HealthDay – TUESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) — Birds don’t become sick when
exposed to the H1N1 influenza strains that caused the 1918 and 2009 global
flu pandemics, a finding that suggests birds played no role in the spread
of the pandemic-causing viruses, according to a new study.

HealthDay – THURSDAY, Dec. 31 (HealthDay News) — Potentially historic moves toward
health care reform, the emergence of the pandemic H1N1 flu and
controversial changes to cancer screening all made 2009 a very busy year
for health news.

Reuters – Worried about your child’s flu symptoms but don’t want to risk a visit to a germ-infested waiting room?

AP – The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging people to be patient until more arrives.

HealthDay – MONDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — People suffering from the flu may
be at higher risk for having a heart attack, especially those with heart
disease and diabetes, British researchers report.