avian influenza strain H5N1 appears in gold, growing in a laboratory culture of dog kidney cells (green).
Photo courtesy of the CDC Public Health Image Library

potential avian flu pandemic

Even now, not enough attention is being paid to the threat of a global avian flu pandemic that could kills tens of millions of people.

These articles, published between October 11, 2004, and February 22, 2005, when this danger was getting even less coverage than the scanty amount it's getting now, reflect an effort by Etopia Media Medical News Network to raise online awareness of this looming menace.

2-22-05: An avian flu retrospective (Etopia Media Medical News Network #56)

10-31-04: U.N. plans avian influenza summit in Geneva for November 11th, while U.S. hires trouble-plagued Chiron to cook up test vaccines against deadly avian influenza pandemic

10-12-04: De-certified regular flu maker Chiron got a contract with federal agency to make and test H5N1 (bird flu) virus as part of the national response to a possible global avian influenza pandemic and hasn't said if its decertification will interfere with carrying it out

10-11-04: Could the bird flu virus H5N1 cause a 1918-class global influenza pandemic?

 

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