H1N1 flu hoaxes, scams could endanger your health. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Following that simple advice will help you avoid being duped by misleading product pushers trying to cash in on swine flu fears. [News Source]

Hit them where they live. Viruses that infect us can’t spread without us. Finding their helpers inside human cells may yield drugs that stop pandemics. [News Source]

The long-term evidence for vaccines. With reports saying that the H1N1 outbreak may have come and gone in North America but not worldwide, parents who sat out vaccinations for their children may feel validated. But not only is that strategy risky, it's uninformed, and ignores a larger truth about the benefit of vaccines. [News Source]

ABAXIS(R) Announces Exclusive Worldwide OEM Agreement for a Lateral Flow Avian Influenza Antigen Test Kit (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Abaxis, Inc. , a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis instruments and rapid tests for the medical, research and veterinary markets, announced today that it has entered the production animal diagnostics marketplace with its first product, a rapid Avian Influenza Antigen Test. [News Source]