Government slow on H1N1 threat, panel says. The federal government's preparedness for the H1N1 – or swine flu– pandemic, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives nationwide, was inadequate and incomplete, a congressional subcommittee said Tuesday. [News Source]

Eating animals is making us sick. If the way we raise animals for food isn't the most important problem in the world right now, it's arguably the No. 1 cause of global warming: The United Nations reports the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined. [News Source]

India declared free of bird flu (New Kerala) New Delhi : India has declared itself free from the notifiable Avian Influenza (H5N1) and notified this to the OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health). The notification to this effect has been issued on Oct 22. [News Source]