Swine flu can’t be stopped and will kill more. The first flu pandemic in more than 40 years was declared yesterday, as the World Health Organisation admitted that the spread of swine flu was now "unstoppable". [News Source]

WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic. The United Nations agency raised its pandemic flu alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way. [News Source]

World Health Organization calls swine flu outbreak a pandemic. The World Health Organization yesterday declared the seven-week-old outbreak of the novel H1N1 influenza virus a pandemic, marking it as a historic global health event, one whose consequences may not be known for years. [News Source]

Swine flu can’t be stopped and will kill more. The first flu pandemic in more than 40 years was declared yesterday, as the World Health Organisation admitted that the spread of swine flu was now "unstoppable". [News Source]

Are pig pens flu bug incubators? Animal welfare campaigners may see the way pigs are crammed into their pens in industrial farms as cruel, but to some public health experts these pens are also incubators for viruses. This was the warning in a report published last year by the Pew Charitable Trust. [News Source]

Australia flu ‘may tip pandemic.’ A sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization says. [News Source]

World ‘very close’ to full-blown flu pandemic: WHO. Canada and the world are "really very close" to a full-blown flu pandemic, World Health Organization officials warned Tuesday in an update on the swine-flu outbreak... [News Source]

Bird Flu Survives in Landfills (Environmental News Network) After an outbreak of the bird flu, most carcasses end up in landfills. There, according to a new study, the virus can survive for up to two years. [News Source]

Bird Flu Survives in Landfills (Discovery Channel) Bird flu can survive for up to two years in bird carcasses that have been dumped into landfills. [News Source]

Indirect transmission can spread bird flu (redOrbit) U.S. [News Source]

Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill (MedicineNet.com) Title: Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill Category: Health News Created: 6/6/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/8/2009 [News Source]

Indirect transmission can spread bird flu (UPI) ATHENS, Ga., June 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have created the first model of the avian influenza viruses that takes into account both direct and indirect transmission among birds. [News Source]