NEWS SCAN: H5N1 cases confirmed, low-path avian flu in US (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) WHO confirms two H5N1 cases, one fatal The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed two H5N1 avian influenza cases, one of them fatal, that were apparently reported in the media on Apr 24. The first case involved a 23-year-old Vietnamese woman from Tranh Hoa province who got sick on Apr 16, was hospitalized Apr 21, and died the next day. [News Source]

Swine flu: The lull before the storm? Even as the swine flu's global progression slows, experts said on Tuesday the world must brace for a second wave of infection that, previous pandemics have shown, could be far more virulent. [News Source]

Experts: Mild swine flu could quickly turn deadly. A flu virus is a powerhouse of evolution, mutating at the maximum speed nature allows. A mild virus can morph into a killer and vice versa. [News Source]

Hungarian firm says may have flu vaccine by autumn. A Hungarian biotechnology firm could be among the first in the world to produce a vaccine against the H1N1 virus. Omninvest, one of the few independent companies in eastern Europe producing flu vaccines, expects to get a wild version of the virus from the US shortly. [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs. Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker; he's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]

Animals, industrial agriculture and swine flu risk. Where do swine flu, avian flu and potential influenza viruses of the future find a rich breeding ground? In the production sites of industrial agriculture, some disease experts say. [News Source]

Swine flu: The lull before the storm? Even as the swine flu's global progression slows, experts said on Tuesday the world must brace for a second wave of infection that, previous pandemics have shown, could be far more virulent. [News Source]

Flu outbreak: The pig connection. You may know it as swine flu, but the WHO wants us to call it H1N1. So is this a pig virus? And if so, why hasn't it been possible to control flu in pigs using vaccines? [News Source]

Avian Flu Found at 2 Tennessee Poultry Plants (WAAY-TV Huntsville) Just as fears over the H-1-N-1 Swine Flu pandemic were beginning to subside, health officials say they've discovered two separate cases of Avian Flu in southern Tennessee. Last week, a poultry farm in [News Source]