Bird Flu: Back in Business in Asia, Egypt and Beyond

Bird Flu: Remember avian flu? It's back in Asia and Egypt, worrying public health officials amid 10 deaths from the infectious disease this winter, Margie Mason reports for the Associated Press. Meanwhile, publication of controversial scientific research into how to mutate the bird flu virus into a form that could cause a human pandemic will be halted until experts can study the risks under a new WHO agreement.

Radiation: Could radiation actually be good for some of us? Science writer Valerie Brown investigates for Miller McCune, and tells us why Reference Man is obsolete.

Medicaid: Cuts to Medicaid in Illinois will hit a system already beset by cutbacks in dental care and other health services, Kristen McNeary reports for the New York Times/Chicago News Cooperative. The picture is similar in other states.

Microchip Medicine: A new implantable, wireless microchip is delivering osteoporosis drugs to a group of Danish women, raising hopes that similar microchips could replace regular injections for other types of medications, Julie Steenhuysen reports for Reuters.

Pregnancy: Not good for pregnant women's health or their wallets: pregnancy-related job discrimination claims have risen by about 35 percent in the past decade, Bonnie Rochman reports for Time's Healthland blog.

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