[neverdem]

It doesn't care what type of cells it invades. Corrie Brown University of Georgia, Athens

[muawiyah]

Definitely not gonna' eat any more cat poop; nossirreebob! Hunh, unh!!!!

[VadeRetro]

Reading this made me squirm.

[Termite_Commander]

The virus wreaks havoc in the brain, liver, kidney, heart and numerous other tissues, they find, killing cells and triggering inflammation. By contrast, the flu viruses that strike people in winter largely limit their damage to the nose and lungs.

That sounds nasty. Wasn't there an unsuccessful mutation of H5N1 that caused neurological symptoms and/or brain damage in Vietnamese patients? Quite lethal, but it never became dominant, it seems.

[joesnuffy]

Big cull coming down the pike

[dandelion]

Cats? Awww jeez. First my chickies, now my kitty. This is getting to be a little worrisome. I asked this one the next thread at

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1561989/posts?page=1

Do we have a ping list? If not, we need one...

[Jet Jaguar]

ping.

[metmom]

Cats are not expected to be a major reservoir for the disease.

He did it now; he had to go and say something. How many times have scientists and doctors made statements like this and had to eat their words later?

[neverdem]

Blacks, whites affected differently by smoking

Superbugs abound in soil

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[VOA]

bump

[vetvetdoug]

Interesting. Interesting. Interesting. Oh sh*t.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BTTT!