Epidemiology: Infectious personalities. Social networks are catching an early glimpse of disease outbreaks. [News Source]

Vaccinate before the next pandemic? Pre-pandemic immunization with a cocktail of likely strains could be a cheap, practical and equitable way to protect people against influenza. [News Source]

WHO panel to review H1N1 pandemic status. An expert panel advising the World Health Organization on pandemics will review the status of the H1N1 virus later this month or in early June to decide whether the swine flu pandemic is over. [News Source]

Food movement sweeps the nation, takes root locally. From urban London and New York to the Northwoods, initiatives that engage community members in local food production have flourished not only nationally, but internationally. [News Source]

Air pollution ‘can stop woman getting pregnant through IVF.’ A link has been found between air pollutants, particularly nitrogen dioxide, and an increased chance of IVF failure. [News Source]

Scientists study mystery killer frog fungus. Scientists have been alarmed for years about a mysterious fungus that wipes out frogs around the globe -- even in the wildlife sanctuaries of Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon national parks. [News Source]

How quickly we forget. In trying to predict the long-term effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the obvious places to seek clues are other mammoth oil spills. The 10.9 million gallons of crude that gushed from the Exxon Valdez made it the worst oil spill in U.S. waters. [News Source]

US has 71 million unused flu vaccine doses. The United States still has 71 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine that have not been used, but it is not yet time to throw them out, the federal government said on Monday. [News Source]

Indonesia girl dies from bird flu. A four year-old Indonesian girl has died from H5N1 bird flu virus, and three other people in the area - who did not have contact with the child - are being tested for the virus, an official said on Monday. [News Source]

A little knowledge: How research scientists were caught out by swine flu. Every £1bn spent protecting us from swine flu is £1bn not available for other health needs. Could the virologists have given us a clearer idea, sooner, of the true scale of the threat? [News Source]

Animal instincts. Animal-based diseases account for 75 percent of newly emerging infectious diseases, including H1N1. So, can health agencies work together to stop their spread? [News Source]

West Nile Virus: The missing link. Dr. Tracey McNamara believes that back in 1999 the CDC did not take her theories about how animals spread disease to humans seriously enough. And she feels that the US still needs major improvement in wildlife surveillance. [News Source]