Health experts differ on amping up your immunity. A renewed emphasis on cleanliness, thanks to a string of viral outbreaks (SARS in 2003, bird flu in 2006-07, and H1N1 in 2009), has reinvigorated the debate about whether or not it is possible to be too clean. [News Source]

Rice, UT-Austin Team Wins Stimulus Funds To Study Influenza A (Medical News Today) Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include this year's pandemic H1N1 variety, some seasonal varieties and the much-feared H5N1 bird flu. [News Source]

Rice, UT-Austin Team Wins Stimulus Funds To Study Influenza A (Medical News Today) Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include this year's pandemic H1N1 variety, some seasonal varieties and the much-feared H5N1 bird flu. [News Source]