3 test positive for avian flu in Taiwan

TAIPEI: Three poultry farm workers have been tested positive for the H5N2 avian influenza strain but none have displayed flu symptoms, Taiwan's disease control authorities said.

Bluffton Middle School students practice medical skills

The media center in Bluffton Middle School was full of sick patients on Thursday afternoon. The avian flu, yellow fever and the plague were just a few diseases diagnosed during a mock medical clinic.

Scientific journal study could lead to bioterrorism

A science journal is poised to publish a study that some experts believe could give a recipe to bioterrorists.  

Controversial Bird-Flu Research Published: How Worried Should We Be?

Credit: Larry Rana/USDA A highly controversial research paper on bird flu was released today by the journal Nature. It shows that a particularly troublesome strain of avian influenza, designated H5N1, which has been worrying public health officials for more than a decade, has the potential to become a human pandemic. In other words, H5N1 bird flu, which so far has been highly lethal to humans ...

Time for Lyme Changes Its Name to Lyme Research Alliance to underscore mission and focus

Time for Lyme, Inc., a non-profit organization that raises research funds to fight Lyme and tick-borne diseases, announced that, effective today, it has changed its name to Lyme Research Alliance, Inc. (LRA)Stamford, CT (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 “We fund ground-breaking research in the field of tick-borne disease, and our new name better reflects what we do,” said Diane Blanchard, a co-founder of the ...