China has gotten lots of flack in the past few years for refusing to share bird flu virus information readily. The Times Online reports that perhaps the most positive news on bird flu lately is the fact that China is not only sharing virus information, but allowing that information to be published in internationally-recognized peer-reviewed journals. The Lancet reported a case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in China. The father and son case was apparently well-documented and researched, giving credit to the Chinese for sharing information. The son, 26, died while the father, 52, survived the virus. Younger people seem to be struck harder by the virus than older people. Some people blame this on a phenomena called a cytokine storm.