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Avian flu and pandemic flu

  • “America’s disease sentinels overtaxed,” March 29, 2006
  • “Ghosts of vaccines past,” December 18, 2005
  • “U.S. ill-prepared for pandemic,” October 23, 2005
  • “Southeast Asia braces for the worst,” February 22, 2005
  • “Smuggled birds may harbor avian flu,” December 6, 2004
  • “China’s bird flu claim suspect,” February 15, 2004
  • “Still battling the ‘bird flu’,” January 25, 1998
  • “Hong Kong case recalls ’97 outbreak,” February 21, 2003
  • “Rare Hong Kong virus could bring worldwide epidemic,” December 17, 1997
  • “Virus common to birds kills boy in China,” August 21, 1997

Hurricane Katrina

  • “Wounded psyches will be tough to fix,” September 25, 2005
  • “Animal victims find refuge,” September 19, 2005
  • “Medical system strains to cope in Louisiana,” September 15, 2005
  • “Emerging land is tainted,” September 18, 2005
  • “CDC stalks disease on Gulf,” September 12, 2005
  • “CDC flies in to deal with health crisis,” September 5, 2005

Indian Ocean tsunami

  • “Carnage haunts hardened disease sleuths,” February 16, 2005
  • “We will take them home,” February 6, 2005
  • “Tsunami strays get help,” January 30, 2005
  • “From despair, hope rises,” January 26, 2005

Gulf War Syndrome

  • "Army docs asked to probe local Gulf vets' illness" - August 16, 1992

"A Fire That Scorches Us All" stories and resources related to the 1918 influenza pandemic and to modern research into the character of the 1918 virus

  • February 2001: Taubenberger and colleagues try a 1918 gene in lab mice.
  • November 1999: Samples from Svalbard unexpectedly yield results.
  • August 1998: The Duncan team in Svalbard.
  • August 1998: The Duncan team prepares to go to Svalbard.
  • February 1998: Johan Hultin's Alaska expedition.
  • December 1997: The Hong Kong H5N1 outbreak.
  • October 1997: The 1918 experience, the Taubenberger team, the Duncan team, the continued problem of pandemic planning.

Emerging and re-emerging diseases

Polio

  • “Dreaded disease has new life,” June 12, 2005
  • “Partners track stubborn disease's crippling resurgence,” April 28, 2005
  • “Warm Springs artisans fought polio's damage,” April 25, 2005
  • “Ethnic strife halts polio war,” May 16, 2004
  • “Warm memories of a dark time,” April 13, 2001
  • “Pains, problems arise when polio strikes again,” June 25, 2000
  • “Stamping out polio: Millions line up,” December 20, 1999

Pertussis

  • “Long-ago bane making stealthy resurgence,” September 26, 2004

West Nile virus

  • “West Nile’s grim realities hit patient,” September 21, 2002
  • “Some who survived battle paralysis,” September 13, 2004
  • “CDC’s race against time,” August 11, 2002
  • “Birds bring virus, unease to Southeast,” July 22, 2001

SARS

  • “Doctor who warned public lost his life,” April 2, 2003

Bioterrorism

  • “Inside the CDC's anthrax investigation,” November 4, 2001

AIDS

  • “Medical sleuth fought AIDS early,” June 5, 2001
  • “I’ll do this as long as I can humanly stand it,” November 30, 1997

E. coli O157:H7

  • “Ontario town battling bacteria, fear,” May 30, 2000

Violence

  • “Emergency: Inside Grady’s E.R.,” August 8, 1999

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