U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. plans to work in conjunction with an Indian firm to develop a drug using benign viruses to kill the deadly E.coli bacteria in cattle, the Indian company confirmed Thursday.

India's Ganganen Biotechnologies developed the drug and signed an agreement last week with Elanco Animal Health, Lilly's animal feed division. Janakiraman Ramachandran, chairman of Gangagen Biotechnologies, says they plan to convert the drug into a cattle feed supplement

A new study shows breast milk in mothers who have breastfed infants for more than a year is richer in fat and energy when compared to milk from moms who have been breastfeeding for just a few months.

The study, spearheaded by Dr. Dror Mandel of Tel Aviv University in Israel, is the first to look at the nutritional value of breast milk after prolonged nursing

The British Health Protection Agency says the general population and hospitals must report every suspected case of an E.coli strain that caused an outbreak in Shropshire in 2003-2004, and has been linked to 10 deaths.

Data from E.coli blood poisoning, which has doubled in the last ten years to over 17,000 cases annually, shows antibiotic resistance increased from 2 percent to 6 percent of cases from 2001-2004, giving the government cause for concern

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) worries that pet fairs could bring the bird flu into Britain and spread it across the country, according to a BBC report.

Authorities continue to emphasize that the risk of an Avian pandemic is low, Dutch farmers have been ordered to keep poultry locked up inside, British doctors have been briefed on a nightmare scenario of a human pandemic and France is stockpiling drugs to protect its population

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) worries that pet fairs could bring the bird flu into Britain and spread it across the country, according to a BBC report.

Authorities continue to emphasize that the risk of an Avian pandemic is low, Dutch farmers have been ordered to keep poultry locked up inside, British doctors have been briefed on a nightmare scenario of a human pandemic and France is stockpiling drugs to protect its population