2. Swine Flu May Be Less Dangerous Than Predicted: Study - US News and World Report
Researchers challenge 'superbug theory' in animal tests using three flu strains

3. Bird Flu Virus Can Survive Two Years in Landfill - US News and World Report
Carcasses of infected birds continue to be infectious, study finds

4. Health: Children's Health: Better Protection From the Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine - US News and World...
Nasal spray or shot? When it's time for the annual flu vaccine, parents of small children may soon get to choose. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends flu shots for all children under 5, since they're at higher risk of developin...

5. This bird flu isn't the lethal one; colorful, smiley-face syringes; heart worries for cancer pati...
Relax! This Needle Is Patient Friendly

6. Disease experts scramble to find out how bird flu infected an Indonesian family - US News and Wor...
The 37-year-old woman in Kubu Sembelang, a village in North Sumatra, felt sick, but she hosted the family barbecue anyway. Six days later, on May 4, she died. Within a few days, seven other relatives succumbed to the mysterious contagion, including ...

7. Bernadine Healy, M.D.: Preparing for the worst - US News and World Report
The difference between avian flu and human flu that should be commanding our rapt attention today is that avian influenza, specifically the H5N1 strain known as bird flu, threatens to become the young people's plague. And it is a growing contender t...

8. A large-scale disaster like a major hurricane or pandemic flu could overwhelm the nation's health...
Some threats are scary because of their sheer scope, straining resources for an extended period. A severe flu pandemic would demand thousands of beds, not to mention the 740,000-plus ventilators estimated by the Bush administration's preliminary flu...

9. Avian influenza  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Avian influenza is flu infection in birds. The disease is of concern to humans, who have no immunity against it. The virus that causes this infection in birds can change (mutate) to infect humans. Such mutation could start a deadly worldwide epidemi...• Reviewer: Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.