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Internet rumours of a human bird flu case in Rimouski exasperate hospital 
(CP) - The power of the Internet rumour mill slammed up against a hospital in Rimouski, Que., on Wednesday, leaving infection control specialists and pediatricians bewildered by claims they were treating a child gravely ill with H5N1 avian flu.

Key Step In Flu Virus Replication Discovered By U Of S Vaccine And Infectious Disease Organization Team 
As public health officials around the world keep a nervous eye on the spread of avian influenza, the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) has uncovered a key step in how the influenza virus causes infection. [click link for full article]

Flu Can Bide Time In Icy Limbo Before Re-Emerging, BGSU Biologist States 
It sounds like the stuff of a campy ’50s horror movie (”It Came from the Ice!”), but a Bowling Green State University biologist believes it’s a very real possibility.Dr. Scott Rogers is talking about the potential for long-dormant strains of influenza, packed in ice in remote global outposts, to be unleashed by melting and migratory birds. [click link for full article]

Avoiding a Pandemic: The path of a killer 
The high-pathogenic bird flu spreading overseas was first recognized in 1997 in Hong Kong. It has spread from animals to humans and, in some very limited cases, from humans to humans.

Bug bites abroad sicken 2 
A warning to overseas travelers: Don’t forget the bug spray. At least two Coloradans returned home recently from Asia and East Africa with chikungunya, an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes.

Staph Infections Up Among Athletes 
Staph Infections Up Among Athletes