Chicago Health Cuts, Bird Flu, Open Access

(Headlines) News you might have missed . . .

Bottom Up. Half of health cuts in Cook County (Chicago, Illinois) are doctors and nurses who serve the poor. Administrators, by contrast, take much less of a hit. (DailySouthtown.com)

Herbs to the Rescue. Edmonton, Aberta plans to stockpile ginseng in case of a flu pandemic. (CIDRAP News)

CDC 2.0. In a report to Congress, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backs open access to publicly funded research (Medical News Today)