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Flu research: How to make bird flu fly, part one
May 2nd 2012, 6:17 from Print edition
The first of two controversial research papers is published(35)
Scientific freedom and security: Jail-bird flu
Apr 26th 2012, 3:02 from Print edition
The saga over research into bird flu reaches a climax(12)
Flu research and public health: Out, but far from over
Apr 7th 2012, 6:15 from Babbage
A palaver over two controversial bird-flu studies is resolved. Bigger questions remain(18)
Flu research and public safety: Influenza and its complications
Jan 26th 2012, 4:02 from Print edition
When, if ever, are scientific results too sensitive to make public?(7)
Flu research and biological warfare: No end to complications
Jan 21st 2012, 5:56 from Babbage
A continuing furore over the rights and wrongs of research into deadly influenza strains(19)
Flu research and biological warfare: A deadly balance
Dec 28th 2011, 4:03 from Print edition
When does research enhance security, and when does it diminish it?(12)
Flu research: A deadly balance
Dec 21st 2011, 10:36 from Babbage
Should genetic research into nasty viruses be made public?(35)
Influenza and wildlife: Mix and match
Jan 7th 2010, 10:42 from Print edition
Which animal species are most likely to get flu?(2)
Global health: Watching nervously
Apr 30th 2009, 11:37 from Print edition
A new influenza virus is spreading across the globe. Our first article asks whether the world is ready for the next pandemic. Our second assesses the economic costs(12)
Swine flu: An imminent pandemic
Apr 30th 2009, 6:26 from Web-only article
The World Health Organisation raises its warning of a global pandemic of swine flu(34)
Avian flu in southern China: A game of chicken
Jun 26th 2008, 1:24 from Print edition
The government’s caution arouses suspicions about what it knows(19)
Bird flu: Stalking the land
Nov 15th 2007, 12:01 from Print edition
Another outbreak brings more culling of Britain's unhappy farm animals(0)
Global health: Feathered fiends
Aug 28th 2007, 10:56 from Web-only article(0)
Bird flu and public health
Feb 20th 2007, 6:51 from Letters to the Editor: the inbox (0)
Avian flu: The Hungarian connection
Feb 15th 2007, 12:36 from Print edition
Foreign bans and shaky consumer confidence are the most worrying effects(0)
Bird flu and public health: Under the influence
Feb 8th 2007, 12:06 from Print edition
Be concerned about avian influenza, but for the right reasons(0)
Bird flu: Unruffled
Feb 8th 2007, 12:06 from Print edition
Money—not health—is most at risk from Britain's first big bird-flu outbreak(0)
Bird flu in Asia: Coming home to roost?
Jan 25th 2007, 11:45 from Print edition
Bird flu has flared up again in Asia, reminding the world it is still at risk from a human flu pandemic(0)
Pandemic influenza: One step closer
Nov 16th 2006, 12:54 from Print edition
A mutation of the bird flu virus gives cause for concern(0)
Global health: A shot of transparency
Aug 10th 2006, 12:43 from Print edition
Governments have been reluctant to share information about possible pandemics of disease. Happily, that is changing(0)
Indonesia: The bird flu capital of the world
Jul 27th 2006, 12:17 from Print edition
And set to keep the title(0)
Infectious diseases in China: Sanitising the record
Jun 29th 2006, 1:13 from Print edition
China is not helping as it should(0)
Down with the flu
May 24th 2006, 11:26 from Print edition
News of human-to-human transmission of bird flu weighted heavily on financial markets this week despite reassurance that the virus has not mutated into even more dangerous forms(0)
Influenza: Just say “R”
Apr 6th 2006, 12:02 from Print edition
Even a weak vaccine might be useful in an outbreak of influenza(0)
Bird flu: The dying swan
Apr 6th 2006, 12:02 from Print edition
Bird flu hit Britain this week, but the panic is overdone(0)