Wildlife Conservation Society to expand health surveillance through PREDICT (EurekAlert!) ( Wildlife Conservation Society ) The Wildlife Conservation Society will play a key role in a new international effort to monitor diseases that move between animals and people in order to prevent the next global pandemic. [News Source]

UCD Aims To Prevent Global Pandemic (KCRA 3 Sacramento) University of California, Davis, on Friday launched an international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people in hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and millions of possible deaths. [News Source]

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology (EurekAlert!) ( American Society for Microbiology ) The following are tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: "Genes May Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection"; "Cigarette Smoke May Impair Lungs Natural Defense Against Harmful Pathogen"; and "T-Cell Vaccine Reduces Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Levels in Semen of Monkeys During Primary Infection." [News Source]

UC Davis Leads Attack on Deadly New Diseases (UC Davis News & Information) In hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis today launches an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people. The global early warning system, named PREDICT, will be developed with funding of up to $75 million over five years and is one of five new initiatives of the U.S. Agency for ... [News Source]

PM arrives in Thailand for India-ASEAN, EA Summits (Thailandnews.net) Hua Hin, Thailand, Oct 23 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin this evening to attend the 7th ASEAN-India Summit and the Fourth East Asia Summit in an effort to ... [News Source]

India to enhance ties with East Asia (Thailandnews.net) Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pledged to deepen India's wide-ranging relations with East and Southeast Asia as he prepared to take part in the seventh India-Asean Summit and the fourth East Asia Summit in this Thai resort. [News Source]