Experts say new drugs needed to fight flu pandemic. Experts on Friday urged governments on Friday to diversify their stockpiles of drugs and called for more new medicines to fight what could be the world's next flu pandemic caused by the H5N1 bird flu virus. [News Source]

Tag, we’re it. At first glance, the plan by the federal Department of Agriculture to battle disease among farm animals is a technological marvel. Farmers would tag every head of livestock in the country with ID chips. But the plan is actually rewarding factory farms. [News Source]