Wash your hands! The CDC's guidelines instruct American communities on how they might slow the spread of a bad flu in the absence of viable drugs or vaccines. Such rules are desperately needed. [News Source]

Experts suspect bird flu outbreak is mainly result of trade in live birds (Sioux City Journal) UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Experts suspect the current spread of bird flu in Asia, Africa and Europe is mainly a result of trade in infected live birds rather than transmission through wild birds, the U.N. official coordinating the global fight against avian influenza said Friday. [News Source]