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- 'Air India flight hit by bird, grounded at Heathrow (Outlook India)
An Air India flight with 434 passengers has been grounded for three days at London's Heathrow airport after it was hit by a bird, Air India sources said here today.
''Priming' bird flu defense studied (Baltimore Sun)
Shots far in advance seen as preparation for possible pandemic A unique study suggests there might be a way to kick-start people's protection against bird flu in case it triggers a worldwide outbreak years from now.
'One Bird's Battle with Ugliness (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Often in life, fate depends on which family one is born into. Baby finches with ugly fathers lose out on the good genes and get little food brought home by dad. So Mom has developed a clever coping strategy to compensate for this nutritional deficit, a new study finds.
'West Nile found in dead bird (Everett Herald)
EVERETT - A dead bird infected with West Nile virus has been found in Snohomish County for the first time since 2003, the Snohomish Health District reported Friday.
'Combo Human-Bird Antibody May Ward Off Avian Flu (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
FRIDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- "Humanized" bird flu antibodies could work as both vaccine and treatment during a major outbreak in people, a new study indicates.
'Coin toss could decide who gets bird flu treatment: expert (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The toss of a coin could decide who gets treatment if a bird flu pandemic takes hold in New Zealand, a leading medical expert has said.
'Designer Antibodies Fight Bird Flu (WebMD)
Designer antibodies protect mice from bird flu infection -- and cure mice dying of bird flu, a Singapore/U.S. research team reports.
'Two-prong attack targets bird flu (Newsday)
A team of upstate New York researchers suggests there may be a way of triggering immunity against a pandemic strain of bird flu, even if an outbreak didn't occur for many years.
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