How safe is the swine flu vaccine? Pharmaceutical companies are planning to administer a new, little-tested vaccine to millions of Germans. Meanwhile, officials in the United States are taking a more cautious approach to fighting the virus. [News Source]

Minn. quarantines turkey flock due to bird flu. A commercial turkey flock in central Minnesota has been quarantined after routine testing discovered a strain of the avian flu virus, the state Board of Animal Health announced Wednesday. [News Source]

Novartis starts testing its swine flu vaccine. Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. [News Source]