Bangladesh slaughters 1,800 birds over avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) More than 1,800 chickens have been culled in southeastern Bangladesh this week after avian flu was detected on a farm, an official said Tuesday. [News Source]

In attics and closets, ‘biohackers’ discover their inner Frankenstein. A strain of geekdom known as biohacking is emerging, in which do-it-yourselfers tinker with the building blocks of life while at homes. Some buy DNA online, then fiddle with it in hopes of curing diseases or finding new biofuels. But are biohackers a threat to national security? [News Source]

Swine flu spread matches previous flu pandemics. An early analysis of the H1N1 swine-associated flu virus outbreak suggests that the virus spreads at a rate comparable to that of previous influenza pandemics. [News Source]

Mexican H1N1 flu spreads easily -study. The new strain of H1N1 flu that has killed 56 people in Mexico and been carried around the world by travelers appears to be more easily passed along than the regular seasonal flu, researchers reported on Monday. [News Source]

The Mexican flu: a bad joke and an expensive one too. The Mexican government paralyses the country, Egypt wants to slaughter a quarter million pigs, and the Dutch health minister has placed an order for 34 million vaccines - enough to vaccinate the whole Dutch population twice. [News Source]

Bangladesh slaughters 1,800 birds over avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News) More than 1,800 chickens have been culled in southeastern Bangladesh this week after avian flu was detected on a farm, an official said Tuesday. [News Source]