to become infected either as so far, no cases of H5N8 flu have been reported in people.

It has been reported in the last week that the H7N9 virus, however, has caused three more women in China to be admitted to hospital; one has died.

Two women have died in Egypt this month from confirmed H5N1 infections.

In a global initiative for Antibiotic Awareness Week, a number of medical and veterinary organisations have come out in support of the responsible use of antibiotics in their respective sectors in a bid to slow the development of drug resistance in pathogenic bacteria. 'Using as much as necessary and as little as possible' has been a common theme of these campaigns.Courtesy of Liz De La Torre

A St. Paul City Council candidate has announced she will continue her campaign despite yet another health setback.

Liz De La Torre, running for the council’s Ward 1 seat, wrote in a statement Monday that she was diagnosed this spring with lupus, the autoimmune disease that causes the body's immune system to attack tissue and organs.

It's the latest serious ailment with which De La Torre has been diagnosed. She also suffers from anxiety and depression as well as Hashimoto’s disease, another autoimmune condition and one that damages the thyroid gland.

While her campaign has been quiet over the past few weeks during which she says she has "struggled to balance the demands of work and campaigning with my personal health and well-being," De La Torre