Anuradha Desai, chairperson, Venkateshwara Hatcheries The Taurean girl is a "daddy's daughter", declares astrology writer Linda Goodman. And Anuradha Desai, for one, has lived up to the assertion. [News Source]

Worlds collide at Cancun climate talks. Two worlds will collide in Cancun, but they share a single planet. If the world that defends our current model of production and consumption prevails, the planet will edge ever closer to catastrophe. [News Source]

Frontier control point for imported foodstuffs and animals opened at Armenian-Iranian border The control point was opened as part of the World Bank program on struggle against avian influenza. [News Source]

Pathogen row blocking biodiversity deal. A row over microscopic germs and monitoring mechanisms is holding back a global deal to protect nature as time runs out for negotiators at this week's UN biodiversity conference in Nagoya. [News Source]

Fewer may get flu shots this year, surveys find. Only a year after the swine flu pandemic led Americans to line up for flu shots, many people are now spurning vaccines, two studies suggest. Only 37% of people plan to definitely get vaccinated this year, a Consumer Reports survey shows. [News Source]

Influenza shot that led to fits is approved. A flu jab that triggered fits in children will be rolled out again next winter. The Health Department gave the drug companies the go-ahead to make more of the controversial vaccine. [News Source]

UK study shows H1N1 killed 70 children in 9 months. Scientists studying swine flu have found that 70 children died from it in England in a 9 month period during the H1N1 pandemic and death rates were worst among ethnic minority children and those with other health problems. [News Source]

H5N1 lethality gene Replikin Count continues to rise in 2010 BioRadar™ software correctly predicted the 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) outbreak a year in advance. The same rise in Replikin Count of these genomic Replikin genes, this time in the H5N1 (Bird Flu) virus, may similarly warn of the coming of severe outbreaks in H5N1. [News Source]

New Finding of Rise in H5N1 Virus (Avian Flu) Replikin Count BOSTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BioRadar(TM) software correctly predicted the 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) outbreak a year in advance ( http://www.replikins.com , Replikins Press, 2008). The same rise in Replikin Count of these genomic Replikin genes, this time in the H5N1 (Bird Flu) virus, may similarly warn of the coming of severe outbreaks in H5N1. Specifically, BioRadar ... [News Source]

Flu vaccine, then and now. Last year many Americans, fearful of a new swine flu virus, clamored for vaccines that were often hard to find or even unavailable in their area. This year there should be plenty of vaccine for everyone who wants it. [News Source]

Agency’s plans to fight animal disease still need work: auditor general Auditor General Sheila Fraser says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to improve its planning to deal with outbreaks of animal disease, such as the avian flu of 2004 that forced the slaughter of 13 million birds. [News Source]

Agency’s plans to fight animal disease still need work: auditor general OTTAWA - Auditor General Sheila Fraser says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency needs to improve its planning to deal with outbreaks of animal disease, such as the avian flu of 2004 that forced the slaughter of 13 million birds. [News Source]