Bird flu update: 4 September 2006 (SciDev.net) Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

Bird flu re-emerges in Egyptian fowl (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Egypt has detected four new cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in poultry, officials said on Monday. [News Source]

Researchers Find Validity in 1918 Treatment for Avian Influenza (PhysOrg) USU faculty have discovered that a treatment for the Spanish Influenza pandemic may also be effective for current Avian Influenza patients. [News Source]

Bird flu: Who’s next? Bangladesh!The Role of Public Administration (News From Bangladesh) In comparison to malaria and diarroeal diseases, which together kill over 3 million people every year, bird flu has killed very few people. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the H5N1 virus may mutate into a new human flu virus against, which humans have no immunity. [News Source]

Avian flu research ‘could be cut’. Vital research in Britain into avian flu, environmental pollution and food safety could be reduced to save money, government scientists have claimed. [News Source]

14 areas of Doña Ana test positive for West Nile. Mosquitoes with the West Nile virus are in the Las Cruces, TX area and a local entomologist is warning residents to clean out their yards or it could get worse after 14 areas tested positive for the virus. [News Source]

‘Globesity’ crisis could overwhelm national health systems. Obesity's global march is "an international scourge" with potential consequences as severe as the threats of global warming and bird flu, said Paul Zimmet, chairman of the International Congress on Obesity. [News Source]

Experts at International Congress on Obesity warn of deadly global pandemic. An obesity pandemic threatens to overwhelm health systems around the globe with illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, experts at an international conference warned Sunday. [News Source]

Health experts: obesity pandemic looms. An obesity pandemic threatens to overwhelm health systems around the globe with illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, experts at an international conference warned Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu update: 4 September 2006 (SciDev.net) Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article. [News Source]

1918 Spanish flu treatment may also be effective for current avian influenza patients (News-Medical-Net) USU faculty have discovered that a treatment for the Spanish Influenza pandemic may also be effective for current Avian Influenza patients. [News Source]

Researchers Find Validity in 1918 Treatment for Avian Influenza (Newswise) USU faculty have discovered that a treatment for the Spanish Influenza pandemic may also be effective for current Avian Influenza patients. Navy Capt. Edward Kilbane, Army Col. Jeffrey Jackson and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Luke, are all alumni and faculty of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. They, along with retired Navy physician, Capt. Stephen Hoffman, published their [News Source]