Egypt teams with Indonesia for bird flu vaccine. Egyptian vaccine maker is teaming up with an Indonesian company to develop a bird flu vaccine for humans. [SciAm News]
Egyptian toddler tests positive for H5N1. A two-year old Egyptian girl tested positive for the bird flu virus, bringing the total human victims in Egypt to 33. [Reuters AlertNews]
Cambodian girl dies of bird flu. A 13-year old girl from Ponhea Kreak died on bird flu Thursday, only three days after getting ill from the virus. [People's Daily Online]
Indonesian girl dies of bird flu . A 15-year old girl from Jakarta died of bird …read more

January 18, 2006. That’s when Flu Patrol came live last year, wow. Between the previous writers (Adelle Tilton and Carl Vancil) and yours truly, we’ve covered almost a whole year of posts. It’s truly been a full year for Flu Patrol, and here are some of the best things that happened this year, flu- and blog-wise.
1. Rapid advance of bird flu vaccine research
In the bird flu front, the first human trial of a DNA-based bird flu vaccine is now underway. The same group also developed the first vaccine against the H1N1 Spanish flu virus , which caused the worst flu …read more

Merry December … The month/year is almost over and a lot has happened, flu-wise that is. And that to me is not good news. Here is a recap of how December flew by -
Seasonal flu and related illnesses
A lot of news and posts focused on the common cold and seasonal flu. It is flu season after all, in the northern hemisphere. Research indicated that a simple cold can harm post-surgery transplant lung patients. Now how do you know if you have the colds, flu or sinusitis? Here is how. Also, beware of whopping cough – it has symptoms which start …read more

November began with me catching a nasty cold, looking for sympathetic bloggers, and desperately looking for an “airborne” to treat it. Of course I passed it on to family. Now I don’t know exactly how I got it (but I did fly long distance and stayed in the city). I am now in more vigilant about contaminations, and even if I sneeze innocently I am using my shirt sleeve to cover my mouth. Better a snotty sleeve than a nasty hand. I’m not taking chances anymore, so this time I’m resting more, taking more sunshine and loading up on Vitamin …read more