Health Highlights: Sept. 30, 2005 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) The

Health Highlights: Sept. 30, 2005 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
The World Health Organization moved Friday to quell fears sparked a day earlier by one of its own spokesmen, who had said 150 million people could die from a predicted bird flu pandemic.

US FDA head gives up cancer duties after criticism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - National Cancer Institute Director Andrew von Eschenbach will give up his daily duties there to focus on his new job as acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner, he told FDA staff on Friday.