Swine flu vaccine safe in pregnancy: study. The swine flu shot appears to be safe for pregnant women, according to a new government report that tallies health problems occurring after the vaccinations. [News Source]

Positive final results from Medicago’s H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine Phase II trial Medicago Inc. a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and competitive vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today reported positive final results from a Phase II human clinical trial with its H5N1 Avian Influenza VLP vaccine candidate. [News Source]

Serial hijackings leave millions at risk of a chemical disaster. According to EPA data, 300 chemical plants together put 110 million Americans at risk. A poison gas release at one of them can threaten communities 20 miles down wind. Security can’t prevent an attack. The threat isn’t hypothetical. [News Source]

Old osteoporosis drug may help in killing flu viruses A old osteoporosis drug may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people like the H5N1 bird flu virus, scientists in Hong Kong reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Old osteoporosis drug may help in killing flu viruses HONG KONG (Reuters) - A old osteoporosis drug may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people like the H5N1 bird flu virus, scientists in Hong Kong reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Old osteoporosis drug may help in killing flu viruses HONG KONG (Reuters) - A old osteoporosis drug may be effective in killing a range of influenza viruses, including ones that are very dangerous to people like the H5N1 bird flu virus, scientists in Hong Kong reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

DPM: Malaysia wants to produce poultry vaccines WASHINGTON: Malaysia is exploring opportunities to produce vaccines for the Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza poultry diseases which [...] [News Source]

NEWS SCAN: E coli developments, raw-milk illnesses, Pakistan’s avian flu efforts, cowpox infection, scarlet fever in … E coli infections shutter German school German officials closed a primary school in the western town of Altenbecken today after several students got sick with the Escherichia coli strain responsible for a large ongoing outbreak, Reuters reported. [News Source]

Muhyiddin: Malaysia Wants to Produce Poultry Vaccines WASHINGTON, 28 JUNE, 2011 : Malaysia is exploring opportunities to produce vaccines for the Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza poultry diseases which incur huge losses to the national livestock industry, said Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. [News Source]

MALAYSIA WANTS TO PRODUCE POULTRY VACCINES – MUHYIDDIN WASHINGTON, June 28 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is exploring opportunities toproduce vaccines for the Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza poultry diseaseswhich incur huge losses to the national livestock industry, said MalaysianDeputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said Malaysia was desirous of establishing collaboration with anyresearch institution which could come up with the vaccines ... [News Source]

Bird flu discovered in Dutch farm Bird flu was discovered at a poultry farm in the central Dutch province of Flevoland, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday. It said the virus discovered was a mild variant. The farm's 47,000 chickens were slaughtered to prevent the virus turning into a contagious and deadly variant. [News Source]

Bird flu hits farm AFP/The Hague Dutch authorities were slaughtering thousands of chickens at a poultry farm in central Netherlands after an outbreak of a bird flu variety there, an agriculture ministry spokesman said. [News Source]