Bacterial Nanny. The European beewolf protects its young from fungal infection by spreading an antibiotic secreted from her antenna glands. This antibiotic is produced by a symbiotic bacterium, a new species of Streptomyces.
'Refusal to share' leaves agency struggling to monitor bird flu. "Tracking genetic changes in bird-flu viruses is vital for early warning of a human pandemic. But...it is nearly eight months since the World Health Organization (WHO) last saw data on isolates from infected poultry in Asia. Affected countries are failing, or refusing, to share their human samples with the WHO's influenza programme in Geneva."
