NEWS SCAN: H5N1 cases in Egypt, Uganda’s polio vaccine push, OIE eases BSE-related standard (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) WHO reports two new H5N1 cases in Egypt The World Health Organization (WHO) reported two new H5N1 avian influenza infections in Egyptian children, a 4-year-old girl from Kafr El Sheikh governorate whose illness was announced today and a 14-month-old girl from Dakhalia governorate whose case was reported yesterday. [News Source]

Log online for fun and games with the swine flu (Middletown Journal) You’ve read the alarming headlines. You’ve seen the disturbing reports on television. You’ve heard the [News Source]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob less common among British than feared. Fewer Britons may have the human form of mad cow disease than previously thought, a new study suggests. It's not known how many people might have eaten infected meat and carry the abnormal prions that cause both BSE, or mad cow disease, and its human equivalent. [News Source]

Griffin bypasses ‘bottom line’ to continue free service (News-Democrat & Leader) Despite a recent ruling of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA,) which makes deadstock less profitable for rendering plants, Logan County’s Griffin Industries is at this time not going to ad... [News Source]

Biotech crops stir passions as Germans go to polls (Khaleej Times) HAMBURG - Concerns over the safety of genetically-modified organisms (GMOS) in food are ranging diverse groups of consumers against the biotech industry and playing a part in approaching German elections. [News Source]

The Almanac — weekly (redOrbit) Today is Monday, June 8, the 159th day of 2009 with 206 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Mercury, Mars and Uranus. The evening star is Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. [News Source]

The NEP: one of the roots of corruption (Malaysia Today) No, we don’t need more anti-corruption laws. We need an end to licences and permits. And abolishing the NEP would also help to a certain extent. Then we need to... [News Source]