New strain of bird flu poses a major threat to Uganda. Scientists in Uganda and colleagues elsewhere are worried that human beings could contract a new strain of bird flu,; the acting WHO Representative in Uganda said a global state of alert to the pandemic influenza has been declared. [News Source]

Bird flu hopes from 1918 victims. Survivors of the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic are still protected from the virus, according to researchers in the US. American scientists found that people who lived through the outbreak can still produce antibodies that kill the deadly strain of the H1N1 flu. [News Source]

Antibodies to 1918 flu found in elderly survivors. In 1918, a devastating influenza virus swept the world, killing tens of millions of people. Researchers have just discovered a relic of that pandemic: antibodies in some of the now elderly survivors. [News Source]