The Hindu Business Line : Water, water everywhere… (The Hindu) Home Page Software eWorld - Research & Development Water, water everywhere... [News Source]

Human and Avian Influenza Whole Genome Phage Display Libraries (Pharmalicencing) These libraries express complete sets of protein fragments encoded by several Human and Avian Influenza strains including H1N1, H3N2, H5N1 and H7N7 and can be used for in depth analyses of plasma samples. [News Source]

Swine flu science update: 4 December 2009 (SciDev.net) Only a tiny fraction of cases can be confirmed by laboratory tests, so public-health authorities must infer numbers from people reporting symptoms to their doctors. [News Source]

Business Briefcase: Calendar listing – Dec. 13, 2009 (The Scranton Times-Tribune) Tuesday: The University of Scranton SBDC will hold "The First Step: Starting Your Business" from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce. Cost is $10. Call 941-7588. n The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce will hold a ChamberChoice [News Source]

The almanac (UPI) By United Press International UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. [News Source]

More US funding for virus research in Vietnam (Thanh Nien Daily) The US government has put another US$100,000 toward researching the transmission of influenza viruses from animals to humans in Vietnam, according to a recent press release. [News Source]