The official word to all, get a swine flu vaccination now. Citing mistakes made in the 1957 flu pandemic, federal officials on Thursday urged hesitant Americans to get vaccinated now against swine flu to prevent any possibility of another wave of illness and deaths. [News Source]

H1N1 vaccine now available to all, California health official says. Almost all jurisdictions in California are reporting that they have enough vaccine to inoculate the general public, instead of just the priority groups most at risk for H1N1. [News Source]

Swine flu hits minorities hard. Minorities in Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin were two to three times as likely as whites to be hospitalized for swine flu. [News Source]

Bird flu scare in Kaziranga, birds found dead (New Kerala) Guwahati, Jan 8 : A bird flu scare has hit the Kaziranga National Park in Assam with carcasses of at least a dozen migratory Bar-headed Geese found in the sanctuary, officials said Friday. [News Source]