Human nose may be too cold for avian flu (redOrbit) The swine flu is a current worry, but bird flu viruses do not cause pandemics in humans easily, British and U.S. researchers said. The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, found avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low. [News Source]

Researchers Believe Bird-flu Was Not A Threat To Humans (redOrbit) UK Researchers are now reporting that the Bird flu may not have been as threatening to humans as was originally believed because our noses are too cold for the virus to thrive.A re-creation of the environment of the nose done by Imperial College London shows that at 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit the avian flu viruses lose the ability to function and spread. [News Source]

Human Nose Too Cold for Bird Flu Virus (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The inside of the human nose is a bit too chilly for the H5N1 avian flu virus, perhaps explaining why the strain has so far not spread easily between people, British and U.S. scientists reported Friday. [News Source]

Human nose may be too cold for avian flu (UPI) LONDON, May 15 (UPI) -- The swine flu is a current worry, but bird flu viruses do not cause pandemics in humans easily, British and U.S. researchers said. [News Source]

Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- 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]

Egypt’s 71st bird flu case confirmed in 3-year-old boy (Russian Information Agency Novosti) CAIRO, May 15 (RIA Novosti) - A 3-year-old Egyptian boy has contracted the bird flu virus, bringing the country's number of human avian flu cases to 71, a Health Ministry spokesman said on Friday. [News Source]

Swine flu not an accident from a lab, W.H.O. says. The swine flu virus did not result from a laboratory accident, the World Health Organization said Thursday, working to debunk rumors started by an Australian virologist and circulated by news outlets all over the world. [News Source]

Bird flu finds human noses too cold (New Kerala) London, May 15 : Human beings are not affected by bird flu because human noses are too cold for the virus to thrive, said UK researchers. [News Source]

Human nose temperature too cold for avian influenza (News-Medical-Net) 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. [News Source]

Human nose too cold for bird flu viruses to thrive (New Kerala) Washington, May 15 : A study authored by researchers at from Imperial College London and the University of North Carolina has revealed that avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside their noses is very low. [News Source]

Human Nose Too Cold For Bird Flu, Says New Study (Science Daily) Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to new research. The authors of the study say this may be one of the reasons why bird flu viruses do not cause pandemics in humans easily. [News Source]