The World Health Organization (WHO), an agency of the United Nations, reports that the first case of human infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza has been confirmed in Pakistan. Lab tests conducted by the WHO in Egypt and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in London confirmed the “human infection” of a 25-year-old male from the Peshawar area. The man died on Nov. 28, 2007.By Gene Koprowski, Editor-in-Chief