Basic sciences need to be alert always and continue monitoring and study on microorganisms or any things that can cause diseases especially involving death.

New strain of bird flu infects four others in China - Xinhua

Xu Jianguang, director-general and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau (L) and Wu Fan, chief doctor and director general of Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control, attend a news conference on bird flu in Shanghai April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song.BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities reported four new cases on Tuesday of a strain of bird flu previously unknown in humans that has already killed two people, taking the total of known cases to seven. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday there was no evidence that the H7N9 strain could be transmitted between people, but that it was investigating the outbreak.