Delhi hosts meet on bird flu (NDTV) Bird Flu: Do people need to be more cautious? A three-day inter-ministerial meeting on avian influenza or bird flu is taking place in the capital, which is being attended by nearly 100 countries. [News Source]

Minn. probing pork plant illnesses (The Charlotte Observer) State health officials said Monday they were investigating neurological illnesses among 11 workers at a pork processing plant, but that there was no evidence that the public was at risk. Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan also said there was no evidence that the food coming out of Quality Pork Processing in Austin has been contaminated. The workers who became ill had symptoms such as numbness, ... [News Source]

State investigating worker illnesses at Austin pork plant (Pioneer Press) State health officials said today they were investigating neurological illnesses among 11 workers at a southern Minnesota pork processing plant, but that there was no evidence that the public was at risk. [News Source]

Minnesota investigates neurological illnesses among pork plant workers (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota state health officials said Monday they are investigating neurological illnesses among 11 workers at a pork-processing plant but there is no evidence the public is at risk. [News Source]

Minn. probing pork plant illnesses (AP via Yahoo! News) State health officials said Monday they were investigating neurological illnesses among 11 workers at a pork processing plant, but that there was no evidence that the public was at risk. [News Source]

Local News (St. Catharines Standard) Ray Morrissey left last week’s Ontario Cattlemen’s Association advisory council meeting with new impetus. [News Source]

Minn. Probing Pork Worker Illnesses (AP via Yahoo! Finance) State health officials are investigating neurological illnesses among 11 workers at Quality Pork Processing in Austin. Health Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan said on Monday there is no evidence that the general public is at risk, or that the food coming out of the plant has been contaminated. [News Source]

Levels of prion protein in brain may not be reliable marker for disease (News-Medical-Net) Rapid diagnostic testing used to check for the presence of prion diseases such as “mad cow disease” might fail to identify some highly infectious samples, researchers have found. [News Source]

Letter: Cows, Constitution might help move things along (Salisbury Post) I've been thinking about three things. [News Source]

From mad cow to cash cow. Russia's appetite for beef products has grown substantially and gone sharply upscale since it banned U.S. exports four years ago. [News Source]