Reuters - Scientists are developing portable kits for diagnosing bird flu in poultry, something they say could mean much faster action to stop the spread of the virus.

Reuters - People who use tanning beds do not protect themselves from skin damage from subsequent sun exposure, an international research group has concluded. In fact, use of sunbeds before age 35 substantially increases the risk of developing melanoma, the most deadly type of skin cancer, the investigators found.

Reuters - Health experts on Monday supported calls to give developing nations access to pandemic flu vaccines at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting to discuss global findings on bird flu.

AFP - Bird flu has killed a 21-year-old man in Indonesia, an official announced Monday, taking the death toll in the nation worst hit by the disease to 66.