Bangladesh’s first human case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected, health officials said today, calling on residents not to panic.

A passenger on board a British Airways flight to Miami was taken to hospital today after she fell ill, health officials said.

THE Irish public is among the most ignorant in Europe about bird flu, despite the fact that EU experts say a pandemic is inevitable.

A new strain of highly drug-resistant HIV that leads to the rapid onset of Aids has been detected in a New York man, it emerged today.

THE potential exists to reduce the number of sudden adult deaths in Ireland every year by around 1,800, a cardiologist insisted yesterday.

A NEW SARS threat emerged yesterday as it was revealed an infected Taiwanese military scientist had not gone into strict home quarantine after becoming sick and two of his colleagues had travelled to the United States.

A wide international net was cast against a new Sars threat today as it was revealed that an infected Taiwanese military scientist had not gone into strict home quarantine after becoming sick and that two of his colleagues had travelled to the United States.

Health authorities in Taiwan are urgently trying to track down five foreign passengers on a flight taken by a man later diagnosed with SARS.

TAIWAN health authorities said a military medical researcher had contracted SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), sparking alerts across Asia of a possible resurgence of the killer virus.

A Taiwanese scientist who tested positive for SARS today failed to follow safety guidelines and wear protective gloves and a gown while studying the virus, a World Health Organisation Official said.

A medical researcher has tested positive for SARS – Taiwan’s first case since the island was dropped from a global list of infected areas last July, health officials said.

An employee of NBC in New York has tested positive for anthrax, the TV network said today.

Authorities in Florida say there's virtually no chance the anthrax death of a British-born journalist was accidental.

A man left fighting for his life in an American hospital after contracting a rare form of anthrax was not believed to be linked to a possible bio-terrorism attack, the US health secretary has said.

At least 22 people have suffered serious side effects, including liver failure, from taking an AIDS drug intended to prevent HIV infection after accidental exposure to the virus.