Latest Bird Flu News

I Can Has Swine Flu? A Cat Comes Down With H1N1 (Time.com via Yahoo! News)
Thursday November 05th 2009, 10:25 am

Iowa public health officials reported on Wednesday the first confirmed case of H1N1 flu in a house pet. [News Source]

Connecticut health experts discuss implications of cats’ ability to catch swine flu.
Thursday November 05th 2009, 9:00 am

Experts advise not to panic about pets getting swine flu because it's passong from people to pets, not the other way. [News Source]

Vaccine video uses humor to ask a serious question.
Thursday November 05th 2009, 9:00 am

Former U.S. senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent aren't afraid to break a few eggs to make a point: Why, they ask, if we're not flying propeller-powered planes, pounding manual typewriters or watching Elvis gyrate on black-and-white TVs, are we still using eggs to make flu vaccine? [News Source]

I Can Has Swine Flu? A Pet Comes Down With H1N1 (Time Magazine)
Thursday November 05th 2009, 5:31 am

Iowa public health officials reported on Wednesday the first confirmed case of H1N1 flu in a house pet. [News Source]

Ukraine’s leading English-language newspaper since 1995 (KYIV Post)
Thursday November 05th 2009, 4:52 am

It seems the virus that's on the loose in Ukraine has mutated into a more virulent form, says the World Heath Organisation (WHO). bne was commissioned to write a report on the bird flu virus a few years ago by the WHO and attended the scientific conferences in the Hague ahead of the political meetings to coordinate a response a few months later in Geneva. [News Source]