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Disease Emergence - The usual suspects

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:21:28 GMT

Economist - Some of the efforts to control bird flu could be usefully extended to tackle other emerging human diseases that come from animals.

Disease Emergence - Preparing for the Next Pandemic

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:31:02 GMT

Foreign Affairs - If an influenza pandemic struck today, borders would close, the global economy would shut down, international vaccine supplies and health-care systems would be overwhelmed, and panic would reign. To limit the fallout, the industrialized world must create a detailed response strategy involving the public and private sectors.

Disease Emergence - Fighting the Flu

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:29:44 GMT

New Yorker - An interview with Michael Specter, the author of the article "Nature's Bioterrorist" in which he summarizes the important points of the article.

Disease Emergence - Nature's Bioterrorist

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:26:31 GMT

New Yorker - Excellent article that explores if there is any way to prevent a deadly avian-flu pandemic.

Disease Emergence - A DNA Success Raises Bioterror Concern

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:16:17 GMT

New York Times [Nature] - Researchers have made an unexpectedly sudden advance in synthesizing long molecules of DNA, bringing them closer to the goal of redesigning genes and programming cells to make pharmaceuticals. But the success also puts within reach the manufacture of small genomes, such as those of viruses and perhaps certain bacteria. Some biologists fear that the technique might be used to make the genome of the smallpox virus.

Disease Emergence - The Continual Challenge Of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:31:05 GMT

Science Daily [Nature] - Emerging infectious diseases, which have shaped the course of humanity and caused incalculable suffering and death, will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist, write authors from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health in a review article published in the July 8 issue of the journal Nature.

Disease Emergence - Weapons Makers Turn to Medicine

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:29:54 GMT

Wired - A little more than a decade ago, Amir Maksyutov was developing virulent strains of influenza and other infectious agents for potential use as bioweapons against the United States. Today, he's working on vaccines for HIV, flu and malaria.

Disease Emergence - Expert warns bioterror threat being overplayed

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:00:58 GMT

Financial Times - George Poste, head of the US Bioterrorism Taskforce and Defense Science Board, has warned that fears of a biological attack were diverting attention from the far greater threat posed by emerging infectious diseases such as Sars and avian influenza.

Disease Emergence - Primate virus spreads to humans

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:31:35 GMT

BBC [Lancet] - Hunting for - and eating - primate "bushmeat" is exposing humans to a form of virus carried by apes and monkeys, experts say.

Disease Emergence - The Darker Bioweapons Future

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:38:56 GMT

CIA - A panel of outside experts told the CIA that advances in technology due to genomic research could produce the worst known diseases and frightening biological weapons.

Disease Emergence - Superflu is being brewed in the lab

Michael P. D'Alessandro — Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:39:18 GMT

New Scientist - After the worldwide alarm triggered by 2003's SARS outbreak, it might seem reckless to set about creating a potentially far more devastating virus in the lab. But that is what is being attempted by some researchers, who argue that the dangers of doing nothing are even greater.