Flu experts assess whether H1N1 pandemic peaked. Flu experts convened on Tuesday to assess whether the H1N1 pandemic has peaked, the World Health Organisation said. [News Source]

After H1N1, researchers warn of a potential new superbug. The close of the H1N1 pandemic does not eliminate the long-term threat from influenza. Another pandemic could arise at any time, and a new paper demonstrates that it could even come from an existing flu virus that many of us have forgotten about: the H5N1 bird flu. [News Source]

Virus experiment reminds that flu surprises await. Researchers who mixed together bird flu and ordinary flu viruses created three extremely virulent new strains, a reminder that influenza viruses can swap genes to create dangerous offspring. [News Source]

Pandemic Hybrid Of Bird And Human Seasonal Flu Possible Say Scientists (Medical News Today) An international team of scientists has created a highly pathogenic laboratory hybrid of the H5N1 bird flu and human seasonal flu viruses by swapping just one gene, and propose that a similar genetic interaction could happen in nature between the current pandemic H1N1 swine flu and H5N1 avian flu strains, highlighting the importance of continued surveillance... [News Source]