Vicious mosquitoes, in post-flooding swarms, carry yet another health threat. Unfortunately, mosquitoes can do more just vex us – they can carry life-threatening illnesses. To date in 2011, West Nile virus has been identified in 30 Connecticut communities; the lesser-known Jamestown Canyon virus has been found in mosquitoes in two communities. [News Source]

Uganda: Officials Warn of Bird Flu Outbreak Health officials have warned of a possibility of the bird flu virus entering Uganda. [News Source]

Decade after anthrax attacks, worry over stockpile. Ten years after the anthrax attacks brought home the reality of bioterrorism, the nation has a stockpile of some basic tools to fight back against a few of the threats that worry defense experts the most. But there's wide concern that the nation's arsenal hasn't grown fast enough. [News Source]

Avian Influenza Occurs in India New Delhi, September 25 (KCNA) -- Bird flu broke out in West Bengal State, India. Fowls were recently confirmed to have been infected with avian influenza virus H5, according an investigation result there. [News Source]

Five easy mutations to make bird flu a lethal pandemic A lethal form of bird flu that spreads easily between humans has yet to appear – but a new study suggests it might evolve easily [News Source]

Study examines origins of Spanish influenza epidemic. In 1918, the virus circulated for months before the deadly epidemic was identified. The study offers potential lessons to deal with a modern outbreak. [News Source]

China scrambles against mutant bird flu. Veterinary experts in China and Vietnam are scrambling to produce a vaccine capable of beating a new strain of the deadly avian influenza virus, reports an official of the Food and Agricultural Organisation. [News Source]

Scientists show how animal diseases can jump to humans. Scottish scientists have uncovered fresh evidence of how viruses, such as flu, jump between species, and hope this could help predict the arrival of new diseases in future. [News Source]

Local poultry products still safe from bird flu virus Local poultry integrators assured the public on Saturday that poultry products being sold in the country are free from bird flu virus. [News Source]

Bird flu lab still on paper "No, but it is coming up fast. The Calcutta lab, where we send the samples to, is a central government facility. So, it isn't a big issue at all because the reports arrive in an hour," said Bandhopadhyay. [News Source]

Bird flu: killer lurking in shadows In Steven Soderbergh's new bio-thriller, Contagion , the audience is kept guessing about the killer's identity until the final frame.Is it the mu shu pork Gwyneth Paltrow ate in a Kowloon diner, or is it, as Laurence Fishburne... [News Source]

Poultry sector in South unfazed by avian flu incidents in Bengal Although West Bengal has confirmed incidents of avian flu and ordered culling of lakhs of chicken, South India, particularly Namakkal, remains unruffled. [News Source]