pandemic

Remember two years ago when bird flu made headlines every day? And we were all wondering exactly how to prepare? And some people started stocking ... Read More »

Is there was ever to be an influenza pandemic, the first in line for a vaccine would be pregnant women, babies and toddlers. Following them would be ... Read More »

I try not to stress about whichever health panic is sweeping the world until it seems like there's a real reason to worry about it. SARS was a huge ... Read More »

Can a computer game help health experts better plan for the next epidemic? It can, and it is. It started when a computerized illness that started as ... Read More »

If a health care crisis comes to the U.S. soon, who will handle the front lines of the diseased and afflicted? It would take a very brave and ... Read More »

I haven't read much about the upcoming 2008 Olympics, and although it's good that they're preparing for the worst, I was surprised that some of the ... Read More »

Scientists seem to think so, because they're asking to exhume the body of a man who died way back in 1919. The reason they're interested in digging up ... Read More »

Maybe I'm just being naive (it wouldn't be the first time), but I never really thought about the fact that if a bird flu pandemic hit then the grocery ... Read More »

In the wake of all the flu warnings we've been hearing for the last several months, federal health officials have released a new system for ranking ... Read More »

North Korea claims that it has a vaccine for the H5N1 type of bird flu. While there's no news of where the vaccine was developed, or how effective it ... Read More »