US funds bird-flu prevention media campaign (Thanh Nien Daily) Vietnam’s Department of Animal Health has launched a US-funded mass media campaign on avian influenza prevention. [News Source]

Irish researchers looking at barcodes on poultry (Farmers Weekly Interactive) Avian flu and the recent dioxin scare in the Irish pig sector have highlighted a need for a robust electronic system of traceability in the food chain. [News Source]

Swine flu skepticism demands deft response. European scientists and health authorities are facing angry questions about why H1N1 flu has not caused death and destruction on the scale first feared, and they need to respond deftly to ensure public support. [News Source]

Swine flu sickens 22 million. An estimated 22 million Americans have been sickened with swine flu since April and 3,900 have died, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, as shipments of vaccine fell behind government predictions. [News Source]

Swine flu has killed 540 kids, sickened 22 million Americans. Swine flu has swept through about 22 million Americans from April to October, killing an estimated 3,900 people, including 540 children, health officials said Thursday. [News Source]

WHO rushes drugs to nations hit by swine flu. Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu, the WHO said Thursday. [News Source]

New CDC estimates show what toll swine flu is taking in U.S. About 22 million Americans have become ill with pandemic H1N1 influenza in the past six months and 3,900 have died, according to new estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [News Source]

US swine flu deaths ‘near 4,000.’ Swine flu has killed nearly 4,000 people in the US, including 540 children, officials said after devising a new counting method. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the new system is based on more precise figures provided by 10 states. [News Source]

New CDC numbers confirm that swine flu targets the young. The revised figures for H1N1 cases (22 million) and deaths (3,900) do not indicate a worsening pandemic. But they add to the evidence that those under age 65 are most susceptible. [News Source]

WHO: Give at-risk groups anti-flu drugs early. Doctors should give anti-viral drugs to pregnant women, young children and other at-risk groups as soon as they show clinical symptoms of swine flu to prevent them developing serious complications, the World Health Organization said Thursday. [News Source]

22 million have fallen ill with H1N1. Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April and killed nearly 4,000, including 540 children, according to startling federal estimates released yesterday. [News Source]

Flu funds boost local health budgets. The swine flu pandemic has been a stimulus of sorts for cash-strapped health departments around the country. The bigger the county's population, the more funding they get. [News Source]