Avian flu beaten by cold noses (Financial Times) An important reason why avian flu viruses rarely infect people is that the human nose is too cold, according to an analysis by virologists at Imperial College London and the University of North Carolina. [News Source]

Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study (EurekAlert!) ( Imperial College London ) Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS Pathogens. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London and the University of North Carolina, say this may be one of the reasons why bird flu viruses do not cause pandemics in humans easily. [News Source]

Human noses too cold for bird flu (BBC News) Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, say UK researchers. [News Source]

Human noses too cold for bird flu (BBC News) Bird flu may not have become the threat to humans that some predicted because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, say UK researchers. [News Source]

Doctors warn of risks of climate change for the first time. A study by the University College London, published in the Lancet, concluded that the problems caused by climate change such as food shortages, heat waves and increased threat of tropical diseases such as malaria will kill billions of people. [News Source]

Egyptian boy contracts bird flu (BBC News) A four-year-old from the Nile Delta is diagnosed with potentially deadly bird flu, the latest in a spate of infections. [News Source]

Egyptian boy contracts bird flu (Zawya) CAIRO, May 14, 2009 (AFP) - A four-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, the 70th such case in Egypt since the disease was identified in 2006, the health ministry said on Thursday. [News Source]

Egyptian boy contracts bird flu (Middle East Online) Four-year-old boy is 70th case in Egypt since highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu was identified in 2006. [News Source]

Boy contracts bird flu virus (News 24 South Africa) A four-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing to 70 the number of human avian flu cases in the country. [News Source]

Bird flu virus contracted by 4-year-old Egyptian boy (Russian Information Agency Novosti) CAIRO, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - A 4-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the bird flu virus, bringing the number of human avian flu cases in the country to 70, a deputy health minister said on Thursday. [News Source]

Egyptian boy, 4, contracts bird flu virus (The Star) CAIRO (Reuters) - A four-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing to 70 the number of human avian flu cases in the most populous Arab country, the state news agency MENA reported. [News Source]

Egyptian boy, 4, contracts bird flu virus (AlertNet) Source: Reuters CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - A four-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing to 70 the number of human avian flu cases in the most populous Arab country, ... [News Source]