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Science: H5N1 Special Issue

(Science) The publication in this issue of the research paper airborne transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets, plus its newer companion The Potential for Respiratory Droplet–Transmissible A/H5N1 Influenza Virus to Evolve in a Mammalian Host, marks the end of more than 8 months of widely reported controversy over whether some of the data now  Read More »

Second of two blocked flu papers released

(Science News) A controversial research paper banned from publication in 2011 because it contained potentially dangerous information is now available for the world to see. The study, appearing in the June 22 Science, details experiments in which researchers in the Netherlands created a version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that can be passed through  Read More »

Response to Comment on “Seroevidence for H5N1 Influenza Infections in Humans: Meta-Analysis”

(Science Careers Blog) We would like to respond to several points made in the comment by Van Kerkhove et al. regarding our recently published meta-analysis of seroevidence for H5N1 influenza virus infections in humans. Taking into account only four of the countries with documented avian influenza H5N1 infections—Vietnam, Indonesia, Egypt, and China—there is a cumulative  Read More »

Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature

(University of Cambridge) It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature, new research has found. The findings, from research led by Professor Derek Smith and Dr Colin Russell at the University of Cambridge, were published today, 22 June in the journal Science. Currently, avian H5N1 influenza, also  Read More »

The Story Behind the Death of Smallpox

(MedPage Today) Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was suffering from the prodrome of smallpox the day he gave the Gettysburg Address? Did you know that the numerically superior American forces failed to win the Battle of Quebec against the British in December 1775, thereby preventing Canada from becoming part of the United States, in  Read More »

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