb the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) after a recent upsurge in infections, the Egyptian Health Ministry says. [News Source]

Nigeria : Bird Flu – FCTA Deploys Vet Doctors to Entry Points (AllAfrica.com) Abuja — Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Senator Adamu Aliero, has deployed trained veterinary doctors to man all entry points to the nation's capital, in a bid to forestall the outbreak of the deadly Avian influenzal flu, otherwise known as bird flu... [News Source]

Vaxart raises $12.5M to advance Phase I clinical trials on Avian flu vaccine (News-Medical-Net) Vaxart, Inc., a San Francisco biotechnology company developing oral-delivery vaccines, has closed a $12.5 million Series B financing, led by Care Capital of Princeton NJ. The funding will be used to advance the Company's lead product, an oral vaccine for Avian influenza, through Phase I clinical trials. [News Source]

Are vaccines safe? Drug makers are projecting $21.5 billion in sales in 2012 from vaccines. To reach this target they need legislation passed that will make vaccinations compulsory. Any attempt to introduce legislation of this nature should be challenged as a violation of our constitutional rights. [News Source]