(AFX UK Focus) 2009-10-24 10:49 Indonesia says no policy change on bird flu samples (Interactive Investor) By Karima Anjani [News Source]

Indonesia says no policy change on bird flu samples (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Indonesia does not intend to resume sharing bird flu samples with other countries until there is a global mechanism for virus sharing in place, the newly appointed health minister told Reuters on Saturday. [News Source]

Indonesia says no policy change on bird flu samples (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Karima Anjani JAKARTA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Indonesia does not intend to resume sharing bird flu samples with other countries until there is a global mechanism for virus sharing in place, the newly ... [News Source]

UC Davis starts program to fight pandemic disease (The Daily Democrat) In hopes of preventing the next global pandemic and a possible death toll into the millions, UC Davis on Friday launched an unprecedented international effort to find and control diseases that move between wildlife and people. [News Source]

Cohen Independent Research Group publishes a report profiling Nutra Pharma (News-Medical-Net) Nutra Pharma Corp., a biotechnology company that is developing treatments for Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN), HIV and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), has announced today that Cohen Independent Research Group has published a report profiling Nutra Pharma Corporation. [News Source]

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]

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]