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...potential gains of vaccination aren't limited to infants and children, say the CDC researchers. Adults can ask their doctors whether they're good candidates for immunization against shingles, meningococcal illnesses, the human papillomavirus (a cause of cervical cancer in women), and, of course, the flu, among other diseases. "By improving vaccine coverage to adolescents and adults, there could be much greater public health benefit," says co-author Sandra Roush...
...virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed as the source of a bird flu outbreak on an English farm...
...While H5N1 is difficult for humans to catch, experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, sparking a deadly flu pandemic. Microbiologist Hugh Pennington of the University of Aberdeen said the latest outbreak is part of a "steady creep westward" by the strain from its original hothouse of Southeast Asia...
...than 20 million birds, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper. British farms are already struggling to recover from a year of animal pestilence, as livestock have been besieged by foot-and-mouth and bluetongue disease, two other gruesome and costly viruses. The downturn following the last bird flu outbreak cost the British poultry industry an estimated $19 million in 12 weeks. Humans may currently be safe from bird flu and Britain's other animal viruses, but for Britain's farming industry there are fears that they could be deadly...
...Australia's flu outbreak is just one of many ways owners can lose. Sure, there are examples of ordinary Joes who got lucky and pocketed a small fortune. One of the best known is the story of Funny Cide, an undistinguished gelding purchased for $75,000 by 10 middle-class New Yorkers. Funny Cide went on to win two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races in 2003, amassing more than $2 million in prize money. But the horse was a fluke. James Oldring, industry marketing manager with the British Horseracing Authority, advises against "any false expectations or hopes...