Getting ready for bio-terror. One could be forgiven a little nostalgia for the 1950s and ’60s, when elementary-school students solemnly crawled under their desks in preparation for the impending mutually assured destruction of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. [News Source]

Secretary of agriculture tells farmers to grow fuel. American farmers, known for providing the nation with food and fiber, need to add another product to their catalog: Energy. [News Source]

Saudi Arabia reports four H1N1 deaths among pilgrims. Saudi Arabia said on Saturday four pilgrims had died of the H1N1 flu virus three days before the haj pilgrimage is due to begin. The Health Ministry as saying the deaths were among pilgrims who came from outside Saudi Arabia. [News Source]

Virus-killing devices are in great demand. Demand is growing for electronic gadgets and air purification systems designed to give protection against swine flu and other airborne viruses. [News Source]

Hajj pilgrims in Saudi unfazed by swine flu. Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them. [News Source]

For bubbly Va. 6-year-old, swine flu’s attack came quick and strong. This year's swine flu is, by official standards, a "mild to moderate" pandemic. But it is the seemingly random deaths of healthy, young people such that are driving much of the fear around swine flu. [News Source]