The flu makes its annual visit

The flu bug is back in Grey-Bruce and the public health office is reminding everyone to take precautions, including getting the flu shot.[...]

Terror fears halt mutant bird-flu research

Scientists have halted experimentation on a mutated, more deadly form of the bird flu virus, because of fears of bioterrorism and a global pandemic.

Bird Flu Kills Duck Farmer In Vietnam And Toddler In Cambodia

On Thursday the Vietnamese authorities reported that a duck farmer has died of bird flu, coinciding with reports that a two-year-old boy in Cambodia has also died of the virus this week. The Vietnamese victim died on 11 January. According to the authorities this was the first human death from avian flu for nearly two years. The farmer kept ducks in the Mekong delta province of Hau Giang, but ...