UN pledges further support for bird flu prevention (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – The United Nations praised Vietnam’s active part in fighting avian influenza and announced that they will continue to support the country in the prevention and control of the epidemic. [News Source]

‘Vaccinate now’ to beat bird flu (BBC News) A vaccine available right now could help save lives in a future bird flu pandemic, UK scientists claim. [News Source]

New Avian Flu Vaccine Strategy Proposed (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- People can be protected against a potential avian flu epidemic by getting advance shots of a vaccine that may or may not be effective against the strain causing the epidemic, British researchers suggest. [News Source]

Minnesota May Hold Back on Buying Bird Flu Drugs (KAAL Austin) ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota may hold back on buying its full allotment of medication as it prepares for a possible bird flu epidemic. The state has stockpiled about 85 percent of the antiviral medication it's entitled to buy from drug companies. But health officials might not purchase the rest. [News Source]

Minnesota May Hold Back On Buying Bird Flu Drugs (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul) Minnesota may hold back on buying its full allotment of medication as it prepares for a possible bird flu epidemic. [News Source]

Minnesota May Hold Back On Buying Bird Flu Drugs (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul) Minnesota may hold back on buying its full allotment of medication as it prepares for a possible bird flu epidemic. [News Source]

12 Diseases Global Warming May Spread, Worsen (Fox News) Bird flu is just one of 11 diseases that may worsen with global warming, scientists have warned. [News Source]

Deadly by the Dozen: 12 Diseases Climate Change May Make Worse (Scientific American) Bird flu, cholera, Ebola, plague and tuberculosis are just a few of the diseases likely to spread and get worse as a result of climate change, according to a report released yesterday by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To prevent such ailments from becoming as destructive as the "black death" (which wiped out a third of Europe's population in the 14th century) or the flu pandemic of ... [News Source]