Vietnam reports 5th bird flu death this year (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) Bird flu has killed a Vietnamese man, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday, following warnings from the World Health Organization about a potential combination of the bird flu and swine flu viruses. [News Source]

Vietnam reports 5th bird flu death this year (AP via Yahoo! Asia News) Bird flu has killed a Vietnamese man, the Health Ministry reported Tuesday, following warnings from the World Health Organization about a potential combination of the bird flu and swine flu viruses. [News Source]

Vietnam to produce Russian-developed swine flu antiviral drug (Thanh Nien Daily) A research group from the Hanoi University of Pharmacy has said that they would produce an antiviral drug developed by Russia specifically for swine flu and avian flu next year. [News Source]

Inn On the Green (My Village Notting Hill) Prices: 0 Free. Probably the best new venue in Notting Hill for years. Something different from the now normal over designed style bar fodder, that is spreading over the country quicker than bird flu. [News Source]

Russian doctors fear swine flu might mix with bird flu (Russian Information Agency Novosti) Russian doctors fear that a new flu virus might appear as a result of reassortment between the swine flu and bird flu viruses, Russia's chief sanitary official said on Monday. [News Source]

Employers play Dr. Mom to limit swine flu impact. Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations. [News Source]

Second wave of H1N1 pandemic may have peaked in Canada. The second wave of the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century may have peaked in Canada, according to a new analysis of flu activity nationwide by the Public Health Agency of Canada. [News Source]

As bees continue to die off, suspicion turns to chemically coated seeds and other factors. Colony collapse disorder has a variety of suspected causes, but some researchers and environmentalists are focusing again on pesticides as the key culprit. [News Source]

Be smart on swine flu. Despite the seemingly good prognosis from state health officials, it is still important to be on alert and to take basic precautions that can greatly reduce the spread of the disease. [News Source]

Debate on raw milk’s safety goes back decades. Although some swear by the positive health effects of consuming unpasteurized milk, the Food and Drug Administration warns against it, saying ingestion can cause gastrointestinal disease, including E. coli contamination. [News Source]

Hajj’s stoning ritual raises fears of swine flu outbreak. Millions of Muslim pilgrims, some wearing surgical masks, jostled one another Saturday to furiously cast pebbles at stone walls representing the devil -- the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu. [News Source]

Schools will start flu shots Monday. Starting Monday, the city will begin vaccinating its students against H1N1 flu in schools — an immunization effort officials are calling the most ambitious since the 1950s Salk polio vaccine trial. [News Source]