India's communists enlist cadres to battle bird flu (Reuters) 
Reuters - The communist government of India's West Bengal state has asked thousands of its cadres to help veterinary staff cull birds to contain an outbreak of bird flu in poultry that officials fear could spiral out of control.
Source: news.yahoo.comObesity surgery seen as diabetes cure (AP) 
AP - A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs were five times more likely to see their diabetes disappear over the next two years than were patients who had standard diabetes care, according to Australian researchers.
Source: news.yahoo.comUK to spend millions on anti-obesity campaign (Reuters) Reuters - The government is to spend 75 million pounds on a campaign to encourage
healthy lifestyles and counter what it calls an obesity epidemic in Britain.
Source: news.yahoo.comDon't blame wild birds for H5N1 spread: expert (Reuters) Reuters - There is no solid evidence that wild birds are to blame for the apparent spread of the H5N1 virus from Asia to parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, an animal disease expert said on Wednesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndia admits falling behind in bird flu battle (AFP) 
AFP - India's West Bengal admitted it was falling behind in its battle against bird flu as the virus spread to more than half the densely populated state.
Source: news.yahoo.comBird flu threat still real, scientists say (Reuters) Reuters - The world cannot afford to be complacent about the H5N1 bird flu virus despite its failure to trigger a human pandemic four years after sweeping across most of Asia, experts and officials said on Wednesday.
Source: news.yahoo.comExperts urge stockpiling of flu vaccine additives (Reuters) 
Reuters - Leading infectious disease experts called on Wednesday for the separate stockpiling of additives, or adjuvants, to help boost the effectiveness of vaccines to fight the next flu pandemic.
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