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Deadly
Bird Flu May Endanger People
An
outbreak of bird flu among migratory waterfowl in China suggests the
disease which could trigger a dangerous flu among people may be
poised to spread to India, Australia, New Zealand and eventually
Europe, scientists warn.
If
the migrating birds carry the H5N1 flu virus beyond its current
stronghold in southeast Asia, it could devastate poultry farms and
raise the risk of a deadly flu pandemic in people, experts said.
Learn
more about this alarming trend at the ABC
News website.
Breastfeeding
Advocacy Stigmatize Moms Who Don't
 Campaigns
that encourage women to breastfeed may be doing more harm than good
by stigmatizing moms who choose not to breastfeed, two researchers
from the U.K. claim.
In
an interview with WebMD, one of the researchers charged that the
“breast is best” campaigns have turned a debate about nutrition
into a “politicized moral crusade.” He says women often feel
pressured to breastfeed and are made to feel inadequate if they
can’t or won’t.
Learn
more about the potential problems caused by this situation including
increased risks of postpartum depression at Fox
News website.
Scientists
Decode Deadly Parasite Genomes
 Three
parasites that sicken or kill millions of people in the developing
world every year have been genetically sequenced and are giving up
clues that could be used to fight them, scientists said on Thursday.
The
international team said they had mapped out the genomes of the
parasites that cause African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and
leishmaniasis, which kill 150,000 people a year and cripple many
more.
Click
here to read CNN's complete coverage on this interesting
advance.
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FDA
May Approve Cloned Meat 
Would
you serve cloned steak at your cookout? That could be the choice
facing many consumers if, as expected, the FDA approves food from
cloned animals.
These
midsummer days are a big time for milk and meat treats. Steaks on the
barbecue and cooling milk shakes to drink.
But
would you be so happy consuming these all-American staples if they
were derived from cloned animal?
Learn
when cloned meat could be on your grocery store shelf by reading MSNBC's
complete coverage on this controversial subject.
Warning
Labels on Soda?
 Warning
Labels on Soda?Soft drinks that are packed with sugar could get
warning labels just like cigarettes and alcohol if an advocacy group
gets its way.
This is no joke, Michael Jacobson, director of the Center
for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), tells The Early Show
co-anchor Harry Smith.
Learn
more about the reasons the CSPI has for wanting the warning labels, as
well as the impact warning labels would have at the CBS
News website.
New
Fetal Gender Test Raises Ethical Concerns
 A
controversial new blood test, which is being marketed to pregnant
women, indicates the sex of a fetus five weeks into a pregnancy.
While
the test allows parents to pick the colors for the nursery and baby
clothes well in advance, it also has a darker potential: allowing
women to get an early abortion if they don't want a baby of a
particular sex.
Click
here to learn more about the costs of the test, as well as its
accuracy on the ABC News website.
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