There are three key and missing data points that are needed to make a designation of the magnitude and cost of the World Health Organization declaring a Public Health Emergency of International concern. These...
The notion that the new nCoV virus that began weeks ago in a fish market in Wuhan, China near to the city’s main rail station can be contained is a cute notion. I’ve been...
“Abstract: In China, influenza A(H7N9) virus appeared in 2013, then mutated into a highly pathogenic virus, causing outbreaks among poultry and cases in humans. Since September 2017, extensive use of the corresponding vaccine, H7-Re1,...
China’s consistent reporting of H7N9 cases is to be applauded. The world is no doubt grateful. There seems to be little doubt that if and when H7N9 bird flu becomes able to be transmitted...
Here is the link to the NYT story. But first, for some context and background, read this from five days ago. And I also recommend reading today’s WSJ, which reports on a study published...
From TIME Magazine, via Yahoo, here are three key facts, quoted below: So far, the World Health Organization reports that 246 people, virtually all in China, have been infected with H7N9 since the virus...
This story, from Reuters out of China, has a few key points: “this virus is more easily transmissible from poultry to humans than H5N1” “one problem in tracking H7N9 is the absence of visible...