The damage of Hurricane Katrina is not left to homes and buildings but in greater toll to human and animal life across the region. The city of New Orleans has become a petri-dish of bacteria and disease that is rapidly spreading throughout the flood ravaged area.

CDC tests of the water that has flooded the streets of New Orleans are showing traces of everything imaginable

Chiron Corp. says Wednesday it expects to provide a vaccine for the 2005-2006 flu season after a recent favorable inspection of the plant by U.S. regulators.

The company postponed U.S. sales of its flu vaccine last year due to contamination problems at its plant in England, which led to the withdrawal of its manufacturing license for Fluvirin last October

Chiron Corp. says on Wednesday that it expects to provide a vaccine for the 2005-2006 flu season after a recent favorable inspection of the plant by U.S. regulators, reports Reuters

The company had to postpone U.S. sales of its flu vaccine last year due to contamination problems at its plant in England, which led to the withdrawal of its manufacturing license for Fluvirin last October

An oyster fisherman is awarded $14 million in damages after claiming chemicals from a DuPont factory caused him to develop a rare form of blood cancer. The verdict is a first in some 2,000 lawsuits against the plant.

According to a jury, DuPont DeLisle is responsible for Glen Strong's multiple myeloma. Strong's wife was given $1.5 million for loss of "love and companionship." The jury will meet again Monday to decide on punitive damages. DuPont officials plan to appeal. Says DuPont spokeswoman Mary Kate Campbell, "There is no connection between our operations and any health effects alleged by the plaintiffs." Strong and 1,995 other plaintiffs have filed lawsuits claiming releases of dioxins from the plant are causing a variety of health problems among the surrounding communities

Research finds pesticide use at or near schools in the United States made 2,500 children and school employees sick over a five-year period. The Associated Press reports researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found chemicals used to kill insects and wild plants on school grounds and disinfectants affect children adversely.

The study is published in Journal of the American Medical Association. While explaining the results of the study, lead author Dr. Walter Alarcon says about 600 students and staff members had to be evacuated from an Edinburg, Texas, elementary school in May after pesticides sprayed on a cotton field entered into the school's air conditioning system