Scientists in Europe and the US have created a highly transmissible form of the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow for global health on the Council on Foreign Relations, talks about the implications of this research.
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Laurie Garrett traces the origin and the path of the H1N1 pandemic and talks about the science that identified the virus.
Laurie Garrett traces the origin and the path of the H1N1 pandemic and talks about the science that identified the virus.
… expert Laurie Garrett adds that with malaria, tuberculosis and HIV already widespread… to the disease. "In that situation," said Laurie Garrett, "vast populations of HIV positive…
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… journalist Laurie Garrett has written extensively about emerging diseases. "It's more…
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The Viruses are still here. There's another awful outbreak in Africa. In Australia, bats still carry around that Morbillivirus, now called Hendra. It killed another horse in Cairns early this year. Then there's Malaysia. More than 100 people dead. And that virus - Nipah - is closely related to the one here. Horses and humans, pigs, cats - and bats. Other creatures, too.
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